Freshmen Reception 2009
On Thursday September 17, i attended the freshmen reception workshop at the center for academic advisement on the 5th floor. I was expecting it to be a meeting where all the academic advisors talk to us about our experience so far and that we would have a chance to talk to people. But it did not go that way at all. They were not expecting the outcome to be so big, since last year only 200 students showed up compared to this year where 2,000 people showed up. Therefore, nothing was ready and the room was extremely crowded. After getting my planner signed, (and munching on some delicious cookies and drinking lemonade) we started to leave when we finally got a chance to talk to someone. One of the academic advisors asked me what my major was. I told him i was planning to major in accounting and he began telling me everything that i should expect. He told me to take the excel exam as soon as i can and to get it out of the way now before our final exams. This was great advice and I’m planning to take it soon. Overall the reception was not what i expected, but it ended up being helpful for me.