Before Orientation

1. Confirm your offer of admission if you have not already done so. You must confirm in order to register for orientation.
2. Go to my MyUWF.
3. Log in using the UWF ID provided in your admission letter. 
4. Search for and select Orientation Registration for Undergraduates.
5. Create your registration by entering your UWF ID and all contact information. Be sure to include your preferred email address. The email you enter will be orientation's main form of communication with you.
6. Fill out the requested information completely. Once a session date fills to capacity, it is closed. Freshmen beginning in a spring term will have only one session date.
7. Try not to leave the screen during registration to prevent issues allowing you to register.
8. Click Save at the end of the form.
9. Pay your orientation fee. Visit Costs for details. We accept Visa and Mastercard. We do not accept American Express or Discover.

You will receive a confirmation email before your orientation session. Once you submit your orientation registration and payment, your space is reserved for the session you selected.

Once you have registered for orientation, your advisor may reach out to you to verify any AP, CLEP, IB, dual enrollment, and transfer credits that could be applied to your degree audit. 

Your advisor will create a preliminary schedule to enroll you in courses required for your major. Once your schedule is ready, your advisor will email you and ask you to schedule an appointment to review and finalize your schedule.

Be sure to check your UWF email regularly for communication from your academic advisor. Visit Information for Newly Admitted First-Year Students for more information. The first-year information applies even if you earned college credit while in high school.

If your parents want to speak about specific information pertaining to your financial aid file, they will need to have a FERPA release form on file in advance: uwf.edu/FERPA

If you have earned any college credit (e.g., dual enrollment or transfer), submit your final transcript for each college attended prior to your advisor meeting. The official copy is required for courses to be added to your degree audit.

If you've taken any accelerated courses (e.g., AP, IB), send your official score reports when they become available. Official scores must be sent to Undergraduate Admissions for courses to be added to your degree audit. Have a list of AP or IB courses taken available for reference during your advising meeting, even if scores are not yet available.

The ALEKS Math Placement Exam is used for placement in the first math course for new UWF students declaring majors in the Hal Marcus College of Science and Engineering, the Lewis Bear Jr. College of Business, and exercise science majors in the Usha Kundu, MD College of Health.

The math course(s) you take will depend on what your major requires, whether you have incoming math credit, and your ALEKS placement score. 

Your ArgoNet account will be available for activation the following day after enrolling in freshman orientation. By activating and upgrading your account, you will have access to all of the apps in your MyUWF and your UWF Gmail account. After you have upgraded your account, your advisor will only communicate with you through your student Gmail account. 

Instructions for activating and upgrading your MyUWF account

• To access your student email account, visit Gmail.com.
• Type your full UWF email address and click next. (Student email addresses are the ArgoNet username followed by @students.uwf.edu.)
• Enter your ArgoNet password and click Sign in. (The ArgoNet password is the same password students use to log in to MyUWF.)
• After you upgrade to an ArgoNet account, you may have to wait 15 minutes before trying to access your UWF Gmail account. 

Instructions for accessing your UWF Gmail account