The program expects students to clarify their academic and career goals with their advisers and to be equal partners in the advising process, including by scheduling regular meetings with their advisers and by adhering to institutional policies, procedures, and requirements.
The Program in Science, Technology, and Society offers an advising process that includes faculty, staff and peer advisers.
The program expects faculty thesis advisers to have an active role in the advising process, including by monitoring progress frequently and by helping define and develop realistic educational career plans through regular interactions with the advisee.
But many transfer students have taken classes that make the advising process complicated.
Moreover, as advisors can access the essays and comments on line, the advising process is also strengthened.
Students are encouraged to register their interest with the REECA office so they can begin the advising process and be added to Davis Center mailing lists.
In addition, the advising process includes guidelines and expectations for graduate student professional conduct, which prepares the student to be responsible members of professional communities.
While first- and second-year undergraduates have usually completed a general education program and decided on a major, transfer students may have taken completely different classes that make the advising process complicated.
Austin Quigley answers questions about maintaining the College's traditional diversity, the perception of overcrowded classrooms, changes in the advising process, the allocation and enhancement of scarce resources, the evolution of financial aid policies and much more.
In an effort to help guide you in your public sector summer job search and beyond, we'd like to follow up with more details about the 1L advising process.
The advising process is very detailed and deep: the participants and their advisors interact constantly and during the biannual meeting each candidate makes a presentation and receives feedback from the advisors, other assigned reviewers, and other participants.
