<p>I know it says its mandatory, but is there a way to get out of it? I am pretty sure my parents do not want to come with me to UCR and pay $250 to attend + $50 for each additional family member.</p>
<p>I asked around and people said other UC's do not make their orientations mandatory.</p>
<p>please help!</p>
<p>Its because thats when you register for fall quarter classes. Talk to your advisor. Its not like they will kick you out if you dont go to orientation, i think they just say that so it will encourage more people will go.</p>
<p>You need to go to orientation to take placement tests so you can register for the correct classes in the fall. Your parents don’t need to go. Other UCs have alternate sites for students take placement tests before they come to orientation. For example, NorCal students attending UCI in the fall can take the math placement test at Cal in June and not have to travel down to Irvine to take the placement test. If your SATs were high enough you may not have to take placement tests at all. Check it out on the UCR website.</p>
<p>anyone sign up for this yet?</p>
<p>I know you can take the witting placement test at any local high school. I’m not sure about the math one yet. </p>
<p>Yeah, I want to know if anyone else has signed up for this yet as well. The $250 fee? thats ridiculous!</p>
<p>I know. F that I’ll wont go . the bad thing is that you’ll have register a week before classes start</p>
<p>The reason that the orientation is mandatory is because you’ll be taking care of a lot of business during Bear Facts Orientation. You can clear up any business all at once and with the help of academic advisers and other advisers (financial aid, etc.), if you need them. You can take any placement tests that you haven’t taken and you get to register for your Fall 2009 classes. If you put this off until later, it will be more complicated in the sense that you won’t get it all done at once. Plus, classes fill up VERY FAST. The earlier your orientation, the better. Remember, freshmen register AFTER all enrolled UCR students already register (I’m enrolling for Fall quarter of my second year in about three weeks).</p>
<p>And no, parents do not need to attend. If they do go, they end up going through an entirely different orientation/tour so it’s not like you’ll be with each other the whole time (except you can meet up for dinner if you want). $250 covers everything; you stay there overnight. I think you can get a fee waiver; not sure.</p>
<p>Is there really a fee waiver? Link please! :D</p>
<p>Yeah… I think that everyone should really try to go to the first date available for orientations. The earlier to register for classes, the better. Freshmen are on the bottom of the totem pole… meaning we get last choice for all classes. If you don’t want to go to class at 7AM in the morning or 10PM at night… it would be best to go to orientations… unless, of course, you don’t care about that at all.</p>
<p>yeah if there is a fee waiver i’ll go. but for $250… i think i’d rather save that money.</p>
<p>I think i’ll go either way. I do not want to be late for class registration.</p>
<p>their isn’t a waiver but you can defer it till you get FAFSA money</p>
<p>Orientation is not bad at all. You should definitly go!! your parents dont have to go but if they do they will get a different orienation that you and you only meet up for dinner then then they go home while your orientation program goes on. you spend the night the the res halls. you get a orientation counselor and a group for the two day session. you do a lot of cool activities and you meet your academic advisors and register for your fall classes. The first session is for honors students and some scholarship recipients but after that you can pick which ever one you want. Its a great experience. You meet friends that you will have for a long time and its the perfect way to start off your four years at UCR!</p>
<p>does the fee waiver cover for the $250 only?
cuz I have only one parent coming with me which means it will total out as $300, so would that mean I have to pay 50 bucks OR will the fee waiver also cover for my parent?</p>
<p>there is no fee waiver. unless i was misinformed</p>
<p>actually there is a fee waiver i just turned one in today err i mean tonight…</p>
<p>if your too lazy or for w/e reason dont wanna go to website for the bear facts orientation to go look for the fee waiver
application then you can just type in </p>
<p>UCR 2009 orientation fee waiver >>>> in google search and there should be a PDF file that says </p>
<p>Conference and Events Services - Summer 2009 To: Bear Facts Orientation Family members etc…
Print it out and just fill it out and mail it</p>
<p>that’s a liability waiver. LOL!</p>
<p>haha. I dont think you pay for your parents only if they are stayingovernight on campus</p>
<p>oh crap >.> i did something wrong …</p>
<p>i guess imma have to cancel my trip to BFO</p>
<p>when do i have to sign up for this i still haven’t done this</p>