After Orientation...What's Next? (First Year Student Edition)

Are you a new first year student at CSUSB? If so, this episode is made specifically for you! You attended your orientation, but do you remember everything? Do you know what happens next? Well, we have a special episode to help prepare you for your first semester at CSUSB! 

Join Megan Huston from Orientation and First Year Experience, as well as Brittiny Dennis and Meghan McGarry from the ASUA Academic Advising Office as they recap orientation, share important dates and tips for making a successful transition from high school to college!

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Hello, and welcome to the CSUSB advising podcast. My name is Matt Markin from the ASUA Academic Advising Office. And today's episode specifically is made for you our incoming first year students. So you've just attended your orientation, you hopefully enjoyed your time at orientation. But what should you remember from orientation? What's next? How do you prep for being a student at CSUSB from being in high school? Well, to answer those questions, we have three amazing friends joining us today. First up, let's welcome Megan Huston, the Orientation Senior Program Coordinator from Orientation and First Year Experience. Megan, how are you? 

I'm good. Thanks for having me, Matt. 

Yeah, glad for you to be here. And let's introduce our next two friends. And that's both of them from the ASUA Academic Advising office where I work. And we have Brittiny Dennis, the academic advisor and academic advising Orientation Coordinator, as well as Meghan McGarry, academic advisor and first year coordinator. Brittany and Meghan, welcome.

Thanks for having us. 

So before we start talking more about orientation, and being a student at CSUSB, let's find out a little bit more about all of you. So who wants to start?

This Meghan will start. Sorry, it's gonna be kind of funny. So my name is Meghan, I am an advisor here at CSUSB. And I was a student just like you at one point, I am an alumni here at CSUSB. And found orientation to be very helpful, you're going to remember in that remember a lot of different things. And so we're here to help you guide you and give you some refreshing tips today. And as an advisor, I'm here to help you with your academic journey. 

I'll jump in. So hi, everyone, the other Megan on today's session, I again serve as the orientation senior coordinator here in Orientation and First Year Experience where our office is entire purpose is to ensure that you feel welcomed and ready to start here as a coyote, whether you're coming right from high school, or you took a couple of years and are starting as a freshman a little bit later. So our hope is that orientation gave you an opportunity to feel like, Hey, I know what I need to do, I feel ready to start. August can come tomorrow, and I'm good. But if you're not ready for August, hopefully this session also gets you there. 

And hello, my name is Brittiny Dennis, I've been been in advising for quite some time. I was an alumni from CSUSB, as well. And I came in as a transfer student. So I'm super excited for all our new students to join us. And really, the goal of orientation is to really give you the nuts and bolts of getting oriented to CSUSB. Of course, we know it's a lot of information, and it's really exciting experience for you. But just know, you know, you don't have to know absolutely everything about CSUSB. Just the day or the two days, if you're a freshman, once you attend orientation, there's plenty of help along the way, throughout your experience here at CSUSB. So we're so excited to have you and welcome. 

I know we're gonna have a lot of great information from the three of you, and not a lot of knowledge that you'll be sharing. And you know, something students always say is like, I've always been told college is different from high school. So you know, students have now attended, you know, orientation. But how can we explain to students how college is different from high school, you know, you know, are there things students should realize within their first week or so when they're attending classes at CSUSB? 

I think for me from the get go, and I remember even as a first year student myself, I think I'm unique in this space. I'm not an alumna of CSUSB. But remembering my freshman year and realizing that my week, my day was completely at my control, right? High School, I'm scheduled from 8 until 3:30, or whatever your high school day look like my periods were all in order. I had this class, this class, this class, whereas realizing like I really had free rein, and I think for some people like, that's hard because they're used to the structure and the very defined, this is what my day is, versus now is, hey, you might have class Mondays and Wednesdays and you might have a four hour gap in between class. So are you going home and napping? Are you working in between? Are you going back to your you know, kind of village to live on campus and going to work on homework in between? and So defining what that looks like for you, I think is is a shock at first, right? And then it's figuring out your flow and how that works. And so I think beyond the first week know that you're not going to settle into that instantaneously. Like it's going to take a minute to figure out what that looks like for you. But I think off the cuff, I think that is just one absolute shock to a lot of people that it's like, oh, my day is up to me. Right and how you use that time in between classes. If you're not in back to back to back classes. What are you doing with your time? 

Exactly, and I'll kind of go off of that as well too. You know what that structure in you're used to something day in and day out throughout your week. But now you get to choose really. And a lot of times when I'm meeting with students and having these conversations, you know, it's like, like Megan had mentioned, it's not overnight that you're going to figure out what works for you. Because now you're held responsible for all of these different responsibilities, like, all your worlds are kind of converging at one. And you have to kind of figure out how that's going to look for you, you know, balancing that it's a like juggling, you know, it's a balancing act and figuring out what works for you. What doesn't. So I think what's really useful is reflecting on what's working for you, and reevaluating where you need to make those changes that work for you. Because now you're held responsible for your academic responsibilities, your personal responsibilities, you know, familial responsibilities, and your work responsibilities. So really seeing how can I be the best student or person possible with juggling all of these disparate responsibilities and what works for me, but also, you know, when you're re evaluating it, making sure that you're also taking that time for self care, and rest and eating, because we know a lot of times, students may just want to come certain days of the week, and you're just stacked, but really like to be the best version of yourself, you really have to have that time for yourself. So I think incorporating that is essential, and constantly reevaluating where you're at, and being realistic with yourself and making those changes when necessary. 

And I think on that note, it's also realizing that will probably change semester to semester also, right? Because it's based on your course load, it's based on paying out this new job, or I have family obligations to have to go pick up my younger sibling from school. And, you know, next semester, I have a class that starts every day at three, so I can't and so it's that constant evaluation throughout the term, but also realizing what works for me fall semester might not be what works for me in the spring. 

Yes, being adaptable. 

Yeah, I just want to echo what both Brittiny and Megan said, and a lot of it has to do with you know, transitioning from high school to college is that self accountability that you have to have as a student, to be disciplined to go to class, to do your homework, to take your tests to come to class, like all those things. Whereas maybe before someone was telling you to do all those things, and now you kind of have that responsibility as a student, it's on you. And that's what we want to make sure that you understand is that it's your academic journey, here at college. And it does take some time to adjust to that. But you'll realize that, that self accountability makes for a great educational journey. 

Yeah, it's definitely an adjustment. And sometimes that transition takes a little bit of time, you know, so it's not necessarily going to be immediate. And something else as students need to probably adapt to, as well as they're going to hear a lot of different terminology, a lot of different changes, you know, we say professors, when that might have been their teachers in high school and middle school. So can you throw out some examples and maybe some different terminology that might be used at CSUSB versus when students were in high school?

I would say maybe just being in the advising role is, you know, the school counselor versus academic advisor. In high school, a lot of your class schedule, predetermined, know maybe by your high school counselor on specific classes that you're going to take according to, you know, different factors that they consider. And, you know, maybe you've seen them a couple of times throughout the year for very specific reasons, versus academic advising here at CSUSB. You know, you may hear from us a lot more, we're going to be reaching out to you for different things, you can come in, you know, and receive advising throughout the, basically the term throughout the week, we're available to meet with students, whether that's drop in advising for quick questions, or scheduling an appointment with your academic advisor to create a plan. So there's, there's differences, you know, in academic advising, a lot of times we really need that student to meet us halfway, because we cannot pull you out of class to talk about specific things, you know, so we need the student to meet us halfway when we outreach to you, because it's for a very specific reason that we want to meet with you to help you stay on track to graduate, whatever that goal looks like for you. So that's kind of one that stands out to me, clearly, you know, high school vs college life.

A couple other things that you you may have been introduced in high school is maybe a syllabus or syllabi, where it's basically an academic contract between you and your instructor or professor, however, they want to introduce themselves to you. It's basically going to give you a little contract of what you're expected to learn and understand in the classroom and your due dates and things like that. So every instructor is going to have one of those, like I said gigh school, you may have been started to you know, get introduced to that concept, but all of our instructors will have the syllabi the first day if not before for you to read and review. Some instructors like to make that a quiz first day. So just be prepared that actually might happen to you. So definitely keep a copy of that syllabi ready and handy because that is really important to have. And if you don't know how to read or understand it, ask questions during the first day during office hours. And office hours is a place for you to ask those questions. And there's specific dates that are going to be on that syllabi when it comes to midterms. And then another word that you're going to start to hear if you haven't already heard it is something called census. And that census word is the last day where you can drop a class without a W or drop your classes without a W or record. So census is another really great word for you to kind of keep in mind when that date when that date. So those are two that come to mind for me. 

Yeah, office hours was definitely one of mine, I think, you know, in high school, your teachers like, Hey, if you have questions, if you need more help, I'm here for an hour after class or come see me at lunch or whatever. So knowing that your professors in their syllabus are going to have posted office hours. So your class might be Tuesday, Thursday, but their office hours for that class might be Monday, Wednesday. And so it's snowing that schedule, so your office hours are student hours. And that's your opportunity to go and talk to your professors and get either information you're curious about following up on something that they lectured about, that just doesn't make any sense. But I also say spending and using that time to get to know your professors, we have some really cool professors on this campus who have a lot to share with you. And so for some of them, especially if there's just something off the cuff, they happen to mention, like I want to know more about that, like it doesn't have to be class related for you to go talk to them during those student hours. And so I'd say definitely take advantage of that. I think the other one that comes to mind, especially speaking to you all are first year students is credits versus units, who graduated high school with earning, you know, one credit per class completed unit and your for math credits. And here one class is three or four units on its own. And so through orientation, you know, we talked you through what you need to graduate and how many units you need. But knowing that 120 units doesn't mean 120 classes, like it did in high school.

A lot of great examples there. And, of course, you know, our incoming Coyotes are probably listening to this after they've attended orientation. So, you know, maybe we can give a, you know, a breakdown of what students have maybe have gotten it at orientation. So maybe we can unpack that. What kind of information to students get at orientation? What was their couple days in the life of a incoming student at orientation?

Yeah, I think I have to kick this one off. Yeah. So yeah, so orientation. So for most of you was our two day, you know, overnight experience, we had to spend the night on campus, we know that we share a lot of information at orientation, there is absolutely no denying that. What we do want you to know, and hopefully you heard a few times throughout those two days is it's information that we believe is valuable in a getting started here and be information that you'll want to know while you're here. And so it might be information that you're like, I don't need to know that yet. But we're going to find yourself maybe mid October, like oh, now I'm glad I know there's a tutoring center or now I'm glad I know that this place exists for me, right? And so orientation covered a lot of that. So yes, definitely information that you're like, I don't need to know all that. I promise you at some point, you're going to be glad that you knew at least a snippet of that resource and that it exists, even if you don't use it right away. So let's see our first day on campus covered a number of campus resources. We talked a lot about financial aid, as we know, there's tons of questions about financial aid, and just how to manage your money as the student and the process is to know here on campus, as we know, it's overwhelming. And just kind of making sense of literally all the dollars and cents. We talked a little bit about safety on campus resources and things to know. And the folks that are here to support you ultimately, and ensuring that you are a safe member of our community. We take pride in the fact that you know, we look out for each other, but you have to know what exists to be able to do that right? Both for yourself, for your classmates for a stranger you might see across the parking lot. And we hope that you know that those those spaces exist. You also were introduced to your orientation leaders. So you had orientation leaders who navigate these two days, our current students who are an amazing wealth of knowledge. I always make the joke and you probably heard it at some point that you know, I wasn't a student. Lots of staff here were but things have changed a little bit in the time we've been students. And so the orientation leaders are the best way for you to really understand life as a student here at CSUSB right now. So I hope you enjoyed your time with them because they have a lot to give and hopefully they shared ways to stay connected with them on their Instagram, or other ways to be in touch so you can continue to ask him in question throughout summer as you're getting ready to start in August. And then our second day we introduced you and spent a lot of time with some of our colleagues and our resources in what we call student In a fair, so a lot of the students service units, so basic needs in student support. So our food pantry, our den program, our health and wellness resources, so Counseling and Psychological Services, the Health Center, and spaces like the Recreation Center, if that is how you take care of yourself, so a lot of opportunity to connect with them. And then we saw a little bit of fun doing a crazy little scavenger hunt across campus to hopefully help you familiarize yourself with just some physical locations. We're not, we're not the largest university, but we have a lot on campus. And so being able to at least kind of find your way come the first day of classes and being able to identify spaces, even if it's not, I don't know the name of that building, but I recognize it. And I know where that resources is our hope for you beyond all the resources and information. And we try really hard to ensure that there is just time for fun and silliness. And hoping you relax a little bit now that you've got the swing of things. And so hopefully you got to engage in some of our late night activities in Student Union North, whether it was the bowling alley, or the DJ, or just hanging out and having food and hanging out with new friends that you met throughout the first day. There's a lot going on at orientation. And like I said, we know that we spend a lot of time just talking and sharing information, but hopefully in a way that even once you've digested it a little bit that you can say like, Okay, this part was helpful. Even if it wasn't the whole two days, I'm okay with that. But I hope there is something that you can identify that says, I'm glad I know about this thing, now.

To go off of what Megan was saying, at least for the advising portion within orientation, because the orientation office as well as advising, we have a very close knit, I would say between our two offices because getting students oriented, we have to be, but for first time freshmen, what it looks like for the advising piece embedded into the orientation program is first we have our first time freshmen coming to Coyote Prep, which we've revamped it this year, because we're envisioning it to be much more engaging, and interactive for our first time freshmen where we'll have an academic advisor that's there as well as one of either our peer advisors or peer mentors. And we're really giving you that general advising to get you you know, more oriented with what your program looks like and the requirements that are needed. And we'll have some activities in there as well to keep it interactive, where you get most of the information for you know, general information for your degree program. So that will be a good portion of your advising piece within orientation. And then our first time freshmen, you're going to be your you are pack enrolled into your classes. And that's really important and helps you get a head start in your program here. Because your pack enrolled courses, were very intentionally thought of when you're being enrolled into those classes. And that's based on your major that you were admitted as. So that's a combination of major courses and general education requirements. So making sure that you're kind of blending and balancing that class schedule to help you, you know, get a strong footing here at CSUSB during your first term, but also, you know, for your first term, your pack enrolled into classes, but just know, you know, other terms, you are responsible for getting enrolled into classes, as well. But that's where advising comes in beyond orientation. Um, you're not just going to see us, you know, one time and never hear from us again. We're here throughout your academic journey to help guide you along the way and plan out those courses and connect you with resources that you learn about within orientation. So that's the Coyote Prep piece. And then after that, you know what you learn in the coyote prep will help you in the computer lab so you can navigate your student profile better and how you're going to be using these different online resources throughout your academic journey here. And then the last piece of first time freshman orientation, you know, you went to the faculty panel where you get to get to know faculty within your specific major a lot more and have the opportunity to ask questions and just get a feel for what your college has to offer. The insight from the great faculty, they're very resourceful and you know, really making those connections with faculty early on. 

And Meghan McGarry, I'm going to throw this question to you because it was mentioned about being pack enrolled and so students are first year students are pack enrolled into the classes. I was just said that they're not going to be pack enrolled every semester. But a question for you is can a student actually change their schedule once knowing that they were pack enrolled? Are they able to change it? And I guess kind of going off of what Brittiny was saying with being assigned an academic advisor can they win Can they meet with their advisor? When should they meet with their advisor? What advice do you have? 

Oh great. That's a good question. So as she was talking, I was like, Oh, those are all good points. So now that you've attended orientation, you've received an email from your assigned advisor, where if you want to make some changes to your schedule, you click a button and you can make an appointment with your assigned advisor, there's some tips and tricks on, if you just want to play with those times you can do that yourself, if you are planning to change your major, then what you've been packing rolled in is probably not going to be as accurate as we want it to be. So that's why an appointment will be really important for you to to do. So we would highly encourage you to make that appointment, especially if you are, you know, making a different direction with your academic journey. But you can make changes to your schedule, it's not a problem, there's going to be a few things that will help you navigate, which is going to be like how do I do that, there's gonna be some little you know, tools for you to kind of learn. So I always tell students, it's always fun to try and look at the site ahead of time. So when you do make an academic advising appointment that you kind of know how to navigate a little bit, I know it's intimidating. But that academic advising appointment post orientation, that that invitation is there for you already, go ahead and click that button, make an appointment, we're available for you throughout the whole summer. A few of us might take some vacations, but we're available for you as your assigned advisor. Just like Britney said, Our name is there on your Student Center, but you've received an email. So check that out, make your appointments, your assigned advisor, we also have advising dropins, throughout the whole summer, you can talk with a peer to help you swap the class with your days and times. And then throughout the academic term just like you know, Megan and Brittiny has said before, we're going to reach out to you. So you're gonna see your advisors name and your email box, hopefully not too often, but just enough to know that we're there. And that we want to see you to talk about your academics to do an academic plan. At orientation, we kind of briefly talked about something called a my cap that something what we would consider an education plan. That's where a lot of people want to know, what am I going to graduate, right. So an education plan or a my cap is one way for us to set up some goals, and a few terms on how to pre plan some classes for you. So when you do try and register for the upcoming semester, spring already, you have an idea of what to take. So that's why that connection piece post orientation is really important to reach out to your advisor, whether it's during summertime, or when school starts. So those are going to be really great important touch points, and you're going to see a lot of our names. At orientation, you're gonna have seen our bases, but post orientation, you'll see your assigned advisor and an email reaching out to you to come make an appointment.

And I know it was mentioned earlier about financial aid was was mentioned regarding a campus resource. But let's say students still has questions about their financial aid, understanding what their award is that they're receiving grants, loans, they haven't heard anything. Who can they contact?

Yeah, but the Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships is your is your go to place for all things with your financial aid, whether it's scholarship questions, loan questions, hey, I got this money, and I don't know what I'm supposed to do with it. They can walk you through a lot of that they are accessible. As Megan mentioned, you know, we're here all summer minus, you know, when we used to take vacation, in person, I believe they still do virtual appointments as well. or over the phone, I will say on behalf of them to give grace because as you can imagine, they serve not just our new students, but all students on campus. My personal recommendation is to come in person, at least for me, money and numbers make more sense when I actually get to see them with somebody who's explaining things to me. But do know that if you're sending an email or sending on the phone, it's not that they're trying to ignore you. It's that they handle all of campus. And so that's my recommendation for you. But most everything financially, you can at least poke through on your mind, Coyote. And hopefully you have found that by now we talk through a little bit about orientation, at least in terms of your packing roles. So you have a tuition statement because you're enrolled in classes. And so making that comparison between Okay, I'm getting X number of dollars in financial aid versus compared to what I owe, you start making those plans and adjusting accordingly or figuring out, Hey, I owe this money by August 14 11th. I forget the date. But how you can start planning to do that. Right. On the other side of that I also say don't forget about our Student Financial Services Office, as they're the ones if you recall from orientation, who are the ones you actually pay your tuition to. And so if you have questions, even just about your bill, and why I'm being charged for this, and how does this makes sense. That's the office that's going to work with you directly on that. So just know that some of your money questions might be more related to Student Financial Services. So if you recall from orientation, my favorite tagline in the World Financial Office usually gives you the money, Student Financial Services, takes your money, pays your tuition, pays your bills, all that jazz. So keep those things in mind. 

Just to kind of add on to what Megan is saying, you know, a lot of our students here on campus are first generation students. So we know a lot of these terms, whether they're academic related or financial aid related, are new. And it can be really daunting and, you know, make maybe students nervous, stressed out anxious, but just know within Financial Aid as well, they have committed to really trying to help students be financially literate. So there's a wide variety of resources that they have, as well, within Financial Aid and Scholarships, I believe it's referred to as the HOWL, where you can learn about all these different kinds of financial language and tools. So I highly recommend you take advantage of that and utilize it. So you can start learning about these different financial aid terms. Because when you are financially literate, and you have all that information as much as possible, or answering these questions that you have, you can make the best decision for yourself moving forward and planning what that looks like within your college experience. So I highly recommend utilize those resources.

That's a good add. It's a lot and we know, navigating and transitioning to college is a lot and of itself, let alone all just the details and the nuances that you have to know and pay attention to. So here's our also going to add, hopefully, you still have it but you got that handbook at orientation. And I'm hoping that you still have it because yes, part of it is here's resources to know while you're here, but hopefully, it's also just information that can get you feeling a little more ready to start school in August. And I say that because there is a whole page on Financial Aid and Student Financial Services, that timeline in the wheel and things to know, just kind of how those processes work. So I think that's a good add Brittiny, especially about how, and understanding kind of the financial literacy and responsibility of all this. But I'm gonna also add kind of in general, not just for financial aid is peruse that handbook, I'm sure after they wanted orientation, you know, you put it back in your in your backpack, and you haven't looked at it since but spend some time over these next couple of weeks before classes start, just to check it out. Because again, a number of those resources, you learned about orientation, some of them weren't even mentioned. And there's a lot in there for you. 

And just to add on. Just in case, if you don't have your handbook and you're not sure like Oh, I remember there was this one resource they talked about, but I can't recall what it what it was called. That's a great time to touch base with your academic advisor. And we can kind of see where you're at and gauge, you know, maybe exactly what resource that you need and refer you over to there. So it's okay, if you don't have your handbook still, just make sure to touch base with your academic advisor. So we can hurry up and get you connected with that resource that you need to answer your question. 

And of course, with our incoming Coyotes starting in the fall, there's a lot of important dates I'm sure that one should know about. So for you what would be some of the important dates that students should know about leading up to and during the semester or you know, other ways they can prepare for the first semester?

Well piggybacking off of what Megan and Brittiny said, orientation handbook, page nine, that's a great place to start, there's a really a great number of important dates on there. Megan touched on the disbursement date for financial aid and the tuition due date. So your financial aid is going to disperse the day before tuition is due. So I believe that August 14th, is what 15/15 is when tuition and fees are due. So the 14th is when your financial aid does dispersed. So you'll see that we didn't really talk about this, but I'm gonna plug it um, direct deposit. So if you guys do receive financial aid refunds, make sure you get that in a direct deposit form because like that's one way to get your money a little bit faster. And so I'll plug that in there. I mentioned census. So since this is another important date, that we've chatted about that last day to drop your classes, that's September 23. And then the spring semester is February 14th. So those are just some quick dates. But that important page on page nine of your handbook has a lot of things or like when does that school actually start? So we have the start of the first day of instruction is technically the 24th that Saturday, but school starts the 26th that Monday and then for the spring semester, January 17 And Saturday classes start the 18th So there are some other dates in there that I think are very helpful. You may want to know what are my holidays so when can I go on vacation? Those are all in all of those dates are going to be on important pages as well. And then when our finals you know obviously school hasn't started yet but it is kind of nice to know when are your finals winter spring break? When's your winter break? So I would just say, Get acquainted to where those important dates and deadlines are for campus. If you don't know where to find that, like I said, that handbook page is great. There's a couple other pages on our CSUSB website, you can always do a simple Google search of CSUSB academic calendar, and those dates will pop up for you as well. But if you are really unsure and don't know of a date, you can always like Britney says, where you can always reach out to your academic advisor, we can probably point you in the right direction. If you can't find a specific date and don't know something we can always try and help you out as well.

I'm also going to add in a couple of us have it in our handles here. But start following a lot of the university accounts on social media. If you're on Insta, or even Tik Tok, just search CSUSB. And you will find, I can't even say dozens anymore hundreds of university accounts that belong to offices and student organizations and departments. And especially when it comes to big deadlines, like tuition is due or Hey, tomorrow is census, you'll see those reminders in your feed constantly to your advantage, so you don't miss them. Right. Because we know it's so easy, especially the first couple of weeks, you're still figuring out a flow. And now you told me that this is a deadline that if I want to drop a class I have till tomorrow, so it's easy to forget those and get caught up in those. And so if it pops up in your feed every now and again, at least you have that reminder. So if you haven't yet, follow CSUSB advising, follow CSUSB OFYE. And as many other university accounts as you can handle, because you'll see those reminders everywhere also.

Add into that as well. Make sure you're checking your student email on a daily basis. We know you're gonna get a plethora, you know, maybe hundreds of emails, but you really want to be checking it daily and managing it on a daily basis. Because if there are important things, you know, within financial aid from the Office of the Registrar from advising from orientation office or admissions office that is specific to you, that's where we're going to try to reach you first. So you really want to make sure you're managing your student email, and seeing you know which ones really stand out that have these very important dates. Or if you need to submit a form, you know, something that's, that's very time sensitive. That's where they're going to try to reach you. So it's super essential for you to be managing your email on a daily basis.

And how does the parking permit work?

Parking Permits are fun. So yes, you need a parking permit to park your car. First and foremost, there is no grace period, like the first day of classes, you need to have that permit on your windshield, or your neighbor's windshield. If you're carpooling, like by your parking permit, or you pharmaceutically go on sale a couple of weeks before the semester begins. As Brittany mentioned, in your email, you'll get a notification from parking services about when they go on sale, and the rates and all that you need to know for that. So keep an eye out for that email now that they sell out. But keep an eye on it just so it's one less thing that you know off your to do list for the semester that you can take care of. So a couple of weeks before the semester, it's usually two or three weeks before the semester that they go on sale. So keep an eye out for that for sure.

All right, awesome. So a lot of great information, hopefully God is that you found this beneficial and hopefully a little less stress. Now kind of getting some reminders about what happened at orientation, what you should have remembered and who you can contact a lot of different resources, especially academic advising. So Meghan, Megan, and Brittiny, thank you so much for being on the podcast today. 

Thanks, Matt.

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