<p>Does anyone know if freshman need to buy a meal plan for orientation, or if we’re supposed to use our regular meal plan for this week? Thanks!</p>
<p>Part of your fees for NSO go towards providing an orientation meal plan, so don't worry about it. And if you somehow manage to use up all your meals (i don't remember how many you get) there's always cart-food - cheap and wholesome...well, not really, but it tastes good.</p>
<p>how do we register for meal plans at all? what site do we go to once we have our pennkey? thanks!</p>
<p>when do we get offical info about orientation / pre-orientation, etc?</p>
<p>All new incoming students will receive their official NSO packet including your Penn Reading Project (PRP) book (Ben Franklin's Autobiography), the Guide for Penn Families, PHINS Brochure, Proseminar Guide, etc. around the second week of July.</p>
<p>However, this year will be the second year of Pennster (Penn's Virtual Student Orientation Network). We launch on June 10 because each student will be linked by his/her housing assignment and we wait for housing decisions to be received.</p>
<p>The 2005 NSO and PRP websites are under construction, but you can visit last year's sites to get an idea of what to expect.</p>
<p>Here's a rundown of some things to visit:</p>
<p>NSO 2004 Site: <a href="http://www.upenn.edu/nso%5B/url%5D">www.upenn.edu/nso</a>
PRP 2004 Site: <a href="http://www.upenn.edu/nso/prp%5B/url%5D">www.upenn.edu/nso/prp</a>
Pennster: <a href="http://www.pennster.com%5B/url%5D">www.pennster.com</a>
PHINS (Orientation Leaders): <a href="http://www.collegehouses.upenn.edu/phins%5B/url%5D">www.collegehouses.upenn.edu/phins</a>
Pre-Orientation Programs Site: <a href="http://www.vpul.upenn.edu/osl/preprog/%5B/url%5D">www.vpul.upenn.edu/osl/preprog/</a></p>
<p>If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the NSO Office either through email <a href="mailto:nso@pobox.upenn.edu">nso@pobox.upenn.edu</a> or call 215.898.7000.</p>
<p>We look forward to hearing from you,
NSO Coordinator</p>