{"id":840,"date":"2024-12-30T09:43:01","date_gmt":"2024-12-30T15:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/services\/advising-center\/?page_id=840"},"modified":"2025-06-11T11:22:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T16:22:13","slug":"new-student-guides","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/services\/student-success-center\/new-student-guides\/","title":{"rendered":"New Student Guidance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We understand the importance of finding your community at BSU. Students who develop friendships, collaborate in courses, join clubs and organizations and get the most out of their courses are those most likely to succeed and earn a degree. To facilitate these success factors, BSU has developed a series of programs to help students make those first connections with campus:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/services\/student-success-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2025\/03\/2025-Advising-Guide.pdf\">Advising Guide for New Students<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/services\/student-activities\/orientation-welcome-week\/\">New Student Orientation &amp; Welcome Week<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"FYE Seminars\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/services\/student-success-center\/services\/fye-seminars\/\">First Year Experience (FYE) Seminars<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/services\/reslife\/new-students\/community-living\/first-year-residential-experience\/\">First Year Residential Program (FYRE)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Preparing for Your First Semester at BSU<\/h2>\n<p>Use this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/admissions\/admitted\/admitted-first-year-students\/\">Admitted Student Checklist<\/a> to ensure you get off to a good start at BSU.<\/p>\n<h3>BSU Academic Catalog Resources<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/catalog\/\">Academic Catalog<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/catalog\/current\/content\/756\">Core Curriculum<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/catalog\/current\/content\/612\">Academic progress (GPA requirements)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/catalog\/current\/content\/615\">Graduation requirements<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Reviewing your Degree Audit Report (DAR) and Transfer Credits<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/mybsu\/degrees\/audit\/\">DAR resources<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/admissions\/transfer\/transfer-credits\/\">Ensure your credits are transferred to BSU<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/admissions\/transfer\/transferring-credits\/ap-and-clep-equivalencies\/\">AP, IB, and CLEP score submission<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Searching for Classes<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/services\/student-success-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2022\/01\/Accessing-E-Services-Online-Registration.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Using E-Services to Search for Classes<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Tools You Need for Registration<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/catalog\/\">Academic Catalog<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/schedule\/\">Class Schedule<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/mybsu\/degrees\/audit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Degree Audit Report (DAR)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/services\/student-success-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2022\/01\/Accessing-E-Services-Online-Registration.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">E-Services<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/services\/student-success-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2025\/06\/2025-Math-Recommendation-by-Major.pdf\">Math Course Recommendation by Major<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/services\/student-success-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2025\/06\/Student-Course-Schedule-Grid.pdf\">Student Course Schedule Grid<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We understand the importance of finding your community at BSU. 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