Be aware: A potential disadvantage of UCSB

UCSBstud949
Mon, 20 Feb 2006 22:53:27 +0000

"I remain unconvinced that a fellow undergraduate is an adequate advising resource. "

-I’m pretty sure the services that you are looking for are offered at Career Counselor’s Office. They help you with your resume, graduate applications, graduate school counselling, etc…They even help students decide what major suit them best. The counselors there are not undergrad students…they’re professional and some are probably older than you. At the Econ Dept. there are undergrad and professional counselors. But what they’ll help you with is what classes you need to take to get your degree. You don’t need to be a professional to do that kind of job. In fact it’s more beneficial that undergrad students are out there counselling other students because they already took some of the required classes and they know which classes are interesting or boring.

“I’m impressed, though, by the imaginations of some posters and by their school loyalty.”

-No, we’re not responding to your posts out of loyalty for UCSB. We’re responding to your posting to make yourself well informed rather than getting BS excuses from your son. From your post, it’s obvious that your son lacks dedication… I hope by now you realize that you’ve been putting up with non-sense excuses from your son of not graduating within 4 yrs.

If you want a personal adviser for your sons send them to private school. I’m sure every penny you’ll spend to get that private couselling will be WORTH IT.

It’s a slap on the face for people who work so hard to get students be well-informed about Education Abroad Program, Grad School Info days…etc. and some clueless mom just came up with a conclusion that her son wasn’t " counselled". I bet your son never attended any of these meetings. Again, being spoon fed is not what college is all about.

No, we’re not imagining how great UCSB is. It is real and we’re all lucky to be here. Students who struggle are ill-prepared for college and it’s not the university’s fault.