Newly accepted transfer students are required to attend a UNC Charlotte Student Orientation and Registration (SOAR) session. The university understands that transfer students may have attended orientations at other institutions. However, just as no two students are alike, no two institutions are alike either, and SOAR is very valuable.

In addition to getting oriented to the university, students attending a SOAR session have the opportunity during the second half of each session to meet their college faculty, advisors and administrators, and are able to register for their semester courses.

UNC Charlotte uses the Banner Student Registration system. Therefore, if a student has never navigated through this system, there is no better time than SOAR to get the assistance of faculty, staff and student orientation counselors. If classes are full or if prior transfer courses are not being recognized by our system, the staff on hand during SOAR can provide authorizations and/or permits that enable students to register for their courses.

Click here to register for a SOAR session.