<li><p>Do most people arrive Wednesday night because it begins Thurday morning, and how many people stay in a dorm Wednesday night?</p></li>
<li><p>On the schedule, it lists BUWA twice. Once for early arrivals on Wednesday and again on Thursday. Do we get to choose when we take it?</p></li>
<li><p>Will we be with students from our college or with all new BU students?</p></li>
<li><p>Is there a big disadvantage in going to the second session instead of the first?</p></li>
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<p>1 Yeah, most people are there by Wednesday night for Thursday morning cause a large number are out of state. I recall there being quite a few people in dorm by Wednesday night and definitely by Thursday night</p>
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<li><p>You get to choose when you take it if you're there early enough to take the first one.</p></li>
<li><p>You will be with students from all of BU except that I think if I remember correctly people in certain schools can only go certain weeks because then at certain points you are broken down by school and assigned a group. This becomes really helpful and probably necessary when it comes to the registration part as your group leader (an upperclassmen in your school) will be familiar with the process </p></li>
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<p>The difference between the second and first session is nonexistant. However, some classes may be close to full by the last session. I would book earlier given a choice. By the way, definitely go Wednesday night and stay in the dorm. They organize city tours in which you get put together with a big group and everyone has a nice night out in Boston. Amazing bonding experience for freshmen.</p>
<p>hmm yeah I guess the city "excursions" as they are called are on Wednesday night...can't recall exactly but yeah it's fun. Just like with everything at BU make sure you have some cash cause you pretty much get the option of eating out in really expensive locations such as the North End or Harvard Square or you get the privilege of paying to see a movie down near Fenway or something. Of course there is the free alternative of some performance at CFA but don't do that.</p>
<p>What do you mean students stay in a dorm Wednesday night? Since most people go with their parents does that mean BU lets students and their parents stay in a dorm also as in like a hotel room stay just in a BU dorm?</p>
<p>As far as it goes with parents, is it fair to say that if your parents have already been to BU presentations/receptions, that it is pretty useless for them to go (if you are from across the country)?</p>
<p>I'm pretty sure you have to stay in a dorm Thursday night as part of the orientation but some can make arrangements to arrive wednesday night and leave as late as saturday morning due to travel needs especially OOS. And yeah both students and parents stay in dorms except students stay in west campus and parents in a nicer residence like buick st.</p>
<p>and yeah some would argue the parents orientation is useless the first time round. my mom did.</p>
<p>Orientation for parents: It was EXPENSIVE! We had to pay for the rooms at Student Village, and each excursion cost quite a bit of money, also. No doubt, we had a lot of fun, schmoozing with other parents and kvelling about our brilliant children who were going to attend BU, but it was a totally unnecessary stay.</p>
<p>Orientation for the students: My son learned so much about BU during those three days, and he had a BLAST. Many of his current friends are those he met during orientation. I'll never forget crossing paths with him at the BU bridge, seeing him jaunt down Comm Avenue en route to some activity and he was smiling from ear to ear. It was during orientation that he had confirmed several times over that he had made the right choice. He remained jazzed all summer about starting school in the fall. </p>
<p>If we could do it over again, we'd probably choose to let our son attend without us.</p>
<p>I don't remember staying in the Student Village as expensive in 2005---it was $55 a night for a room, which is a bargain compared to the hotels. The most expensive part of the trip for me was the airfare from California. I don't live in the Northeast, so I really wanted to see what my S was getting into. It was worth the money.</p>
<p>Hi Kin, it was $55 per night EACH, and both my husband and I attended. We stayed for three nights, so that really added up to over $300 on housing for US that we really didn't need to spend. Then there were the dinners and other activities that cost some money, and the seminars and receptions offered pretty a rehash of information about the "wonders of BU" already presented during the tours, accepted student day and other previous visits. We really didn't need to be wined and dined while my son attended his orientation, registered for classes, and so on. Then again, we are very familiar already with BU (my husband is an alum, I attended the MBA program) and Boston (I grew up in Peabody and lived in Brookline for several years prior to getting married, and we visited Boston quite a bit over the four years while my older son attended Tufts) so we really didn't learn anything during BU orientation. Not worth it to us at all but YMMV, natch!</p>
<p>you can stay in a dorm every night that you're there for the orientation right? and i remember reading you're required to stay thursday night and you can stay additional nights, so is it hard to get a dorm room to stay in every night or is it as simple as saying i want to stay 3-4 nights in a dorm room?
also do you stay with other students or do we stay with each other in the dorm rooms? or alone? :D</p>