If your child is a freshman heading to FSU in the fall, you have until May 1st to sign up for and pay for orientation. Orientation is required.

For some reason, these dates are unavailable to view unless you pay your deposit and go to the orientation page, so here is a gift... hthe 2016 orientation dates available for incoming  FSU freshman.

You must register not only the student, but anyone else who will be attending. I have been told by other FSU insider moms that the earlier you go to orientation, the better shot you have of getting the classes that you want, so despite all of the end of the year senior fun going on, you may want to hightail it up to Tally sooner rather than later.  The cost is $112 per student and $66 per guest.

Students get to stay in a dorm for two nights during the orientation, but anyone else has to find another place to crash.   College Mom Insiders say that the aloft and hotel duval are great choices.


Here are the dates for orientation for Fall 2016 first time in college and transfer student with less than 60 credit hours. As I am writing this, all sessions, except the first one are still open for registration.

Monday, May 30, 7:00 PM - Wednesday, June 1, 1:00 PM

Tuesday, May 31, 7:00 PM - Thursday, June 2, 1:00 PM

Wednesday, June 1, 7:00 PM - Friday, June 3, 1:00 PM

Sunday, June 5, 7:00 PM - Tuesday, June 7, 1:00 PM

Monday, June 6, 7:00 PM - Wednesday, June 8, 1:00 PM

Tuesday, June 7, 7:00 PM - Thursday, June 9, 1:00 PM

Wednesday, June 8, 7:00 PM - Friday, June 10, 1:00 PM

Sunday, June 12, 7:00 PM - Tuesday, June 14, 1:00 PM

Monday, June 13, 7:00 PM - Wednesday, June 15, 1:00 PM

Tuesday, June 14, 7:00 PM - Thursday, June 16, 1:00 PM

Wednesday, June 15, 7:00 PM - Friday, June 17, 1:00 PM

Monday, June 20, 7:00 PM - Wednesday, June 22, 1:00 PM

Tuesday, June 21, 7:00 PM - Thursday, June 23, 1:00 PM

Time to find a roommate...

    

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 Dorm and roommate choices are due by May 1st, 2016 for the fall term.  If your child chooses a specific roommate, the higher (worse) priority number of the two is what the housing department uses.

     There is a facebook group  of FSU students in the class of 2020 where kids are trying to meet potential roommates and there is also a website called "roomsurf.com" that other college moms have told me has worked out well for them.

      There is always the "take your chances" method which probably has the same probability of working out as any of the other methods and is likely the one we are going with. We all know of people who met their best friends when they moved into the dorms and those who roomed with friends who ended up becoming enemies, so it is sort of a crap shoot anyway. 

       I'm staying out of this as much as possible. How about you?