<p>a. do we really need to bring a backpack?
b. what do we really do for 9 hours?!</p>
<p>a. No</p>
<p>b. Get to know the campus, learn how things work in college, get all the info that you’ll need to be able to succeed in college, meet with counselor (this one varies from college to college), etc etc. Trust me, those 9 hours will seem a bit long at times, but it’ll be helpful down the line</p>
<p>so what do we need for orientation? comfortable shoes, snacks, water bottle? thanks</p>
<p>i think the orientation experience will differ depending on ur openmindedness and the college ur attending.</p>
<p>im gonna be a first year in revelle, and i loved my orientation. i dont care what all the other haters/downers/loners/losers/anti-socials say. UCSD is a great school with great ppl, and i fell in love with it even before the school year started. but hey, thats just me.</p>
<p>for revelles orientation it was something like this:
you get assigned to a small group and ull be doing ice breaker games. (they practically choose ur first friends at ucsd for you). in between the games and fun, ull go to lecture halls to learn about the school policy, graduation requirements, food court system, laundry and card money, etc. (basically general info about UCSD). be prepared to make skits and make a fool out of urself, just relax and have some fun. ull meet quite alot of weirdos but thats because they’re just nervous about making a good impression, once u get to know them im sure they’re not that of a bad ppl. the only thing ull need for orientation is an open mind and sun block. (i got sun burned :P)</p>
<p>^Potentially. I didn’t have a great group of people in my orientation group so they definitely weren’t my first friends at UCSD.</p>
<p>Should I bring a backpack or a purse with my stuff? Or will it get in the way</p>
<p>for my orientation group, I didn’t make many friends because it cliqued up FAST … I tried to open it up and talk to some people from other groups, but people seriously stuck to their mini groups ._.
I made great friends with most of my orientation suitemates though haha! (in June orientation, your suitemates aren’t the ones you’ll be living with for the school year) Some girls just shut their doors and didn’t make much effort, but for the rest of us it was like a big slumber party! 8D so much funn</p>
<p>For ERC, you only needed the backpack to carry in your clothes and stuff, you could just leave it in your dorm. Bring a small bag if you like carrying around snacks, water, etc. Our 9 hours was mostly filled up with various lectures about things from class requirements to the open question session for party scenes, but we also had games/dances/etc. You sit more than you walk, but you do walk long distances, so go for comfy shoes, bringing along snacks/water if you think you’ll need it.</p>
<p>most of all, don’t be shy!! I’m really shy with new people, but I still pushed myself to make conversation with people 
be open about it, you may meet some great people!</p>
<p>This is a bit late, but I live 15 min away from campus and didn’t plan to stay on campus during Orientation, but were we supposed to? I’m going to the September Orientation so I wasn’t required to because of people moving in. Will that be a problem? I have orientation tomorrow, but just wanted to know.</p>
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<p>That’s what happened to me. Apparently I wasn’t cool enough for them or something stupid like that.</p>
<p>No, you dont have to stay on campus, shouldn’t be a problem.</p>