<p>I may not be in the country between July and August, and I'm not sure if I can attend. However, I'm looking at the events of orientation, and it doesn't seem all that necessary to me. There's counseling given for students to choose their classes for their first quarter, but it seems like the actual enrollment is done online anytime I wish.</p>
<p>So, for those of you who have attended orientation, will I miss out on a lot if I'm not there?</p>
<p>Yeah, you miss the experience.</p>
<p>And as far as I know, enrollment will not be activated until you attend an orientation (and in fact, the very last day of it). Somehow I recollect that if you don't attend an orientation session, you don't get to enroll until September.</p>
<p>it behooves you to attend the earliest orientation session possible.</p>
<p>that way you stand a better chance of getting the classes you want.</p>
<p>How does "honors priority" work at orientation?</p>
<p>i dont think it does. you sign up when your orientation group signs up. IIRC, there was no special time for the honors students.</p>
<p>No, priority doesn't take effect until Winter Quarter. And even then priority enrollment isn't even all that great.</p>
<p>Actually, I contacted Orientation because there's the chance that I might not go to any of them.</p>
<p>They told me that it's alright. </p>
<p>For enrollment, you can enroll online on URSA and you can have counseling appointments (they said that even if we just walk in and set an appointment at the beginning of the day, they will most likely have it for sometime later that day). Someone else has told me that you can do "virtual counseling" on MyUCLA.</p>
<p>On the really long menu on the left, scroll down to find Counseling (by chat) online.</p>
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<p>Oh, kid me not kind sir, for priority enrollment was teh awesome! I mean, seriously! It helped me get into tons of classes that otherwise would've filled up.</p>
<p>Granted, by the time you're a senior, that matters less...but still.</p>
<p>I'm just saying that because so many people have priority. If you have priority, then all is normal (you get screwed); if not, even more screwed.</p>
<p>The worst is when your priority enrollment period is towards the end. Sure you can sign up, but it's much more likely that the classes are closed since they have reached half full.</p>
<p>have the orientation dates been posted?</p>
<p>nope.</p>
<p>end of may, folks.</p>
<p>ucapplicant,</p>
<p>Point taken. I still found it pretty useful, and it helped me get into my poli sci classes, while I let my Japanese classes go until second pass.</p>
<p>UCLA orientation is a ripoff...I heard Cal's is 90 bucks and UCSD's is 60 something....why the hell is UCLA's 110?</p>
<p>Hahah, actually it's only technically a ripoff if it isn't more valuable on the margin compared to the other two. It may just be that UCSD gives its students bronze, Cal silver, and UCLA students get high-grade platinum.</p>
<p>By the way, are you in the market for a bridge? I've got a couple nice ones.</p>
<p>UCLAri, yeah it's definitely helpful, no doubt, and even essential.</p>
<p>ucla orientation is only $110? i heard it was somewhere around $350...is there any way to get around this huge fee??</p>
<p>Transfer and first-year orientations have different costs.</p>
<p>No, you can't get around the fees.</p>
<p>Unless you qualify for some sort of aid.</p>
<p>I did, and they didn't help me one bit.</p>
<p>ok, u know how they'd group ya base on major @ oreintation... what if u plan to switch majors? Should u call ahead of time and notify them?</p>