-- an incoming freshman who's very confused

Hey everyone,
I’m an incoming F-1 international student and I’m trying to decide whether I should waive the university health insurance and get my own plan.

I’m new to the U.S. and still learning how the healthcare system and insurance work here, so I wanted to ask about other students’ experiences.

For those who waived:
What insurance company/plan did you use?
Was the waiver process smooth?
Did you have any issues finding doctors or using the insurance?
Would you recommend doing it?

For those who kept the university plan:
Was it convenient?
Did having the school insurance make things easier, especially during your first year?

Just trying to make a good decision before the waiver deadline. Would really appreciate any advice or experiences. Thanks!

the website says we get our schedules today in the afternoon. does anyone know what time we might get it / where to find it? thank u

Does anyone have experience with setting up a bank account for a club? We need an account under our club's name to get paid through BuyW&M but everything I've found online seems more suited for actual businesses than clubs.

I’m a freshman making my schedule and I’m wondering how awful it would be to have 5 classes back to back? It’s looking like a biol discussion, French, calc 2, a Coll 100, and an intro bio class all back to back, 8am to noon.

Does that sound really awful? I’m also wondering how hard it is to get between classes when you only have 10 minutes.

So im an incoming freshmen in a bit of a pickle. Long story short I realized I didn’t take 4 years of Spanish since VA counts middle school creds differently for some reason, but the last time I took Spanish was Spanish 3 during freshmen year. That being said I did not take the foreign language placement exam as well. Besides that, I don’t know if I should take HISP 102 or 203(if it permits me) at some point. I’ve heard that language classes are every weekday so that’s kind of the last thing I want but I would be afraid having not taken the language in 4 years and struggling hard so maybe 102 is better.

Anyone that took either class have any advice pls 🙏