<p>I felt that orientation does a great job of selling USC to the parents attending. Nothing for students is absolutely essential other than meeting with your advisor and registering for classes for the first time.</p>
<p>As for meeting people, it is possible to make friends. However, you won’t see them until school starts and if they don’t live in the same dorm, you will have to make an effort to maintain that friendship considering you will have only known them for less than 36 hours by the end of orientation. People do attempt to make friends through the Class of 20XX/ Orientation session X groups on Facebook and plan to meet up on the first day.</p>