UCLA v. Cornell

mikemac
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:20:17 +0000

At many larger schools there are 3 tiers of academic advising: your faculty advisor, the advisor in your major, and the college advising staff.

UCLA does not have faculty advisors for students, at least not in Letters and Science. At UCLA you can only make an appt to see a full-time College counselor if you are a junior or senior. Frosh and soph talk with peer advisors or grad students who are counseling assistants. See [UCLA College Counselors](http://www.ugeducation.ucla.edu/counseling/counselors.htm)

Cornell students get a faculty advisor, and have advising deans available for all undergrads. See [url=http://as.cornell.edu/academics/advising/index.cfm]Advising[/url]

Having never set foot on the Cornell campus, I can’t say whether the advising system is any good or not thru personal experience.