<p>I was wondering whether any of you were bringing your parents along with you to orientation. Given the price of flight tickets to the US, I feel guilty about taking my dad along with me but my parents flatly refuse to let me go off to uni by myself. Do intl's commonly arrive on campus with a parent or two?</p>
<p>One plus: my dad can run around campus and have fun clicking pictures before saying goodbye. It'll be good to see him having fun (unless he collapses from jet lag). Also, I can ask him to get me a fridge while I'm attending all those nifty lectures and speeches.</p>
<p>A substantial number of American parents come with their student on move in day. The campus will be thick with them so your Dad certainly wont stick out. You'll be happy for the help. Sometimes there are special parents socials or activities planned by the admin. That keeps them away from student orientation sessions where they are not usually welcome. There will be plenty of parents who drop and run so those who are coming alone certainly shouldn't worry about it.</p>
<p>Most schools will have special orientation programs for International students which precede the regular orientation by a few days. There will not be many parents around for these. </p>
<p>In our case, my son is American but 'counted' as an international because he grew up overseas. He had been working in the US for the summer and stayed on, and then got to college on his own for international orientation. He told me that of the 65 or so kids, only 1 had a parent there for that phase of orientation. I actually went to the regular parents' orientation the following week, by which time my son was pretty settled into his room but I took him and his roommate ( a true international) shopping and such. I was glad that I went, but he would have been fine if I hadn't...</p>
<p>It is a pleasure for most parents to do these sorts of things. If your parents are keen to go, especially if they have never seen the school you are going to attend, then welcome them-- they will feel better about leaving you after seeing you are settled. But, if you go to the international orientation, keep in mind that there may not be parent programs then, they might like to come a bit later?</p>
<p>Oh, I'll be glad to have my dad with me but I feel terrible for having him fly such a long journey. He's getting old and I'd hate to see him get exhausted. But I can't wait to see the look on his face when we both finally appreciate that I'm at college at long last. And we can take silly pics of us goofing off next to various statues and stuff. The main reason he's coming along with me is that he wants to help me settle and get to the university safely. I've never travelled on my own before (but I have travelled without parents).</p>
<p>Yep, both my parents and I went to drop off my sister. The next time we went there was for her graduation. So I think he would probably not mind going and enjoying some time with you.</p>
<p>Dad had nothing as such in his head....When I asked him,he said; "Go alone that way you will enjoy the trip even more....anyways you don't want to see me crying in a foreign country, do you?" Then he went HA HA HA HA.....I was like Ohhhhhh!!</p>
<p>So it's me now, who is nagging him to come along!!!:o</p>