<p>Our son has now accepted his offer from Tulane. He's so happy! We are so happy!</p>
<p>Anyone have tips for parents of incoming students? I saw the thread about dates - which is helpful - but other tips? Things we should be doing in the next couple of months? Things we should gently be reminding our son to do?</p>
<p>Are there other sites/forums/facebook groups that are useful in addition to this site about Tulane?</p>
<p>thanks all</p>
<p>There is a Facebook Page for Tulane Parents <a href="https://www./groups/115392342535/?fref=ts%5B/url%5D">https://www./groups/115392342535/?fref=ts</a></p>
<p>make sure you son joins the FB page for the Class of 2018 too! <a href="https://www./groups/TulaneClassof2018/?fref=ts%5B/url%5D">https://www./groups/TulaneClassof2018/?fref=ts</a></p>
<p>Congratulations to your son!</p>
<p>Guess you can’t link to facebook sites?
Joust search for Tulane Parents and Tulane Class of 2018 on facebook!</p>
<p>There really isn’t too much. Tulane will send you instructions in July about move-in and how to ship things ahead. Before that, I think the two main things are:</p>
<p>1) Sometime in May, I think, people will start looking for roommates. Usually there are two forums for this. Often there is a Facebook group devoted to that purpose, and in the past Tulane has used a site called Roommate Click. But until the May 1 deadline for finalizing where all freshman are going to attend, there isn’t much to do regarding this task. Also, of course, some people prefer to just get a random roommate, so it isn’t like he has to do this.</p>
<p>2) Is he going to attend one of the Orientation sessions in June? If so, then he needs to be on the lookout for the opening up of these sessions soon. Then you should make your reservations as soon as possible. There he will register for classes. It is also another opportunity to find a roommate. How much he needs to look at courses beforehand depends somewhat on his intended major, if he has one. Does he have a direction in this regard yet?</p>
<p>Other than that, there are little tips like using the Bed, Bath & Beyond system where you can reserve items at your local store but pick them up at the Metarie store (New Orleans suburb). These will all get spelled out in the Facebook groups dolphnlvr mentioned.</p>
<p>During Orientation they choose their courses with an advisor. How do they get assigned an advisor? Is it someone from their intended major?</p>
<p>Kind of. If the student has indicated a major, they will get an advisor that knows well the school that belongs to (Business, Liberal Arts, Science & Engineering, Architecture, or Public Health) and possibly that major, although the school is more important as an incoming freshman.</p>
<p>Thanks @fallenchemist, is the advisor a professor? Does this advisor stay with you or is it a one shot deal?</p>
<p>Typically in the business school the advisor is assigned alphabetically to a group of general business school advisors until sophomore year when they declare a major. They also have a Newcomb College advisor who makes sure they meet the core curriculum requirements as well. </p>
<p>I am pretty sure that the initial advising is from a full time employee of the Advising Center that specializes in that school, just like the business school example provided by kreativekat. I believe there are advisors specifically for those that are undecided as well. Generally a student will stick with an advisor as long as they don’t change majors. I don’t think they are assigned professors as advisors any longer, but I will double check on that. </p>
<p>To get a good handle on the core curriculum requirements as well as the school specific requirements, check out the 2013 First Year Academic Planning Guide pdf - <a href=“http://tulane.edu/advising/upload/freshman-guide2013.pdf”>http://tulane.edu/advising/upload/freshman-guide2013.pdf</a>
. Obviously, there may be some changes to the 2014 version, but I bet that it will be pretty similar. There are sample schedules and lots of good information for freshman that will help with picking classes. </p>
<p>Thanks @jozuko this guide is very helpful. I appreciate it!</p>
<p>Thanks for sharing that! Lots of great information! </p>
<p>DebmomNY - OK, here’s the deal. You get a professor for an advisor when you formally declare a major. You still keep the general advisor from the advising office, who makes sure you meet the overall Newcomb-Tulane College requirements and anything else that is required outside the major requirements themselves. That is true for all the undergraduate schools and majors.</p>
<p>Thanks for the clarification!</p>