ORIENTATION IS AMAZING!!!
So … I’m sure you’re wondering – what is this whole “Orientation” thing really all about? As I’m sure many of you may have heard, Orientation is a crazy week filled with lots of cheering, late night partying and meeting new people…but really, the experience at its core is about three key things:
1. Transition
- Personal/Community, Academic, Professional, Geographic
- Integration into the CBS Community
2. Teams
- Become a Cluster (group of ~70 peers that you will take your core classes with in your first year)
- Meet your learning team (group of 5-7 peers that you will do the majority of group work with during your first year)
3. Trial Run
- Academic preparedness (practice actual business school case assignments with your learning team)
- “Safe environment” (no grades!)
This is the also only time in your CBS career that you:
- Don’t have classes or exams (accounting & statistics will start right after your first week of orientation)
- Get free food & coffee all the time (seriously, take advantage of the fact that all of your meals are provided this week)
- Will have every minute of the day planned for you (believe me, managing your own schedule takes a lot of work)
- Get to run around screaming & being crazy (outside of Happy Hours …)
In short – Orientation will be one of the highlights of your CBS experience … so get excited! Your PAs can’t wait to meet you!
