Guest blogger: Darryl Farley
Student orientation is one of the most important parts of getting acclimated to the college experience. Coming from high school you have no idea how the college life is going to be. In most cases, the experience is not quite like they are portrayed in movies. Having student orientation gives you a better idea of how college really is. In the student orientation you meet other incoming freshmen and a couple of upperclassmen that share their experiences. The orientation staff shows you around the campus, explaining the history of the different buildings and facilities along with the opportunities that the school has to offer. The orientation also welcomes parents to tour the campus and see the place their children will consider their new home for the next four years.
Once you get to the student orientation you will have a lot of feelings and emotions running through your body: excitement, nervous, freedom and etc. You will be concerned about how you will make friend, but stuck on the fact that you will be leaving home, becoming independent. There is no need to worry about making friends because the student orientation designs ice breaker games to get everybody talking. The students and orientation coordinator gets in a big circle and go around telling their name, where they are from, and what they plan on majoring in. Students realize they have something in common with the other students and they began to talk amongst one another. This game really works because the same people I met in orientation are some of my closest friends today.
The student orientation takes you around to freshmen dorms and you are able to see where you will be staying for the school year. They also take you around to the different schools at Tulane such as the A.B. Freeman School of Business, School of Liberal Arts, etc. This give you an idea of where you will be taking majority of your classes and so you won’t be looking lost on the first day of class.
Take advantage of your orientation experience because it will be something you will never forget. The friends you meet at orientation will be your friends for a lifetime. The education you receive at Tulane will also stick with you for a lifetime.
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