<p>I just signed up for orientation, any advice from current students? Tell me if thought it was helpful? Was it fun?</p>
<p>Orientation was a bit…painful. Sometimes you feel like you’re just wasting time, especially the first day, when you’re doing ice breakers with people you will never see again. The night is dreadful because there’s no AC.</p>
<p>Aside from that, make sure you look over the classes you want to take, and at night, go around to meet people on your floor to see if they’re thinking of the same major as you. You may pick up some tips from them. Also, talk to the RA on your floor as he/she can can be quite insightful. Lastly, don’t forget to pick up your ID after registering like I did…huge pain.</p>
<p>I’m not a student, but a parent who has been through it with my son. </p>
<p>As dang3r says, look over the courses you want to take. If you are a business student, there are lots of old threads that outline the requirements and give suggestions on which teachers are the best to take. If not a business student, post a question re: your intended major and see what recommendations are made. Also, become familiar with the requirements for your major as listed in the official school catalog. </p>
<p>Also, check the online course schedule to setup a preferred schedule. Take it in with you to your advising appointment. The schedule is updated every night to reflect how many seats are left in a particular class section. Here’s the link:</p>
<p>[Indiana</a> University Course Browser](<a href=“http://registrar.indiana.edu/scheduleoclasses/prl/soc4098/index.html]Indiana”>http://registrar.indiana.edu/scheduleoclasses/prl/soc4098/index.html)</p>
<p>Re: the lack of AC in the dorm, it can be ridiculously hot/humid during the summer months. If your parents will be staying in a hotel in Bloomington, you can stay with them. Just call them when you are through with whatever activities you have in the evening so they can pick you up. Most hotels are within a 10 minute drive so it’s not a big deal. </p>
<p>For those of you who have not yet scheduled your orientation dates, keep in mind that the later into the summer you go, the number of seats left in a particular class will decline. If you have a choice, schedule one of the earlier dates.</p>
<p>And finally, make your hotel reservations now for orientation AND move in!</p>
<p>Thanks for advice and link. Do you think course selection will still be OK mid June? I’m OOS aand I was hoping on meeting people at orientation, do most people stay in the dorms despite the heat?</p>
<p>Mid-June should be fine. I got the impression that most kids did stay in the dorm. Have fun!</p>
<p>I’ve been looking at that list of courses to figure out what i might take/a preferred schedule, but i cant seem to read it 
i can see the times, but how can i see when the class meet and who the exact teacher is for that particular section…?
thanks so much</p>
<p>and illinois mom (or anyone) its really not specified what classes freshemen HAVE to take anywhere… like i know what i need to take to get into kelly, and what language i want to take…
but what about science? and history? i dont want to go in blind.</p>
<p>lightening,</p>
<p>From the link above, I chose BUS, and then chose BUS-G 100. As an example, I copy and pasted what it says there.</p>
<p>BUS-G 100 BUS IN THE INFORMATION AGE (3 CR)
1372 04:00P-05:15P MW BU 306 Stefanescu C 30 24 0</p>
<p>In this case, 1372 is the section number. The class meets from 4 to 515 pm on Mondays and Wednesdays in Room 306 at Kelley. C Stefanescu is the teacher. Of the 30 seats in the class, 24 are still available and 0 are waitlisted.</p>
<p>Often times, there are notes that apply to a particular class section. They are listed below the listed class time. Also, sometimes the teacher has not yet been assigned and none is listed.</p>
<p>Regarding what classes to take your freshman year, you need to pay careful attention to the 2008-2010 Kelley Undergrad Academic Bulletin.<br>
[Kelley</a> School of Business Undergraduate 2008-2010 Online Bulletin: Bachelor of Science in Business](<a href=“http://www.indiana.edu/~bulletin/iub/business/2008-2010/bachelor.shtml#gen3]Kelley”>http://www.indiana.edu/~bulletin/iub/business/2008-2010/bachelor.shtml#gen3)<br>
It lists all of the requirements you need to fulfill. </p>
<p>27 hours of the gen ed requirements are fulfilled in one of two ways, either through the field specialization option or the distribution option. You mention that you plan on taking a foreign language. In that case, following a field specialization in Global Studies and Languages might be appropriate. Your adviser at orientation will be able to help you decide between the 2 options.</p>
<p>Do you know if you have tested out of the English requirement? A high enough score on the ACT or SAT subtest will fulfill that requirement. Otherwise, plan to take ENG-W 131 your first semester to get it out of the way.</p>
<p>Do a search under the name of A2Wolves. He gave a lot of good scheduling advice for freshmen.</p>
<p>is the whole orientation thing really worth it? the guide says you could do it a week before school starts if you have to…i am looking at flights to indiana for the orientation and they are all upwords of $250…so is the orientation worth $250???</p>
<p>The most important things that happen during orientation are placement testing and class registration. The later you register, the less chance you have of getting into the classes you want.</p>
<p>oh i will look into if i can place out of english or not. ive looked for that info before, but couldnt find it.
thanks for all your help mom2006!!!</p>
<p>My daughter had a lot of fun the evening of orientation, so I would suggest staying in the dorm and dealing with the lack of AC. Also there are a lot of great classes that are topics classes for Arts and Sciences - COLL in the browser list, and also HON for honors classes if you are admitted to HOnors College. It is very helpful to have your scheduled planned out in advance rather than relying on your advisor.</p>
<p>We live forty miles from IUB, and I took my son both days to orientation last summer, and there is a lot of stuff that you can cut out from and it won’t hurt you. He took the math and foreign language placement tests and we left about one o’clock in the afternoon the first day. The second day he had an 8:30 a.m. advising appointment, which ended at nine, then we registered on the first public computer terminal we came across (rather than being herded to the Wells Library to have a supervised registration), and were finished with orientation by nine-thirty a.m. on the second day. </p>
<p>The important things are the placement tests and actually registering for classes. Registering for classes can be done with just the push of a couple of keys if you finish the “enrollment shopping cart” during the evening of the first day of orientation, after you get your placement scores. Your placement scores will be available in the SIS [SIS > My Academics and Grades > View Test Credit] section of your Oncourse account, probably only a few hours after you take the placement tests. Use this info to see what math and language classes you should be taking, and do the enrollment shopping cart at your own pace that night so that you won’t have to make the big class decisions the next day in the advisor’s office and in the library, which can be hectic and maybe lead to a bad schedule. Get the best schedule you can as soon as you can; the longer you wait sign up for classes, the more likely it is that the good classes and times will be gone.</p>
<p>the problem is, i know which courses i need to take to get into kelly- 3 out of the 4 they need if your not a direct admit
and i know which language i want to take, but what else are freshmen required to take?? like obviously there has to be more, no? as in history, scieence etc</p>
<p>and ps. to any kelly people i shoudl take all 3 of those required courses asap right, like all in my firs semester</p>