Survey example: Student survey about orientation experience

This is an example of an AI survey about the Student orientation experience. If you want inspiration or a quick template, see and try the example right here.

Creating Student Orientation Experience surveys that people actually complete (and that give you deep, useful answers) is notoriously tough. Most traditional surveys get ignored or half-completed—they miss the nuance that actually drives understanding.

At Specific, we’ve worked with hundreds of organizations to make conversational, AI-powered surveys truly effective. Everything you see here comes straight from the Specific toolkit—so you can put it to work immediately.

What is a conversational survey and why AI makes it better for Students

Let’s be honest—getting students to finish a long, clunky survey on their Orientation Experience feels like pulling teeth. Most surveys are too generic, too stiff, or just too much work. Students abandon traditional surveys simply because they feel like yet another boring form.

Conversational surveys powered by AI change everything. They mimic a natural chat, asking more relevant questions, clarifying confusing answers, and adapting in real time to each response. That’s a massive shift from the old days of rigid survey forms or endless back-and-forth emails.

Here’s how it usually stacks up:

Why use AI for Student surveys?

• Higher completion and lower abandonment: AI-powered surveys see completion rates of 70–90% compared to just 10–30% in old-school forms [1].

• Instant, expert-level questions: AI crafts better, more relevant questions—powered by real research expertise.

• Adapts to every context: Personalized for every Student’s orientation journey.

• Faster feedback: No more waiting weeks to spot patterns or themes—AI does it all almost instantly [3].

Specific is built from the ground up around chat-like, conversational surveys for students—so you get a smoother experience and far better answers, whether you’re evaluating this semester’s orientation or looking for ways to improve next time. Want to know what the best questions look like? Check out our guide to the best orientation experience survey questions for even more ideas.

Automatic follow-up questions based on previous reply

Ever get data from a Student survey that leaves you scratching your head? “The orientation was fine.” Well, what does that mean? Specific uses AI to ask smart, on-the-fly follow-ups—digging deeper whenever a response is unclear, incomplete, or surprisingly insightful. No awkward hunting for clarification, no manual emails. It’s all in the flow of the chat, just like a real conversation with a researcher.

• Student: “Some of the activities felt rushed.”

• AI follow-up: “Can you share which activity felt most rushed, and what you wish was different?”

• Student: “The campus tour was hard to follow.”

• AI follow-up: “What made the tour difficult to follow? Was it the group size or the information shared?”

Without these follow-ups, you end up with gaps—or worse, assumptions. Nine times out of ten they’re what transform scattered comments into crystal-clear insights. Curious? Try generating a Student Orientation Experience survey yourself or see how AI-powered automatic follow-up questions actually play out.

Those contextual, real-time follow-ups are what make this a true conversational survey. It’s interactive, adaptive, and always working to get the full story.

Easy editing, like magic

Editing a survey used to mean checking endless menus and dragging blocks around. Now, you just tell Specific what you want changed—right in chat. Want to adjust tone, add a probing question about the welcome session, or skip a section that isn’t relevant for your cohort of students? The AI survey editor takes your request and updates everything instantly (see it in action here), so you’re never stuck redoing your whole survey. Edits take seconds, not hours.

That means you can iterate and adapt your Student orientation survey as soon as you get feedback, making sure every question delivers value for your next group.

Share surveys wherever Students are

The best data comes when you reach Students where they already are. Specific gives you two easy, powerful ways to deliver your orientation experience survey:

• Sharable landing page surveys: Perfect for sending a link via email, putting it in a group chat, or adding to your orientation portal. Even better for students who’ve just completed orientation—send them a quick link to capture fresh impressions right after the event.

• In-product surveys: Embed the survey directly into your campus app, LMS, or website. This is great if you want feedback in the real context—right where orientation content lives, or where students register for sessions.

For orientation experience feedback, landing pages usually work best when sent to all new Students at once, while in-product surveys can trigger at the perfect moment inside your student portal. Use both as needed to get a complete picture.

AI makes analyzing Student Orientation Experience survey responses effortless

AI survey analysis with Specific is a game-changer. Instead of endless spreadsheets, you get instant summaries, real-time theme detection, and a chat interface where you can literally ask, "What did most Students say about making friends during orientation?" The platform highlights what matters, spots friction, and uncovers actionable insights—no manual effort.

You can explore features like automatic topic detection or chat directly with AI about your survey results in context. Dive deeper into how to analyze Student Orientation Experience survey responses with AI—and see why so many teams say it’s their secret weapon for continuous improvement.

See this Orientation Experience survey example now

See what a smart, conversational Student Orientation Experience survey can really do. You’ll get richer feedback, higher completion rates, and insights that actually drive improvement—no boring forms, just results.