<p>Class of 2013 right?</p>
<p>Anyway, I already went to orientation (session A) and I want to mention some more things people should know.</p>
<p>Yes, as one of the other posters said earlier in this thread, Hereford is cold and it’s a long walk from the main campus, you’ll survive without a blanket, but you’ll be more comfortable with one, and there is a trail through the woods that will get you to Hereford faster than all the steps and stairs</p>
<p>In my opinion the first day of orientation was sorta pointless, they tell you a bunch of information that is available online, if you’ve read through UVa’s website, then there’s no much to learn, at least that’s the way I felt, maybe I just prepared myself too much, the course scheduling workshop on the first day can be frustrating…if you’ve never looked at any of the available courses (btw I’m in the CLAS), before you get to orientation make a list of about 25 courses that your interested in taking, don’t worry about scheduling conflicts because they are inevitable, if you do that once you get to the workshop all you have to do is find those courses in the BIG ASS packet (80pgs.! held by one staple) and copy down the schedule number, again don’t worry about scheduling conflicts just have a lot of alternatives (my top 7 courses weren’t available when I went to schedule on the second day)</p>
<p>Oh when searching for classes on SIS use the Class Search function</p>
<p>Yeah, so as I said before, if your as prepared as I was the first day is pointless, spend your time meeting new people that’s the best part, after dinner (which is early, like 5pm) I skipped the rest of the first day, and walked around campus with some friends, then went beck to Hereford to take a nap, at 9pm you get to go to the AFC which was fun, probably the best part of orientation</p>
<p>Second day is way better, when you first arrived they gave you a paper which had the time you were supposed to schedule courses, cross your fingers for an early time, I had 12:20 which is towards the middle, and a lot of the courses I wanted were already unavailable, you can wake up and go eat breakfast whenever as long as your not late for your course scheduling, they also have drop-in sessions which are cool, this includes tours of buildings/dorms, information about study abroad, J-term, finaid, McIntire, etc., I would recommend the drop-in sessions</p>
<p>In my opinion the orientation itself was a bit of a drag (esp. the first day), but UVa is cool, the people were nice, and as long as you meet new people you’ll have a great time</p>