You are required to attend orientation even if you know what classes you need to take and how to get around the school. You must make an appointment in order to attend orientation. All incoming students must attend orientation in order to register for classes. We require your attendance to ensure that all students are properly advised before you can register for classes. Some students argue that they already know everything they need to know to get started at Baruch, but we make no exceptions to this policy.
All freshmen register at orientation.
Transfer students also register provided they have attended the entire orientation program and have previously submitted all their documentation. When transfer students attend orientation before the start of the registration period, we assign them an appropriate registration appointment time. We encourage entering freshmen and transfer students to take a full-time program of between 12 and 15 credits. We set no minimum number of credits you must take, but you may not register for more than 18 credits. We strongly urge entering freshmen not to work if you can avoid it.