Summer Orientation

<p>So what happens at Orientation for those 4 days. I heard it goes all day, and I just don't what would take all day for 4 days. I know you do course registration.. but what else?</p>

<p>A lot of wondering why you spent $100 for them to waste your four days?</p>

<p>When I went (4 years ago), we went to some assembly where they talked about diversity and tolerance. And then you split off into small groups and talk about political issues. Really awkward. </p>

<p>One of the most useful things you can do, which I didn't, is to take your language-placement test. So if you took a foreign language in high school, take the placement test before you forget everything, and you may not have to take foreign language classes at all at UT. </p>

<p>Other than that, orientation is mostly about realizing, "Oh my god, I'm away from home for 4 days!" and going to frat parties and getting ridiculously wasted and doing stupid stuff. It's good practice for freshman year.</p>

<p>That's exactly what happened when I went last year, UTSenior.</p>

<p>I don't remember ANY spanish at all. The best I can do, is when someone I know is speaking spanish, is walk up to them and say "me gusta la pizza con queso".</p>

<p>I can't believe I am going to be wasting 4 days for this haha. I thought we would do something productive.</p>

<p>"I thought we would do something productive."
oh nik, aren't you cute</p>

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<p>That's what you'll be saying about college, only substitute "days" with "years."</p>

<p>My friends that are there now said that if anything its just a time to make friends, most frats will be open so take advantage of the parties before you either have to join or get out.</p>

<p>I guess registration is the only "productive" thing but I'm going July 10, and from my understanding I'm pretty screwed for getting the classes I want anyways since its so late.</p>

<p>On a side note, you still have to take a placement test for language? I thought 3 years or more in high school was sufficient?</p>

<p>Spaces in freshman level classes are allocated by orientation session so that incoming freshmen in later orientation sessions have as good of a chance to get into a class as freshmen in an earlier orientation session. However, you will be assigned a registration time slot within your orientation session and I'm not sure whether the spaces are allocated by time slot within an orientation session. Something to remember is that if you have access to a computer and the UT network, you don't have to go to the FAC to register. You can register anywhere if you know how to use ROSE.</p>

<p>If you have 3 or more years of a foreign language in HS, you don't have to take a foreign language at UT. However, if you want to receive credit for the foreign language on your transcript, you have to take a foreign language placement exam.</p>

<p>my future roomates are there now so i'm assuming they could do that.</p>

<p>do you know when it becomes possible for freshman to register online?</p>

<p>m1817, so if you have 3 years of Spanish, you have met your foriegn lang. requirement? I have read the information in the business school website and I can't get a definitive answer to whether my son needs to take the test. </p>

<p>Help!!!</p>

<p>You won't be able to register until your assigned time during orientation. UT will have a block on your registration until you meet with an advisor during orientation. </p>

<p>Whether or not you need to take a foreign language depends on your major and which college you're in. For most degrees in the College of Liberal Arts and College of Communication at least, you need 4 semesters of college level foreign language in order to graduate. You either have to place out of them by taking an exam (AP, IB, SAT II, CLEP, etc) or actually take the classes. I'm not sure about Business majors, or any other college for that matter, so it's best to contact the specific college you or your child will be in to find out for sure. </p>

<p>The way it worked when I was a student (and I don't think it's changed) is that after UT received your scores from whichever placement test you took, you could log in and see what credit you could claim and what your grade would be. So, for example, if you took a Spanish test, your results page might say that you could claim credit for Spanish 506 and 507 with an A and Spanish 312k with a B. You could then choose to claim the credit for each class with the grades, as credit with pass/fail, or decline the credit.</p>

<p>ag54, to definitively determine whether your son needs to take a foreign language test, have him do an interactive degree audit and see if there is a requirement for a foreign language.</p>

<p><a href="https://utdirect.utexas.edu/nrida/menu.WBX%5B/url%5D"&gt;https://utdirect.utexas.edu/nrida/menu.WBX&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>A UTEID is required to access this link. It will tell him what courses he needs to meet the BBA degree requirements.</p>

<p>Thanks ya'll.</p>

<p>CC comes to the rescue again!!</p>

<p>You no longer get a letter grade for placement tests and AP's. All you get is credit. For better or worse.</p>

<p>So if you got a 70 on the Spanish CLEP, how much credit would you get?</p>

<p>@runpunk - I didn't realize that you no longer got grades for credit by exam. Probably better that way, although people may be more inclined to take the class if they know that they can get a good grade. More people taking intro level courses = more overcrowding. </p>

<p>@JJG - If you go to <a href="http://www.utexas.edu/academic/mec/cbe/testperiod.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.utexas.edu/academic/mec/cbe/testperiod.html&lt;/a> you can click on the test offered and see what credit you can get for what score. Also, if there is a subject not listed, sometimes a placement test can still be arranged. A professor arranged a test for me in a foreign language not listed on that page and I was able to get 4 semesters of credit for it and fulfill my foreign language requirement.</p>

<p>i got a B in dual credit BCIS at a local community college and it is accepted at UT and McCombs... do u kno if they will transfer it over as a B or as credit for Management info systems 301...?</p>

<p>you should be able to just count is as credit</p>

<p>I believe that the grade for any transfer courses will show up on your transcript but that it will not be used when they calculate your GPA. You might check with someone in the McCombs advising office to make sure though.</p>