What happens at Orientation?

fusionall
Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:24:49 +0000

For me, orientation started at around 8AM, give or take a few minutes, and ended at around 4PM although I did not go on the option tour of the city they were offering.

After checking in, you listen to very informational (read boring) presentations about the dangers of snakes in the adjacent forests and not to exercise off campus alone. Then you do a couple ice-breaker games which, in all honesty, were actually quite enjoyable. The presentations start at 8 and end at around 1:15PM, when you have a 1 hour lunch break. The food was delicious and I was pleasantly surprised to see UCM using biodegradable utensils. You also take your picture for your cat-card at this time.

After lunch, you separate into different groups based off of your major. Natural sciences majors will of course meet with their natural sciences advisers and SSHA majors will meet with their advisers. At that time, you will select appropriate classes based off of your scores from your placement tests, AP exams, etc. Afterwards, you will go to the computer lab and web register for the courses you have selected. After web registering, you will go to the gym where you had lunch and receive your cat-card. They will have club signups in the gym and if you are not taking the tour, I believe you can leave at that time (which was 4:15PM for me). :]