<p>My parents don't think they will be able to make it to my orientation days. How important is it for them to go or would I be ok just heading down there on my own?</p>
<p>I'm also going to orientation by myself and was wondering the same thing.</p>
<p>Don't worry. You will be fine on your own. My son went alone (2 years ago). While there are some special sessions for parents, it's nothing crucial that they can't pick up by reading the material handed out or checking online. And you can accomplish all you need to accomplish without parents around--placement testing, scheduling, etc. There will be plenty of people to tell you just what to do.</p>
<p>It doesn't matter, because they split up the parents and the students anyways. </p>
<p>Make sure that you either know someone in your session or get acquainted with people once you get down there, because it will be boring if you don't have a group of friends to hang out with.</p>
<p>You can skip a lot of the things. My advice would be to show up, take the math/language/whatever tests, get the free lunch, the software for your computer, then bail. They'll give you a free coupon for dinner. </p>
<p>You don't need to hear from the orientation guides about how they like it there for 2 hours, you don't need to hear what courses you need to take for your major (that's on a website, and you'll be meeting with your advisor the next day anyways). You can go back later if you want to eat dinner with them, or if you want to go to the thing in the auditorium, or at RecSports. It's usually in the mid-upper 80s anyways, and you'll be tired.</p>
<p>THanks... I might make a weekend of it then, visit friends down there and what not.</p>