Freshman orientations can be more than just an event – think about that you’re dropped in a completely new world with different faces and even different languages. And how many times you thought, “That’s just too much to take in a short time”? Orientation becomes more and more important when a campus is increasing the diversity of its student body. I have gathered some information of the problems exist with orientation week. I will also analyze these questions and give some workable solution to improve our orientation experience for both local and international students and make our college better position.
To begin, here is a list of problems caused by parts of orientation that proved difficult for both international students and general students; the data come from not only the problems I have discovered myself but also from my survey around the …show more content…
Something is okay to say or ask in one culture might not okay to say or ask in American culture.
1st- generation students or international students have not been followed up. We international students might need extra attention on things like class choosing, financial aid and place to go at breaks.
Before hearing my opinion on solving the problem, I would like to show my vision of a good orientation. I think a good orientation need to be detailed on places especially in small campuses but not just stop at giving tours; it could be better than just walking around campus, sitting down listening lectures and asking for directions half of the time; it will be both sacred with the college tradition and fun with music, food and a lot of laugh; the event need to be same in general but have different options; International students should get something more than the general orientation……
Here is a short list of schools I found has good orientations to borrow the idea from.
“1. New York
To begin, here is a list of problems caused by parts of orientation that proved difficult for both international students and general students; the data come from not only the problems I have discovered myself but also from my survey around the …show more content…
Something is okay to say or ask in one culture might not okay to say or ask in American culture.
1st- generation students or international students have not been followed up. We international students might need extra attention on things like class choosing, financial aid and place to go at breaks.
Before hearing my opinion on solving the problem, I would like to show my vision of a good orientation. I think a good orientation need to be detailed on places especially in small campuses but not just stop at giving tours; it could be better than just walking around campus, sitting down listening lectures and asking for directions half of the time; it will be both sacred with the college tradition and fun with music, food and a lot of laugh; the event need to be same in general but have different options; International students should get something more than the general orientation……
Here is a short list of schools I found has good orientations to borrow the idea from.
“1. New York