<p>Is it mandatory?</p>
<p>[I just don't see the point in having a 3-4 day International orientation followed by another 5 day new student orientation.]</p>
<p>I heard that this year ISO does not start before NSO. I think they have done it that way in the past, but now all students are supposed to arrive on the same day.</p>
<p>Hey, I may be wrong though…</p>
<p>It really depends. Things like check-in with the international office youhave to do. If you lived in the U.S. for years, you may find that a lot of the ISO is just utterly useless to you. If you aren’t familiar with the U.S. way at all, then you may want to attend the ISO. </p>
<p>FYI, the stuff at NSO is completely different, so don’t worry about having the two covering similar things or whatnot.</p>