<p>I know that this is sort of a dumb question, but besides visiting an adviser, registering for classes, and taking placement tests -- what all do you do? I was surprised when I signed up this morning to find that it is three days long, is there more you're supposed to be doing that I was unaware of? Thanks!</p>
<p>There is a lot of stuff you can do, but for the most part your there to register. You can explore campus or whatever if you want. There are parties off campus, and a ton of events you can attend if you want(and a ton you are required to), but mostly its to register. I had to take off work to go, and it was a huge waste of time.</p>
<p>crazi - Fill us prospective UT students in on what all you did. I thought you would already have met with your advisor before registration. </p>
<p>fox - why was it a waste of time?</p>
<p>what's the difference between the Orientation and the UT Colloquium besides registering for classes? It's kind of pricey and I don't want to go if I'm just going to be given information that I already know.</p>
<p>I had to take a week off of work to be forced into going to some pretty dumb events. Like we had to sit for a few hours and listen to this stupid diversity presentation. They force you to go to events just so you can register. It can be somewhat fun at night with the student organization giving presentations, but after the first day its kind of over the top. This could have easily been a single day instead of a week.</p>
<p>did you end up meeting a lot of people? that's mainly the reason I wanna go</p>
<p>Let me post an agenda for you. My daughter met A LOT of people at orientation. You have quite a bit of free time. It probably is longer than it needs to be.</p>
<p>It is very helpful to register for your fall semester classes during the summer at orientation. I would go if I were you.</p>
<p>Here is the 2007 book. I think it was left on line accidentally. Save it. They might take it down any time.
<a href="http://deanofstudents.utexas.edu/nss/downloads/freshmanGuide07.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://deanofstudents.utexas.edu/nss/downloads/freshmanGuide07.pdf</a></p>
<p>There seem to be frat parties every night all week long, too.</p>
<p>(foxshox, were you already familiar with the UT campus?)</p>
<p>I fail to understand how "Succeed at UT" relates in any way to things scheduled at 2 AM. Another thing I noticed was how there's hardly a page that doesn't speak to forking over more of the parents' hard earned dollars. Yeah, it does seem like a lot of unnecessary and expen$ive wasted time.</p>
<p>What's the University Co-op "save your receipts and get 10% back"?</p>
<p>cool thanks for that midwestmom</p>
<p>The 2007 "Day 3 (Thursday): Lobby Advising - available 11 pm to 2 am" means that if, after multiple sessions on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday talking about how to register for your classes on Friday morning, you are still confused about how to register for your classes on Friday morning, you can go to the lobby of Jester and a human being or two will be sitting at a table and available to answer your questions.</p>
<p>do you parents have to go up with you to orienatation? like will there be anything they will have to sign if your not eighteen yet?</p>
<p>Your parents don't go to orientation with you, unless you want to be made fun of thoroughly.</p>
<p>Is orientation just for freshman or do transfer students also go?</p>
<p>I believe it is just Freshman, although I can't say for sure. It really isn't worth going if you don't have to.</p>
<p>I'm glad I don't have to bring my mom!
But she is probably going to cry when I tell her that she can't come. She's been doing that a lot lately...last week she got all teary over transcript request forms...</p>
<p>k just wondering because i heard that to upgrade your UT eid you have to have like a parent signiture if your not 18 yet but i'm not sure</p>
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I'm glad I don't have to bring my mom!
But she is probably going to cry when I tell her that she can't come. She's been doing that a lot lately...last week she got all teary over transcript request forms...
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Haha, yeah, I would say just to bare with them. It is annoying and embarrassing now, but looking back I feel like an ass when I wanted to just get away from my parents come move in time. I wasn't quite as sentimental as them(as I imagine most guys are), but when my sister told me they were all teary eyed when they left Austin, I felt bad for not going to breakfast with them(instead of sleeping in).</p>
<p>Sorry aschap, they will invite your mom to a Family Orientation at the same time as your first day of orientation. I went and picked up quite a few tips that my D didn't know, things that were helpful to know about later - there is some usefulness to the family orientation - especially for a mom from out of state like me. (The only overlap between the family orientation and the freshman orientation is at the barbecue so it is not like you are sitting with your mom at information sessions.)</p>
<p>Oh, one more thing about orientation - my D and her friends were entertained by getting a lot of free t-shirts at orientation. Lots of groups were giving out shirts and most groups would give you an extra if you wanted one (or a younger sib or a friend from home who is a Longhorns fan - most of the shirts were burnt orange :)</p>
<p>k just wondering because i heard that to upgrade your UT eid you have to have like a parent signiture if your not 18 yet but i'm not sure</p>
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<p>this is true. my friend and i had to do this this past summer. our parents were with us the first day and we went straight to the ID place for them to sign and then they left.</p>
<p>If you bring a certain notarized form that you can find on the orientation website then you do not need to bring your parents. That's what I'm going to do since I won't be 18 until a month and a half after orientation.</p>