Andrew Linus Blog

“It’s always the new experience you remember the most.”

If I recall correctly (which I certainly do!), I started my first day of General Orientation (GO) on August 22nd, 2016. It took place at Syahdan Campus, room L3D and began at 9 AM. The dresscode for the first day was white formal shirt and black slacks with black or white sneakers. I waited outside of the classroom and started “collecting” some new friends, just like everybody was doing. Then I realized that most of my classmates aren’t in the same program as I do. The introvert part of me then said “don’t waste your time making friends with all of them, which will be useless. At least you acknowledge their names and what do they look like”. So I did.

The hall became more crowded when I saw seniors walking through wearing alma mater jacket. Six of them enter room L3D and they turned out to be my BCs. Then with the other forty eight classmates, I entered the room to begin Briefing session. Introductions passed (a little awkwardly) and suddenly we were all a part of class EBN-10. Thus began the journey of GO with me as one of the buddies. For six days we laughed together and got bored together as classmates, but I’m willing to bet that I’m not the only one who really enjoyed GO.

To all EBN 10 : Sukma! Sukses Mantap!

Let’s get to the main part :

Overall, FEP – GO went smoothly and well as expected. This FEP part really matches with the title : General Orientation, which taught the general things you need to know as a new student of Binus University. I personally think Binus is the best university if the university quality is based solely by its GO. Unlike the other universities which “bully” new students with lots of physical activities and assignments, Binus offers an efficient, to-the-point-GO. However, there are little things that I want to add as advices.

a. Delivering GO materials with powerpoint is sure an efficient way, but students sometimes forgot some parts of the presentation if the powerpoint itself isn’t distributed to all students. It may be more effective if the buddies are given the FEP book sooner, so then BC can deliver the materials according to the book (BC explains, we read). The FEP book also need to be more complete in order to do this (for example it should contain the function of SCDC, SAC, AOC, etc).

b. Buddies should be given a sample (most recommended : a video) about the components of Binus Maya with actual content in them (maybe use senior’s record as an example). Trust me, it’s quite difficult to differentiate which shows this and which shows that while your Binus Maya components are still empty (as a fresh student).

c. I prefer more tours in the campus during GO! Don’t you guys agree? 🙂