subject: Survive Your Introduction Week At The University [print this page] If you managed to enter a university, you have to prepare yourself for a study year, new people and actually start a new life. Every university organizes an introduction week in the beginning of the academic year that aims at making students more familiar with the university life. Obviously, when you change the environment you got used to live in, you have to try to do your best not to feel like a fish out of the water.
Try to get off on the right foot with the new academic year a week prior to the official beginning of classes. Remember that the first impression is the main one. So, the first week is a brief window of the opportunity to meet friends with whom you will share the next years of study.
There are some tips on how to keep one step ahead of other freshmen and always appear in the right place at the right time:
1.First, surf the official web-page of the university and find out the date of the first meeting.
2.Second, check your e-mail as you will receive an informative newsletter from the university.
3.Third, print out an introduction week schedule and take it with you.
4.Forth, contact your coordinator and find out if you are going to have a mentor.
Starting a university life is like moving to another country. The intro week helps students feel less isolated and escape the homesickness with the help of such activities as:
1.Welcome meetings
2.University health interviews
3.Family events
4.Sports fairs
5.Shopping center trips
6.City excursions
An introduction week is a jumping off point for a smooth start of a study year. During the intro week seize the opportunity to find out what a student life can offer you.
