First Year Experience & Students in Transition

What is Advisement & Registration
(Academic Orientation)?

Advisement & Registration is intended to give new students an introduction to academic life at UMD and a sense of the commitment required to pursue a bachelor's degree. During Advisement & Registration, you will meet other new students; attend a college meeting on degree, major, and course requirements; meet with an adviser to discuss your interests in pursuing a bachelor's degree; and select your first semester classes.

Please note that you have a finite amount of time to respond to your invitation to Advisement & Registration. If you were admitted to UMD prior to April 14, 2008, the deadline to confirm your Advisement & Registration date is May 1, 2008. If you were admitted after April 14, 2008, you must confirm your Advisement & Registration date within four weeks of your admission to UMD. If it is after the deadline, you must contact the Office of Admissions at 218-726-7171 ( or 1-800-232-1339) to inquire whether you may still confirm a space on the fall 2008 class.

All new undergraduate students are required to pay a $40 orientation fee (sometimes called the Advisement & Registration fee or the confirmation fee). The fee is non-refundable. For more information on the fee, please click on the Costs for Advisement & Registration link below.

• Online Reservations The fastest way to reserve your Advisement & Registration date is to confirm online and pay your A & R fee by credit card.
  
  
• Reservations General information about reserving an Advisement & Registration date, as well as information about reserving a date by mail.
  
  
• Cost for Advisement & Registration All new students at UMD are required by the University to pay the Advisement & Registration fee.
  
  
• Schedule of the Advisement & Registration Day Students and parents have a day full of information and activities.
  
  
• Mathematics Placement Effective with fall 2008 admits, UMD will place students in mathematics courses based on ACT/SAT scores, or by transferred college credit.
  
  
• On-Campus Housing (Residence Halls, Suites & Apartments) Each year more than 80% of UMD freshmen choose to live on campus. General information about submitting your application/contract can be found here.
  
  
• Directions to UMD From here, there or anywhere, we'll get you to the Advisement & Registration program.
  
  
• Duluth Area Hotel Information If you're planning on spending the night in Duluth, start your hotel search here.
  
  
• Preparing for Advisement & Registration - Fall 2008 Students receive this guide in their confirmation packet after reserving an Advisement & Registration date.
  
  
• Handout: Creating a Balanced Schedule, Initiating your UMD Internet Account Students receive this handout in their confirmation packet after reserving an Advisement & Registration date.
  
  
• New Student Guide - Fall 2008. The New Student Guide is handed out at Advisement & Registration; this guide answers common questions for new students and provides campus contact information.

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