Daughter wants to give up?

momofthreeboys
Thu, 24 Jun 2010 06:49:23 +0000

First thing she needs to do is pick a different advisor. If she’s not seeing and not working with an advisor she’s not getting any help. Most likely since she is not "declared’ a major she can pick anyone and then when she does declare she can switch to someone in that major, but to try and navigate thiis without an advisor is not a “good” idea.

Maybe explain to her that the college advisor is not the same role as the “guidance counselor” in high schools. I know my S1 rarely if ever talked to a HS guidance counselor, but I’m not sure he could have navigated his way to his majors and his decisions in college without his advisor(s) and he switched from his assigned freshman counselor to a prof he liked to finely this year as a junior one in his major. Majny kids don’t “click” with their first advisor that is preassigned.