@freezycool I would assume OSU is able to accomodate you in one of the other sessions. I don’t know exactly what the schedule is so it’s hard to know how specific these sessions are to the major or school. We found the dates online before my son had to sign his summer work contract for his camp counselor job and specifically had him NOT sign up to work at camp the week of 6/21 to keep that availlable for orientation. But he’s also in the Exploratory Students session which has a ton of available dates.
I assume the vast majority of students will be staying in the overnight housing even if they have parents staying locally in a hotel (as we will be since it’s an 8 hour drive for us). I’m curious to see what the schedule of the session is as it’s not clear to me to what extent, if at all, parents can participate.