<p>My orientation changed my view of the school, after my overnight visit I wasn't sure fi I had made the right choice or if I was ready but orientation was completely different! I was able to meet great people and we ended up hanging out in the room until 430 am, I feel ready now. Hbu you guys?</p>
<p>Not really, but I was even more excited afterwards</p>
<p>Prior to attending Star I was like, I’m just going to go and enjoy it.
After attending Star I was like To heck with Summer, get me in this school. The ironic thing is that I didn’t actually do anything fun at orientation, mostly it was all meeting, walking and working/processing information. I suppose that’s a good thing though, getting excited that way.</p>
<p>“After attending [orientation] I was like To heck with Summer, get me in this school”</p>
<p>So much this. Something about being with your future classmates, actually being in the city of your college, it all just totally ratcheted up my anticipation levels. Before I was kind of vaguely aware that I was going to college, but all the fairly mundane orientation stuff made it all much more tangible and exciting.</p>
<p>It made the place actually seem real…</p>
<p>I won’t lie I did get some red flags but for the most part I loved orientation! But that love deff didn’t stick with me throughout the school year</p>
<p>Yeah it made EVERYTHING seemed real, like wow these are actually my future classmates, hallmates, people I will be interacting with very often.</p>
<p>Orientation wasn’t the best for me, 'cause I was really quiet and it seemed like everyone had their family with them and I didn’t (I went by myself). But I met some very nice people and the school seemed pretty awesome 'cause I was introduced to A LOT of services that they offer. But yeah, I am actually excited to start college and see what my life will be like :)</p>
<p>My orientation is in 2 more weeks and I’m so nervous! After orientation, I’ll be staying on campus for this 7 week Freshmen Summer program. I’m kind of anxious for it, but at the same time, I want to take everything as slow as possible because I’m going to miss my home very much and I just want to take everything in and enjoy the time I have with my family as much as possible before I live 6 hours away from them. :(</p>
<p>I know I’m overreacting or being overemotional but I never been on my own before. lol :p</p>
<p>It made it more exciting. My orientation was pretty fun, and I was able to meet my then-roommate and some friends that I still talk to.</p>
<p>Well, before I went to orientation I wanted to go but was really nervous. After orientation, the nervousness was gone and I just wanted summer to pass so I could go to the school. So it didn’t change my view of the school, but it did change my attitude about going.</p>
<p>my orientation was last year, around this time, july 15th in fact, i remember the date because i had been anticipating it. it was only 1 day and the weather was cloudy and cold - i was surprised i got myself there, but that was the only opportunity freshman had to sign up for classes, at orientation in person, so i knew i had to go. a girl talked to me for 40 minutes. she was a mixed breed, but who isn’t in the bay area. i had had my nose in a book when she came by. also, i had refused the subway offerings to nibble on unsweetened chocolate which i had brought along. i had that laid out on the tiny round table to ward off any kids that might find come up to me. but it failed because within minutes a girl took the seat opposite me - how miraculous. i kept reading. eventually (after one or two minutes of silence) she vocalized the dreaded “hi” and then i put my booked down, looked up, and said hi back, and then we talked the whole time, exchanging personal details of one sort or another back and forth with a fluency i didn’t know i was capable of. then the rest of the day she hung around another boy (i thought he was nice so i was okay with this). the whole thing kind of amused me and at the end of the day left a bit perplexed but happy i had made it through the orientation without any incidents.</p>
<p>After I did an overnight stay, I decided that the school I chose was the best fit for me. The first day I was a bit wary, but the second day really solidified my choice. After orientation, I was even more excited, because I got to meet a ton of professors, and the people seem to be really nice.</p>
<p>Lesser selective (1500 is around the average SAT score) means not so smart people. A lot of people (in engineering) that failed the placement test for Calculus I, and everybody talks about you if you’ve done BC… I have not found anyone comparable in the field like I thought I would.</p>
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<p>1500 is around the average SAT score at my school too. but i still think this allows for the locating of a lot of REALLY smart people. in the upper division math/science classes which you will probably quickly be taking i think you will see some. i sneaked into a DNA topology class (which only required linear algebra + calc III) but some of the kids in it (and it was only a class of 15) i could tell were much more intelligent than me. there was one guy in particular who talked very fluently and asked complicated questions and was very “vibrant”. in my calc III class the kids seemed more normal but they were at least somewhat smart and kind, pleasant people, anyway.</p>