freshman advising seminars

kryptonsa36
Wed, 03 Jun 2009 01:29:30 +0000

The stories you’ve heard might be referring to Associate Advisors (AAs), upperclassmen who aid both traditional and FAS advisors. In the case of FAS, these AAs attend the seminar with their freshmen advisees.

As an AA, your advisor is not the person you’re aiding. Once you’ve declared a major (i.e., from sophomore year onward), your advisor is a faculty member in your major department. I don’t know if such a situation is specifically avoided, but if your freshman advisor is in the department you later declare, you might end up with the same advisor for all four years.

As for “seminars” themselves, these exist for upperclassmen, too. They simply aren’t ADVISING seminars anymore.