I notice that freshman move in this year is August 22. Does freshman orientation occur after this date? Trying to estimate the date I’ll fly out there…
Orientation is before move-in, and there are many dates in June and July that you can choose from. You will need to go for orientation and come back to move in
You may also want to check out this old thread on orientation. It helped me make the most of mine and i think most of it is still relevant.
Be sure to go to orientation on the earliest date you can manage to be sure you have the best chance of getting the classes you want. Things fill up fast!
@IUBOOS Agreed
Is there a secret web site that shows degree plans or major sheets for the various majors? All I want is an 8 semester sequence broken down by semester.
@turbo93 There’s no secret website, but each college has an academic bulletin that spells out what’s required:
bulletins.iu.edu/iub
Most departments also spell it out based on major.
Once you’re in the Student Information System (SIS) used to register, you can view your degree map based on college and major, and what classes you still need to take each semester.
I know you’re looking for a simple plan, but there are just too many choices at IU and one map doesn’t work for everyone.
Thanks, the Bulletin took me all the way back to the department page which has the requirements written in longhand. It gives the requirements but not in a semester by semester format. We’ll have to check SIS for that! DD is expected to have a lot of advanced placement credit (AP & IB plus language). Part of it is what you said, too many choices, I just looked at the “Culture Studies: one course from CASE GCC” and was rewarded with hundreds of choices.
@turbo93 Try this
An adviser can also create a personalized 4 year plan if you make an appointment and ask
OK, we’ll pursue that. Thank you for the tips! Now for the bonus round 
Let’s say you are in Hutton and want to take some courses that are listed both in the regular schedule but there’s a cross-listed course listing (department honors) courses for Hutton students. Is there an advantage taking the Hutton/Crosslisted (http://www.indiana.edu/~iubhonor/courses/CROSS16/CROSS16.php) version of Intro Chemistry versus the regular version of the class? In terms of difficulty, textbook, assignments, class material depth or breadth, grade outcomes (I can check that), class size… Or is it like High School where Honors anything is generally more advanced and ‘weighted’?
@turbo93 I have taken honors business presentations (C106) and honors computer in business (K204). The assignments were essentially the same for C106 and the regular version, and the class was basically the same as what people told me about C104. The advantage to honors classes is that there are other smart people in them, and that helps a lot for classes that require group work like business presentations. The best professors also typically teach the honors classes, but all my professors have been good in general. The only difference in K204 was that the final project was more complicated and required more work than the regular version, but it was manageable. I wouldn’t say there is a huge difference and I would advise taking up to 2 honors classes a semester if the subject is interesting to you. If the class does not sound interesting or you are worried about the workload of a certain semester, the regular version is fine.
Also, you can graduate with general honors notation by taking 18 credits of honors classes before you graduate. 6 of the credits must be from “HON-H” classes, and the other 12 can be any honors classes. If you plan on doing that, I would highly recommend HON-H 240 with Noretta Koertge. You don’t have to make that decision now though.
http://www.indiana.edu/~iubhonor/advice15/ghn.php
Also, the Fall 2016 honors class list has been posted:
http://www.indiana.edu/~iubhonor/courses/CourseList-3-18.pdf
@iubaccounting Nice link… didn’t know future students could use that resource!
@turbo93 A few more comments about Honors classes:
Just about any class can be “made” into an Honors class with professor/dept approval. You need to request this when the class starts. They will generally add a paper or some other assignment to the class to make it Honors.
Many times Honors sections attend the same lecture as the non-Honors section but the discussion group is specific to the Honors attendees.
Honors classes at IU are not weighted. The grades carry the same weight on your GPA as any other class. On the other hand, if you check out the grade distributions, most Honors classes are mostly A’s and B’s due to the quality of the student, the smaller class size, and the professors. Kelley almost insists that no Honors class student get anything below a B-.
Be very careful with taking Hutton classes unless you like lots of reading and enjoy writing papers.
I’ll pass the info to my DD18 who will be a Huttonite / Collinsite (?) next fall, we just paid the deposit.Apparently the igps works even for guest access.
Is it possible to find out who your advisor is ahead of time and email them for recommendations for a sample plan of study? or ask the pre-professional advisors for same? It’s not like she’s picked any obscure major or anything…
Also, could someone share the cost and probability of getting a campus commuter parking tag (SC)? From my trips to Bloomington I did not get any warm fuzzy feelings that parking was going to be available or affordable (Ann Arbor South?) I checked the parking office but it requires log in etc.Obviously this is down the road but I thought I’d ask…
Generally you don’t find out your specific advisor until you are here for orientation or after–depends on the school/department. During Orientation, because there are so many students that need advising, you may not see your advisor, but another advisor in the department. If your student is in Hutton, s/he will see a Hutton advisor–at least it was that way a few years ago.
Parking permits have changed over the last few years so I am not as familiar with them as I was in the past. Generally freshman can get a permit for parking at the Memorial Stadium lot. The issue with the Memorial Stadium lot is tht the car needs to be moved on football and basketball game days. Sometimes they are lucky enough to get a permit for their dorm lot, but generally those are first given to non-freshman. Given s/he is living in Collins parking is at a premium in that area. Even if s/he has a permit, there is not guarantee of nearby parking. I’m also wondering if you were at the correct website. This one doesn’t require a log in: https://parking.indiana.edu/index.html
This page includes a number to call: http://www.iubus.indiana.edu/parking_operations/permit_purchase.aspx
My guess is permit costs have not yet been determined for next fall.
I also question the need for a car. Collins is in the center of campus and close to numerous bus stops. Getting to shopping areas, etc. is fairly easy from that location by walking and/or bus.
I agree with @rrah about a car. I am a freshman and I don’t have a car here. Most freshman don’t and I would probably only ever use it to go to the grocery store, but my parents just take me to the store every time I see them and I stock up on food then (about once a month)
We’ve done the food drop routine (we’ll be the ones rolling in the 25 cubic foot fridge into Collins 
) Our older one made it three years in an apartment in another school with monthly food drops of Berlin Airlift magnitude so we’re not worried. And Bloomington does have a good bus system and College Mall is nearby.