[llee10789]

hellllo---

I will be transferring into UCDavis as a Neuroscience, Physiology, and Behavior AND Exercise Biology Major...and I would like to know

--is orientation mandatory? useful? necessary?

--or...is it just a waste of money?

I briefly read on the website that at orientation i will be able to register, is there a certain code that i need to register? if so, can i get it some other time (over the net, through an e-mail?)?

Also, it says to come to orientation and bring my laptop to register it with the campus wireless...can i do that some other time?

--Do you recommend transfer students to go to orientations?

I am really excited to transfer--I don't want to be confused and such about advising/counselors and such (although i will have a handful of transfer-bound friends there too).

Also--

If you have any advice for a transfer student, please share!

Thanks.

[itrayya]

my friend was a transfer to my school... i think she thought the orientation was helpful.
she liked the campus more due to that.

but davis...... if it was me... even after the orientation, i would still be lost.

but it doesnt hurt to go, right???

and im really glad for you too.
im glad you are excite.
i hope you have fun there.
work hard.

good luck.

[akira53]

I thought the campus tour they gave at my orientation was really useful. Also, you got your ID ahead of time which was very helpful (saved a lot of time). I reccomend you go unless it's terribly overpriced or something.

[cielle]

In the long run, it wouldn't make that much of a difference, imo. I goto USC and missed the orientation... but i'm doing ok although I did miss some stuff. *shrugs*

[xtrammieex]

i dont think theyre madatory but shcools like it when u attend it..my orientation was 3 days long but im a commuter so i only went the first day and never went back and it wasnt like they could force me to go when i wasnt even on campus.

[sulfuric_ACID]

they charge you for orientation?? hrm. don't think you'd miss much, even though i went to my one, i don't think it did much cause in the end i still had to find and do everything myself. i only went cause i thought "oh no. if i don't i might miss this and this and that"

[llee10789]

yeah, money isn't a problem.

it's 75 dollars and it's all day..about 8-5pm.

hmm, thanks ya'll!

[reset.love]

orientation is fun! i used to hate orientation b4 but my poly orientation is sooo fun! and u can make mani friend.so the money is quite worth it =)

[hippiehop]

at my school it was really pointless and boring and NOT mandatory.

but i did meet some cool people there

[chaegyeong]

i didn't attend the orientation for my uni and didn't have any difficulty finding my way around. i wouldn't be familiar with other department buildings of course but i really don't have any need to go to those buildings anyways

[shelly138]

Orientation is helpful because you learn how to register for classes and other stuff. Mine was a mandatory 3-day orientation ($250), so I got to experience dorm life. I am really good friends with the person that I roomed with during orientation. As far as actually getting acquainted with the campus, I don't think orientation helps. I still didn't know where anything was when I first got to UMich (Ann Arbor) even though it was a 3-day orientation.

[malevolent.]

For me, it's a must this summer. It's $65 per person.

[Becca*]

whoaa you have to pay for orientation?
mine was free and they also said it was mandatory (but they don't do anything if you don't show up)
anyways, I thought it was pointless..I would've figured out everything on my own if I didn't go anyways
got a lot of free junk that ended up in the trash, and met people who I will most likely never talk to again ahahha =/

joining clubs is a better way of meeting people

[kisses]

my orientation was for a week at my university
i went for only one day and it was kind of helpful :/ they just tour you around the unvesrity and give u additional tips.
altho it didnt make much difference . i still got around fine and all that ...
i guess it gives you a step ahead in getting to know people. but you have a whole year for that ;D

[kim.haeyun]

hey! i`m headed to davis too, but eh. i don`t want to go to orientation if it`s a campus tour b/c i already went on one and i was freakin` tired/irritated afterwards. -___-x

[DanTat]

Does anyone know if Davis' orientation has a -->1 day<-- plan? (like irvine's, etc)

I really do not want to go for 3 days ._.

[Echoe]

Orientation's hecka boring, but it's pretty vital.

For example, on orientation I got my university ID card, my laptop, university policies, and a campus tour of buildings.

My friend and I were so freakin' bored though and couldn't wait to go home.

[Kpianist]

im going to uc davis and orientation is DEFINITELY helpful. you're going to choose classes and meet ppl

[suki_*]

orientation is a definite must!!!
you get to meet new people and people that can help you in your studies.
i think it's helpful to get to know more people in your faculty and program!

[pomeyy.]

My orientation last summer was more of a social thing.
It was free, three days and they held a cruise, parties and a fair for us. And lots of free stuff and our laptops.
Well of course there were tours but those were really short.