Advisers for Freshmen

mattwonder
Sat, 23 May 2009 13:56:26 +0000

In SEAS, if you come in curriculum deferred (CD) you get a certain staff member for your adviser. His only job is to help you pick a major, and once that happens you get assigned to a faculty member in that department. Chances are good that that person will suck as an adviser, and I would recommend meeting some faculty in your department, and asking one of them to be your adviser. (If you come in to SEAS with a major already, you get randomly assigned a faculty member in your department. Again, try to find someone better, it’s worth it. For CS, I recommend Max Mintz)

For Wharton (if anyone is curious), you aren’t assigned an adviser. There is a pool of advisers, all of whom can help you at any time, and there’s a good chance you’ll only talk to them maybe once per year. For concentration-specific help, each department has a dedicated member, but you’ll probably never meet them.