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Please read the information below before proceeding to the Orientation reservation process.

First-Year Orientation - Purpose

You are about to embark on one of the greatest adventures of your life – college!  You will begin this adventure at First-Year Orientation, a two-day program designed to prepare you for a successful beginning to your UGA experience. This program will give you a head-start in learning how to take full advantage of the many educational, social, and cultural opportunities awaiting you over the next four years.

At Orientation, you will meet with your assigned academic advisor and register for your first semester classes. Prior to that, you will meet future classmates, purchase your UGACard student ID, hear from faculty and staff about opportunities and expectations, tour the campus, and discuss additional questions or concerns with specially trained student Orientation Leaders.

Cost

The cost for attending a First-Year Orientation session is $100. The $100 Orientation fee is non-refundable.This fee is a fixed rate and covers the expense of meals, required testing*, campus transportation, printed Orientation materials, and administrative costs.
*Does not include $15 cost for optional foreign language placement test. Those students planning to enroll in classes at UGA in the same foreign language they studied in high school must take a placement test in that language or have college credit through college joint-enrollment or A.P., I.B., or SAT II scores.

Testing

To assure that new students are placed in the correct level of certain courses, the University requires that most incoming first-year students take placement tests in English and mathematics at Orientation. Some students may be required to take a reading comprehension test, while there will be an opportunity for most students to take an optional chemistry or foreign language test. Students with advanced credit through College Board A.P. exams, International Baccalaureate scores, SAT II scores, or college joint enrollment credit may be exempt from placement tests. More information on testing.

Parents

Parents are invited and encouraged to attend the same Orientation session as their student.  You may stay at the Georgia Center on the UGA campus during your student’s assigned session. Information on local hotel accommodations is available through the Athens Convention & Visitors Bureau.

IMPORTANT:  Signing up for Orientation will incur a $100 charge to your student account that must be paid.  This is a registration and reservation fee.  It is the student’s responsibility to reconcile this fee regardless of attendance or enrollment at the University of Georgia. 

The UGA Orientation reservation system is only available from 7 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. each day.

 

 

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