I put a lot of time, thought, and effort into typing these VMs/PMs and to have no feedback on any aspect besides school is a bit disappointing to me to say the least; the same goes for my last PMs. I'd rather get a 2+ week late full reply rather than an instant one with little or no feedback. Eiv, if you don't have anymore time to chat, then just tell me.
I don't see what's the big deal about orientation as I've missed mine when I transferred from a tiny university (3,000 people) to an average sized one (50,000 people); I had a friend of mine show me around though. Well, I'm sorry to read that you're stressed out; I suppose that explains the short VM and everything. If you want to talk about it, then I can hear you out (not literally); I can officially say that I'm on winter vacation, and so we can start chatting on MSN/Yahoo if you'd like.
I'm not exactly sure because our grades haven't posted, but my studying paid off as far as I know.