Round Rock NSO

HOW TO FULFILL THE NEW STUDENT ORIENTATION REQUIREMENT


TXST Round Rock students may fulfill their orientation requirement by completing an asynchronous online orientation experience consisting of on-demand course modules and a required response form.
  • In order to satisfy the orientation requirement, it is important for students to sign up for and complete the online modules by Friday, January 10, 2025 at 5:00pm CST.


WHAT TO EXPECT FOR ACADEMIC ADVISING AND COURSE REGISTRATION

Advising and course registration occur separately from the virtual NSO experience.

After signing up for NSO, students are provided with instructions via the TXST Admissions Status Portal regarding how to receive academic advising and course recommendations. Students should allow up to 2 business days after signing up for a NSO session for their TXST Admissions Status Portal to display advising-related instructions.
  • Freshmen students will submit a New Bobcat Advising Worksheet form which is available through the TXST Admissions Status Portal.
  • The Advising Worksheet provides information on a student’s academic history up to that point (Advance Placement (AP) credit, dual credit, International Baccalaureate (IB) credit, standardized test scores (ACT, SAT), etc.).
  • First-Year Advising staff members will provide course recommendations for students based on the information provided via the Advising Worksheet.


Both freshmen and transfer students should complete both NSO and academic advising as soon as possible to ensure course registration, financial aid awards, and an overall smooth transition to Texas State.

NSO Sign Up

Freshmen students are categorized as first-time students who
  • are about to graduate from high school and will start at Texas State the semester after graduation; or
  • have graduated from high school and have not taken any college-level courses since graduating high school; or
  • have graduated from high school and have taken college-level courses in a summer semester only


Transfer students :
  • have graduated high school and completed college-level course work during a fall or spring semester at another college or university after high school graduation
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  • Click on the Semester in Which You Will Enroll at Texas State

    • TXST Round Rock students may fulfill their orientation requirement by completing an asynchronous online orientation experience consisting of on-demand course modules and a required response form.

      • It is important for students to sign up for and complete the online modules by Friday, January 10, 2025 at 5:00pm CST.
      • Failure to complete the NSO requirement by the posted deadline could cause you to be dropped from all enrolled classes. 
      • Students will pay a $70 fee for online NSO at sign-up.*


      *The NSO fee will be deferred to the semester bill for students who qualify for an application fee waiver and it may be covered, in full or in part, by financial aid.

      SIGN UP FOR NSO

    • You may sign up for Summer 2025 NSO once this option becomes available during the Spring 2025 semester.  Please check back later for more details.

    • You may sign up for Fall 2025 NSO once this option becomes available during the Spring 2025 semester.  Please check back later for more details.