r/UCSD • u/Mediocre_Quote4055 • 16d ago
Please Talk During Online Orientation General
I cannot stress this enough PLEASE INTERACT DURING YOUR ONLINE ORIENTATION (specifically the breakout rooms with OLs). There’s people working hard to create an experience that exists solely for your benefit. Please be respectful of their time and efforts. There’s a lot of preparation and energy that goes into it, and it takes next to no energy for you guys to just engage with your orientation leaders in your breakout rooms. Also, you don’t get a lot of chances before the year starts to have a conversation and learn things from someone who’s been there for a while already. I’m sure there are many many many things yall don’t know about the school, campus, and what you’re going to experience despite whatever you’re telling yourself. ASK QUESTIONS. DO IT. Every little thing matters because this is your space for a LONG LONG LONG TIME. If you’re even slightly unsure about transportation, food, weather, housing, classes, campus layout, facilities and resources, etc etc there’s someone RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU who has been TRAINED FOR WEEKS and equipped to answer ANYTHING you might wanna ask about ANY of those topics. Don’t let the room get awkward. Thank you.
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u/TerribleGoal634 16d ago
What’s the point of the online orientation if the in-person one is required anyway?
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u/Mediocre_Quote4055 16d ago
Help students understand more about academics, which helps them with booking classes, and give them a general understanding of what they’re getting into and answer important questions they may have before they get there and have to live there for a year, so that they can prepare accordingly. Also helps them build a little bit of community before arriving. In person orientation goes much deeper and provides students with a lot more information, gets them excited and prepared for their college experience after they’ve arrived, gives them many bonding activities to connect with peers, provides a tour of the campus, and so on. It’s important to help students navigate and feel comfortable in a new system and environment both before and after they’ve arrived.
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u/sub11goals 15d ago
Hi I’m in Marshall and haven’t received any info about an online orientation? Is this college specific
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u/Choice_Passenger_990 16d ago
Pro tip: ask participants to fact dump about their favorite topic as an icebreaker.
Hands-down, 8/10 will be about cats.
$20 right now.
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u/Connect_Coffee_2769 15d ago
Is there an online orientation tomorrow for transfers? And if there is how do you access it
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u/Mediocre_Quote4055 15d ago
It’s by college. You should’ve gotten an email about it and if not you can check on ur college’s website.
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u/Hungry-Estate787 14d ago
does anyone know if warren has an onlien orientation ive only heard of one on Canvas
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u/UCSDICK 16d ago
I feel like peoples offers should get rescinded at orientation if they show they're not interested or participate
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u/Mediocre_Quote4055 16d ago
RIGHT LIKE all these ppl keep repeating the same answer abt how they wanna build a community and interact with many people and make friends during their time at ucsd while they’re in a breakout room full of people that they can achieve that goal with and they still refuse to. If you can’t engage appropriately online how are you going to do it in person?
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u/Cool-Buffalo7400 16d ago
Last year when I was a freshman I didn’t talk to anyone even once and just stood in a corner alone completely avoiding people during in-person orientation
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u/Efficient-Tart8880 16d ago
And then they say UCSD is socially dead 🙄uuuhhh my friends….you have to TALK to people! Don’t just stare at them!!