{"id":1155,"date":"2013-06-10T09:00:20","date_gmt":"2013-06-10T13:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/?p=1155"},"modified":"2013-06-09T23:55:02","modified_gmt":"2013-06-10T03:55:02","slug":"kate-what-to-expect-when-youre-going-to-orientation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/2013\/06\/10\/kate-what-to-expect-when-youre-going-to-orientation\/","title":{"rendered":"Kate: What to Expect When You’re Going to Orientation"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>Can anyone believe the semester has already ended?! I still feel like I just got back from London (I\u2019m in denial its been almost five months\u2026) and all of the sudden its summertime.\u00a0 I hope you all have some fun things planned for these next three months and are gearing up for Orientation!\u00a0 I\u2019m currently working in event marketing for Gotham <\/i>and Hamptons <\/i>magazines in their New York office and living with one of my best friends in a little baby apartment on the Upper East Side.\u00a0 I am LOVING the internship so far and adjusting to life in the big city after spending the last two and half years in Boston.<\/p>\n

One of the biggest things you\u2019ll do this summer is come to BU Orientation.\u00a0 I remember feeling very overwhelmed by all the information, people, and craziness of Boston.\u00a0 Registering for classes is the part I think people look forward to the most and I have six tips for this process so here we go:<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0\u00a0Don\u2019t rely only on websites like ratemyprofessor.com<\/a> to find information about classes.\u00a0 There will be current students and your Student Advisors in the rooms to help you.\u00a0 They all have either taken the classes you\u2019re registering for or have friends who have.\u00a0 Ask them for advice and help.\u00a0 Keep in mind that if someone felt the need to write on a ratings site, they probably either loved or hated the class so those reviews should be taken with a grain of salt.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0Take a mix of classes that are shorter but more often and longer and only one or two times a week.\u00a0 I\u2019ve found after my first couple semesters that I much prefer classes that are longer in length but less frequent.\u00a0 This is a personal preference and you should use your first semester to see what you think.\u00a0 It will help make you a more successful student in the future.<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0You can take the language placement exam as many times as you want so if you\u2019re right on the cusp of testing into the next semester, review some high school language notes and try again.<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0Don\u2019t get discouraged if a class you wanted to take or had planned for was full.\u00a0 While we recommend that you finish as many of your liberal arts classes as you can in your first two years, you have all four to do them so waiting until second semester or sophomore year to take a specific class is totally fine.<\/p>\n

5.\u00a0Keep in mind your own personal time management and sleeping habits.\u00a0 If you know you don\u2019t wake up easily, don\u2019t schedule all 8ams.\u00a0 If you know what you\u2019re a mid-afternoon napper (ahem\u2026this girl), don\u2019t plan your schedule with huge gaps in the days.\u00a0 Freshman year, I had a four hour gap two days a week and by mid-semester I was skipping way more than I would like to admit because my bed was way too comfy to get out of and back to class.\u00a0 At the same time, don\u2019t be discouraged to not take a class that you\u2019re interested in because of the time.<\/p>\n

And finally, you have a few hours to register for your classes so don\u2019t get too anxious, take a deep breath, and get ready to become a real, full-time college student!<\/p>\n

Good luck with everything and I can\u2019t wait to meet you all in September!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Can anyone believe the semester has already ended?! I still feel like I just got back from London (I\u2019m in denial its been almost five months\u2026) and all of the sudden its summertime.\u00a0 I hope you all have some fun things planned for these next three months and are gearing up for Orientation!\u00a0 I\u2019m currently … Continue reading Kate: What to Expect When You’re Going to Orientation<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2018,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3892,257,1613,4057,7277],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1155"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2018"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1155"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1155\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1156,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1155\/revisions\/1156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}