<p>I will have to pay approximately 500 dollars for the freshmen orientation. I know that the fee for orientation itself is around $250 but I need to account for transportation and hotel costs. Coming from a family that makes 17k a year, is the freshmen orientation worth the cost? What're some of the benefits of it that I would be missing out if I didn't go. </p>
<p>(I know about the fee-reducer-ish thing already, but it's still expensive.)</p>
<p>you will have a very hard time getting the classes you want if you dont go to orientation</p>
<p>however, if your parents are making that little money, i would advise you not to go and find GEs to take in the fall. you wont be behind, even if you might not get your favorite classes. $500 is a lot of money…</p>
<p>I have this curriculum to follow for UCSB:
<a href=“http://www.chemengr.ucsb.edu/pdfs/092011major%20requ.pdf[/url]”>http://www.chemengr.ucsb.edu/pdfs/092011major%20requ.pdf</a></p>
<p>Will taking the classes I need be delayed if I don’t attend orientation? I’ve already knocked out a few General eds. through my eight AP classes.</p>
<p>dchau, I called and asked the college of engineering (or perhaps the ChE department: I do not remember which) a month or two back, and they told me that I would** likely not get the classes** I would need to start the ChE sequence if I did not attend orientation.</p>
<p>Essentially forcing students, primarily engineering and science majors, to pay a fee and go to orientation so that they can actually be on track for graduation in four years seems ridiculous to me, but it is what it is. One might think that they could do online registration for all incoming freshman in May/June like all the other public schools, but no, that would be far too reasonable.</p>