As some of you may know, I recently applied to transfer to CSULB and I got accepted, yay! I was very excited to go to my orientation. I just hated that I had to take a day off of work in order to go because it was from 8am-5pm.
My morning started off great. I woke up on time, (5am) hopped in the shower mind you it was going to be like 53 degrees that morning lol. I made myself breakfast and packed a small snack. So I drove to CSULB and there was no traffic since it was so early in the morning. The SOAR office had not sent me the parking pass for the day so I figured I could go a little early and get a pass.
I got there about 45 minutes early and at that point I knew the only reason why I felt extra frozen was because my hair was wet lol. Any who, I got my pass and had to move my car from the meter at parking lot 17 to parking lot 14C. Then walked all the way back to Brotman Hall. As I made line, one of the assistants handed each transfer student a CSULB folder with lots of flyers and information pamphlets in it. We had to fill out a form in order to get our CSULB Student ID. Then as they checked me in, I had to make a name tag then walked to the lecture hall for the opening session.
It was quick with some introductions and short speeches from the ASI president and a few other people. Then a short slideshow went on showing the first college which was of engineers and the man asked for the ones with that major to go out and meet the tour guides. Then they called the college of Human Services, which included my major Child Development and Family Studies.
We got a tour of the campus that took about 1 hour which was really boring to me because I already knew the campus since my boyfriend is a former student. Any who, when I was by the library I got to meet Mr. David Benoit he is a famous pianist, composer and producer and host of KJAZZ in the mornings. I shook his hand and introduced myself. He is very nice and a bit jittery, maybe cause he was drinking coffee lol. After the tour, they took us to the Business and Administration lecture hall and at our seat there was a CSULB planner with 3 sheets: a survey about the SOAR orientation, SOAR Transfer Registration Form and the SOAR CSULB General Education Worksheet.
They had a powerpoint presentation, then gave us more information and we did an activity in which we had to team up in groups of 5 or so and come up with questions so that they could answer them for us. After that we got ready for lunch.
El Pollo Loco was catering for the day and we had a choice of a Pollo Bowl or a Veggie Bowl. I got a Pollo Bowl and went to sit outside in the warm sun with a girl I met at the orientation. We walked up to the bookstore to go take out pictures for our CSULB Student ID and then walked around looking for cool Beach wear. I got myself two t-shirts and will be going back to pick up my hoodie soon!
At 12:50 pm we had to be back at the lecture hall. At that point the assistants handed out our SOAR Preliminary Transfer Credit Summary and the advisors handed each of us a personalized Major requirements Worksheet. Then we were able to get up and look for the open classes and build our schedule.
I had already done some research on what classes I needed and built a possible class schedule. Luckily only one of the four classes I had picked was closed. I had to replace it with another class.
I went to the computer lab at the Horn Center and got my classes then I was able to go home at 2:30.
So now I am officially a CSULB Student <3
Love,
CynthiaViera
My morning started off great. I woke up on time, (5am) hopped in the shower mind you it was going to be like 53 degrees that morning lol. I made myself breakfast and packed a small snack. So I drove to CSULB and there was no traffic since it was so early in the morning. The SOAR office had not sent me the parking pass for the day so I figured I could go a little early and get a pass.
I got there about 45 minutes early and at that point I knew the only reason why I felt extra frozen was because my hair was wet lol. Any who, I got my pass and had to move my car from the meter at parking lot 17 to parking lot 14C. Then walked all the way back to Brotman Hall. As I made line, one of the assistants handed each transfer student a CSULB folder with lots of flyers and information pamphlets in it. We had to fill out a form in order to get our CSULB Student ID. Then as they checked me in, I had to make a name tag then walked to the lecture hall for the opening session.
It was quick with some introductions and short speeches from the ASI president and a few other people. Then a short slideshow went on showing the first college which was of engineers and the man asked for the ones with that major to go out and meet the tour guides. Then they called the college of Human Services, which included my major Child Development and Family Studies.
We got a tour of the campus that took about 1 hour which was really boring to me because I already knew the campus since my boyfriend is a former student. Any who, when I was by the library I got to meet Mr. David Benoit he is a famous pianist, composer and producer and host of KJAZZ in the mornings. I shook his hand and introduced myself. He is very nice and a bit jittery, maybe cause he was drinking coffee lol. After the tour, they took us to the Business and Administration lecture hall and at our seat there was a CSULB planner with 3 sheets: a survey about the SOAR orientation, SOAR Transfer Registration Form and the SOAR CSULB General Education Worksheet.
They had a powerpoint presentation, then gave us more information and we did an activity in which we had to team up in groups of 5 or so and come up with questions so that they could answer them for us. After that we got ready for lunch.
El Pollo Loco was catering for the day and we had a choice of a Pollo Bowl or a Veggie Bowl. I got a Pollo Bowl and went to sit outside in the warm sun with a girl I met at the orientation. We walked up to the bookstore to go take out pictures for our CSULB Student ID and then walked around looking for cool Beach wear. I got myself two t-shirts and will be going back to pick up my hoodie soon!
At 12:50 pm we had to be back at the lecture hall. At that point the assistants handed out our SOAR Preliminary Transfer Credit Summary and the advisors handed each of us a personalized Major requirements Worksheet. Then we were able to get up and look for the open classes and build our schedule.
I had already done some research on what classes I needed and built a possible class schedule. Luckily only one of the four classes I had picked was closed. I had to replace it with another class.
I went to the computer lab at the Horn Center and got my classes then I was able to go home at 2:30.
So now I am officially a CSULB Student <3
Love,
CynthiaViera
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