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Online Orientation

Your Hoosier Experience starts here

Congratulations on earning admission to IU Bloomington! Your online New Student Orientation (NSO) experience will provide you with opportunities to build community virtually, help you learn about being a student at IU, and guide you through your advising and registration process.

Whether this is your first year in college or you are transferring to IU, we want you to learn about IU and be ready for your classes, so all components of online NSO are required for all new students. And parents and family, we didn’t forget about you. There are resources within these pages that will help you during this journey too.

Your NSO Journey

Although we won’t be meeting in person, the Orientation Team (OTeam), academic advisors, and representatives from across the campus are here to guide you through this process. You will need to follow the steps below—and familiarize yourself with several new tools and platforms—in order to complete your online NSO program and get the most out of your experience.

1. Start

Start with your NSO reservation and FYE Checklist within the Orientation Portal. This step includes signing up for your assigned NSO meetings.

2. Connect

You’ll be invited to an online community to connect with your Orientation Leader, new students, and campus staff.

3. Prepare

Prepare for NSO (and for success at IU) with our Canvas site. You’ll complete important tasks and learn about campus resources available to you.

4. Attend

Attend your week of online NSO, including your advising meeting, student group meeting, and live sessions about campus and student life.

5. Create

Create your Hoosier Experience at IU Bloomington through events and opportunities to connect with campus, the community, and each other.

Fees

A non-refundable First Year Experience and Orientation fee, set by the Indiana University Board of Trustees, covers costs for NSO, Welcome Week, and FYE services and programs throughout your first year. This fee will be assessed on your first IU tuition bill after you complete NSO. You do not need to pay it up front, but you are responsible for the fee once you make your NSO reservation.

With current NSO programs being held virtually, the First Year Experience and Orientation fee has been reduced for new undergraduate students. See reduced FYE and Orientation fees below:

New undergraduate student: $169
New undergraduate transfer: $152
New international undergraduate student: $187.50
New international undergraduate transfer: $170.50

Parents and family

You are an important part of your student’s college experience and we have several sessions just for you. Once your student makes their NSO reservation, make sure they enter your email address in their Orientation Portal so we can invite you to parent and family sessions. They can even grant you guest access to the Orientation Portal.

Learn about parent and family sessions

Get support

We’re here to guide you through online NSO and your entire first year.

PHONE

812-855-HELP (4357)

EMAIL

fye@indiana.edu