Parents at orientation

Gumbymom
Fri, 09 May 2014 00:27:52 +0000

@collegevetting: My husband and I attended last summer with my older son. I would say at least 60% of the students had at least parent there for the orientation program. We, (husband and myself) did not opt to stay in the dorms but instead at the Hyatt Place on campus. Much nicer and they have free bike rentals which we used around campus. Like I said in a different post, my son found 1 of his roommates during orientation and having him spend 2 nights in the dorms helped him get an idea of what to expect.
They pack a lot of information into the 2 day orientation for the parents. I found the presentation on the history of how UC Davis originally started especially interesting. We only had lunch with our son each day since the students are on separate schedule with many activities at night. We were able to explore more of the town and made some contacts with other parents. They also had a Wine Tasting presented by the Aggie Parent association which we really enjoyed. I highly recommend it. My son flies home on breaks so it was also an opportunity for him to feel comfortable with the routine of flying out of Sacramento.

My younger son will be attending SDSU this fall and we both plan to go to his orientation also.