Meet With Your Advisor

    PLEASE NOTE: If you are on academic warning or probation, you must schedule an appointment to meet with your academic advisor. The three worksheets mentioned below must be submitted to your advisor - either through email or print them and bring copies to your appointment. At this meeting, your advisor will determine if you are ready to register for the next term, and can request to override the academic hold so you can register.

    Even if you are not having academic difficulty, you are encouraged to meet with your advisor and discuss these activities from the workshop.

    1. How Did I Get Here? (If you are using Chrome, right click and save)
    2. Time Management weekly schedule (If you are using Chrome, right click and save)
    3. Academic Success Plan (If you are using Chrome, right click and save)

    Your advisor will want you to have a plan for your degree and your academic progress. If you need to plan how to get back into Good Academic Standing, your advisor may recommend repeating a course to raise your GPA, finishing an incomplete grade, or maybe even changing your major. During your advising meeting, you may want to review the following:

    • How to read your DARS report to determine what requirements have been met and what requirements still need to be met.
    • When are major prerequisite courses offered so you can take them in the proper sequence for your degree.
    • What course format matches your preferred learning style (classroom, online, independent study).
    • Which courses should you takes for the next semester? Should you take upper or lower division? Is it a subject area that you enjoy or that you find difficult? What are the expectations of the instructor? How much work is implied by the course description?
    • How can you can get a copy of the syllabus
    • How can you balance family, work load, homework, class time, and study time.
    • How many hours each week should you set aside for classes and studying.
    • Implications of Financial aid loans.

    The name and contact information for your advisor can be found on your DARS in E-services.  You can also call your college’s academic advising center.