The Start to a Four Year Journey

Let's fast forward a bit and assume you've been accepted to Loyola Marymount University. What's the first step? Orientation.

Orientation is your first live social networking tool. It offers an easy way to meet other incoming freshman at LMU. The program will separate the students into categories based on school and major. For example, if you are looking to be a communications major, the orientation advisors will direct you to a group with other communication majors. This grouping makes it easy for you to find people with similar interests. You may feel uncomfortable at first, but you will get used to it. This feeling of social adaptation will become second nature by the time you graduate.

Your orientation advisor will give you detailed information about the classes that pertain to your major. They will tell you what your core requirements are as well as your specialized classes. These guys were a great help for me. Let's hope they are the same for you.

There are two types of orientation: Pre-semester and semester-start. I have broken each one down below:

Pre-semester:

This type of orientation occurs during the summer or late spring before the semester you are enrolled. This program gives you the chance to sample the school as well as get a taste for the dorm experience.

Semester-start:

This orientation happens just a few days before your first day of classes. It is convenient for those who come from far away and those who get accepted late. I went to this orientation.

Ultimately, orientation is a great tool for you to get acquainted with peers at Loyola Marymount University. You will learn names and faces of people you will encounter for the next four years of your life.

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Ty Lombardi
Ty@IsLMUForYou.com
www.IsLMUForYou.com