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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]After spending some time on a parent Facebook group, none of this surprises me.  Parents are way over-involved.  I've seen people trying to find roommates for their college seniors! (This is always for "a sweet young man who doesn't drink and loves studying and quiet.")

Before my son picked his freshman classes, I did make sure he had the four-year plan for his major and a list of gen ed. classes handy.  For both kids, I check in once in a while to make sure they have been able to get the classes they need to stick to the four-year graduation plan, although one of them feels this is too much intervention.  [/quote]

That’s too much intervention. That’s what their academic advisors are for. [/quote]

So it's fine for their academic advisor to help but not the parent.  I thought this was about independence?  If the advisor is fine, the parent is fine.[/quote]

Well, isn't the advisor trained to know the registration process and don't you think they know a little more knowledgeable about the school that the parent? Just a tad?

My mother was smart, but not as knowledgeable as my advisor about the ins and outs of course selection and registration.[/quote]

Some advisors are great, some are bad. I’ve known plenty of students not taking a required class to graduate on time or not hitting prereqs for a particular major. On top of that, this covid year is off. No in person advising or orientation etc. I would never choose classes for them but I did explain the general structure of college and requirements, what credits are etc so DC isn’t clueless going in. [/quote]

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