<p>you share your frosh advisor with about 8 other students (probably from your dorm) who all have the same interests. my advisor worked at genentech (sp?) and didn’t know ANYTHING about advising freshman (he actually asked “so what is this ihum thing? do you have to take it every quarter?”) and i pretty much relied on my hpac, who is an upperclass student who lives in your dorm.</p>