<p>Do you register for classes at Orientation? If I go to the first Orientation session, would I then be first in line for getting the classes I want?</p>
<p>Yes and Yes*.</p>
<p>*According to my off-campus reception person dude/lady people admissions staff guys individuals, it wouldn’t really matter which orientation you go to because you’ll get all of your classes anyways, except for those really, really popular general ed. classes like the film watching class (which they say goes really fast) lol. The only difference he said would be that you’d be stuck with an earlier class at 8 am rather than 10 or 11 am. So, generally I’d say it would be better to register earlier, but it doesn’t make too much of a difference because you’ll get the classes you need anyways. Remember, this isn’t a public school. ;D</p>
<p>They sent me a little booklet/poster in the mail today along with my V-Key about Orientation and it basically describes everything in it, so maybe you’ll get one soon cause you should. :D</p>
<p>USC does reserve spots for the subsequent orientation sessions, ie they open a few spots per orientation session.</p>
<p>dumb question - what is a v-key?</p>
<p>we can’t register online? i thought the vast majority of colleges did online registration. money is an issue as i live far from CA and its hard to muster up 600 bucks just on plane tickets when classes could be registered online easily.</p>
<p>Orientation week for Freshman is the week before classes begin, so you will already be at USC when you register for the first time. Registration is online for subsequent semesters.</p>
<p>Orientation week is only the week before move in for international students. For most students, you are encouraged to go to one of the two day orientation sessions- this gives you lots of important information, and allows you to meet one on one with an advisor. That last bit is the most important part. When you are a student here, you can meet with your advisor on campus before registering online, but you can’t do that your first semester. Thus, they will require students to meet with their advisors at orientation. I highly recommend going to orientation- it is really important for meeting people, getting ready for USC, and getting good classes.</p>
<p>If you cannot attend:
[Welcome</a> to the USC Orientation Programs Website](<a href=“http://sait.usc.edu/orientation/sessions/ma.shtml]Welcome”>http://sait.usc.edu/orientation/sessions/ma.shtml)</p>
<p>Thanks War Chant. So basically, not attending an Orientation = not getting a lot of the classes you want + really crappy class hours. Fabulous.</p>
<p>to the vkey person</p>
<p>a usb flash drive given to engineering students explaining different types of engineering</p>
<p>From what I’ve heard it’s a matter of getting a good time to register for classes for each orientation session. You should almost never have trouble finding the classes you need but if you get to register earlier on the second day of orientation, you usually can benefit. </p>
<p>As far as different orientation sessions go, apparently every class has a certain number of spots that are given to every orientation session so when you go to apply for a very popular class, you are competing with the kids in your orientation session to get in, not with all the other sessions which may have come earlier.</p>
<p>resurrecting an old thread here, i understand they open up spots for each class- that i get. but, do they open up spots in *each * time slot, or just wherever they want to?</p>
<p>They open up slots at each orientation for each class (that gets opened up). Its mainly the GEs, more specifically Category 6 and Category 5, maybe others.</p>