<p>^That’s what my kids’ experience tells them advisors do: Check how they’re doing on the core, what are they thinking of majoring in, how are they going to meet those requirements? Certainly, neither one’s advisor has fallen short in any way on that function; I don’t want to suggest they have.</p>
<p>Beyond that, my first kid got unfortunate guidance her first year, but there was nothing much to do about it. Her reaction was to take more responsibility for her own choices going forward. In any event, her option to change advisors was irrelevant – they changed whether she wanted it or not. And she doesn’t need an advisor to tell her how to meet core and major requirements.</p>
<p>I hardly think the Chicago advisory system is inherently bad, and certainly it seems to have done very well by the newmassdad family. It just hasn’t done anything valuable for the JHS family yet. If I were King of the College, I would want it to be a lot better.</p>