Data considerations 

Several assessment reports can be found on our assessment website and our first-year dashboard.   

  • Individualized support
    • After A&O sessions, Orientation Leaders engaged with, on average, over 1,100 (20%) of students who wanted to meet individually to discuss time management, study, skills, academic support, and making friends/meeting people.  
    • From 2020 to the present, Orientation Leaders maintained text messaging reply rates from 50%-70% for the welcome and in-session messages. The standard reply rate is 30%. 
  • Technology access
    • Of the 8,878 students with A&O reservations in 2021, 89% (7909) stated they had a reliable internet connection;
    • 13 students stated they DID NOT have access to a reliable internet connection, smartphone, tablet or Chromebook, or a laptop or desktop computer.
    • 92% of our U.S. Transfer and First-year students opted into text messaging to receive follow-up communication from NSTP, Orientation Leaders, and advising units
  • Pre-A&O module completion
    • In 2022 100% of students who attended A&O  completed the Pre-A&O modules, which was a 3% increase from previous years. 
  • Changing landscape for transfer students
    • The transfer student profile remains strong but must continue to be focused. NSTP continued to support transfer students moving directly into a major and meeting with departmental advisers during their transition to UW.  
  • Campus partner survey responses about A&O session format (Autumn 2021, n=59) 
    • FR U.S. 2-Day - 43% Remote/Online; 37% No Pref; 20% In-Person
    • FR INTL 2-Day - 43% Remote/Online; 48% No Pref;  9% In-Person
    • TR 1-Day - 49% Remote/Online; 31% No Pref; 20% In-Person
    • These trends are consistent with WIN/SPR/SUM admit A&O preferences
  • First-year Experience Student Survey responses about A&O session format (Spring 2022, n-710) 
    • Pre-A&O Module Information  - 75% Remote/Online; 11% No Pref; 14%% In-Person
    • Summer/Winter A&O Session - 28% Remote/Online; 26% No Pref;  46% In-Person
    •  Dawg Daze/Welcome Week - 5% Remote/Online; 9% No Pref; 89% In-Person
  • Course registration data
    • From 2019 to 2022 - Survey results indicated a 16% increase in students who registered for a majority or all of their classes after attending an A&O Session (66% - 2019; 82% - 2022).  
    • 2022- 82.5% Majority or all classes/ 13.9%  At least 1 class/ 3.7 % No classes (n=4297)
      • Top reason students could not register "courses were closed", and close second "ran out of time"
    • 2021- 72.5% Majority or all classes/ 20.9 At least 1 class/ 6.6 % No classes (n=5368)
      • Top reason students could not register, courses were closed"
    • 2020 - 75.6% Majority or all classes/ 18.1 At least 1 class/ 6% No classes (n=3012) 
      • Top reason students could not register, "courses were closed"
    • 2019 - 66.7% Majority or all classes/ 25.9%  At least 1 class/ 7% No classes (n=5716) 
      • Top reason students could not register,  "did not have enough time" 
  • Areas of focus 
    • Campus resources, specifically dining services, on-campus employment, & transportation services 
    • Learning financial resources 
  • Family Orientation 
    • Increased participant diversity and broadened access to the Family Orientation program by 57% after shifting the program format from an in-person conference to a self-guided, multimodal, multilingual orientation.