<p>Im debating whether I should go for the 7 hour morning orientation this Monday or wait till august 23 when it's only 4 hrs?? I really don't need/want to go to orientation I've lived near mason for a number of years and have seen it in and out. Is there anyway I can get around orientation? Any help is greatly appreciated. Also I might add I'm a sophomore transferring in</p>
<p>Do you know what’s happening at orientation? We did a couple of important things at mine, including signing up for work-study jobs and taking placement exams or getting waivers for various graduation requirements.</p>
<p>If your’s is primarily a campus tour and they don’t take attendance, skip it if you must. But if it’s only 7 hours and right around the corner, why not just go and meet some soon-to-be classmates?</p>
<p>You also make friends at Orientation…</p>
<p>I hated orientation. It made me not want to gp to my school. Everyones kind of fake. There are some cool people, but I didn’t really make friends there, I don’t hang with anyone I met at orientation.</p>
<p>I didn’t keep my orientation, but I didn’t go due to soccer practice for my college. I’ve heard over the years that their making it sort of mandatory.</p>
<p>Orientations can be hit/miss. Mine was alright. I had alot of fun. come to think of it, thats the only time I ever really enjoyed my school. but I thought it was a waste of time tho. but to each his own.</p>
<p>since you dont really want to go, I would say go only if they sign up for classes, since you might get stuck with the horrible class times/teachers that you could have avoided if you had went. but other than that, there’s no reason to go if you dont want to</p>
<p>That’s the thing I really doubt I’m gonna make any long lasting friendships at orientation and I’m not trying to go through a 7 hour tour of my backyard, the only concern I have is signing up for classes they do it at orientation does anyone know how to get myself out of it but still sign up for classes? Who would I contact?</p>
<p>maybe talk to an academics dean or someone in the student affairs</p>
<p>At ASU they charge you $250 for orientation so a lot of people just meet up with their adviser to pick classes.</p>
<p>Just go… Expect something unexpectedly good to happen. </p>
<p>Maybe you’ll meet one person who later will be important in your life, maybe you’ll learn something you need to know about how to navigate the school, or maybe you will just really enjoy sharing your backyard with some new students…</p>
<p>If you don’t have an OK time than you have wasted a few hours and can have the satisfaction of being right, again…</p>
<p>Be careful skipping orientation…a lot of schools are now making it mandatory.</p>
<p>For example, at SSU, if you don’t go to orientation you are ineligible to attend in the fall. So you might want to call your school and check (realizing that they’re going to do everything they can to convince you to go).</p>
<p>It might be fun, you never know.</p>
<p>Why don’t you go to orientation and skip only those events you are not interested in (like the campus tour)? I attended only about half of the sessions of my own orientation, but I am glad I went because some of it was fun or informative.</p>
<p>I just got back. The whole thing was a little bit of a disorganized joke and most of the students were afraid to talk to each other (aside from the ones we found hooking up in the stairwell at night… which is another story entirely) but I did make a few friends and don’t really regret going.</p>
<p>Thanks for all the comments, I found out it is mandatory. another thing is I’ve had lung problems and walking around for ~6-7 hrs isn’t going to cope well with my body especially since it’s been on an avg 97-98 degrees here I sent the office an email hopefully I can get around going</p>
<p>Just go in with a positive tone. I had orientation in June and it was AMAZING. Sure, some of the talks were kinda boring, but they were useful. Our orientation leaders (OLs) did a fantastic job of keeping us awake and acted out skits to show what college life is like from different perspectives - greek life, using libraries, dating, computer tech help, etc.</p>
<p>We broke into smaller groups and I got to know people within my major and Honors program. We used facebook and email to connect after the orientation. There were people who seemed fake, people who were really annoying, but don’t you get that anywhere? </p>
<p>I heard that my orientation would be boring, but I found that I had a ton of fun when reaching out to others. When you sit down in an auditorium or something, find someone who seems to dress similarly (or has a tshirt that shows you may have the same interests! That’s what happened to me… a bunch of us had periodic table of elements shirts!) and just say hi, introduce yourself. You might find that the person is a jerk, but that person could be in two of your classes AND become your best friend. Who knows?</p>
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Hopefully you won’t have to walk too much. In those 7 hours you will probably attend information sessions on topics like graduation requirements, campus resources and residential life policies, maybe with a short campus tour thrown in. You will certainly not be walking outside in the heat for 7 hours.</p>
<p>Just wondering sorry for all the questions usually do they give u a schedule of the day? I’m mostly concerned about signing up for the classes I already know mostly all the other stuff, can I just leave and come back around when they are about to the signing up?</p>
<p>You will most likely get a schedule for the day when you register in the morning, but maybe someone from Mason can tell you for sure?</p>
<p>This is just how it worked at my school, but I was just an O Leader, so this is how we do it:</p>
<p>At the beginning, we give a schedule of events, a Drug/Alcohol/Leave policy and a Rec Center Waiver. The Drug/Alcohol/Leave policy states that every part of the session is mandatory and you may not choose to skip something unless you get permission from the program leaders.</p>
<p>If you really have a situation where you can’t be walking around, talk to the school. They can most likely arrange to have someone drive you around in a golf cart or something similar.</p>
<p>HisGraceFillsMe, I am curious how the Drug/Alcohol/Leave policy was enforced. Did you take attendance periodically?</p>