<p>D’s first advisor (Stride prof) was very demanding. He boosted up all her chosen second semester classes to a higher level, telling her that she wasn’t pushing herself enough, and despite the fact that she still wasn’t completely confident in written English. In retrospect, he was absolutely right and she did fine.
Her major advisor was the absolute opposite, and never questioned her choices. But very supportive and going out of his way to get her into classes which were already full or reserved for upper level students (i.e. sign language). Apart from her first and last semester, she never took less than 22 credits, and he seemed fine with that.
On the other hand, when she tried to create her own minor, the Dean refused. One of her friends had the same problem with a major and they came to the conclusion that the admin is far less open and liberal than they advertize on their website: they much prefer their students to stay within the given curriculum.</p>