Advisor to Student Ratio

carpoolingma
Sun, 28 Jan 2018 18:37:20 +0000

Out experience so far…At Peddie, an adviser is assigned to a kid. I’m not sure how they are matched up as DS didnt seem to have much in common with his originally assigned advisor. At some point during the first year, students can opt to change advisors and at that point indicate a 1st and 2nd choice. Kids also have an opportunity to request a change each new academic year . If there is no change-request made, a student will have the same advisor all 4 years. Advisor groups have some variance in size. The groups are not separated by day or boarding. I would say about once a month (sometimes more) the whole adviser group will have dinner at the advisors house. DS has made pancakes, learned to bbq, etc at these dinners. There are also more informal meals or meetings if wanted/needed. The relationship is definitely a two way street with advisors reaching out to students and students reaching out to advisors for any number of reasons. Also the communication between advisor and parents has been very open.
I strongly believe it takes a village and the advisor should be/is an important part of the village!