<p>i think most schools have them now. To be honest, as a parent, i skipped the one for my son’s college, UMass. He’s a really independent kid and we had no transition or separation issues. After looking into what hte programs are all about, it seemed like a lot of the content was aimed at getting helicopter parents to back off. Plus it was scheduled on weekdays, so I would have had to take days off from work, and you had to pay to attend and pay for your hotel… I just couldn’t swing it logistically - in fact my son had a summer job that he had to miss a couple days of - he skipped the last day of the summer orientation cuz he needed to be back at his job. Not knocking the programs or the school, just saying if you can’t make it, it’s no big deal.</p>