Reply to "Advising here sucks," said the UVA tour guide

Forum Index » College and University Discussion

Reply to ""Advising here sucks," said the UVA tour guide "

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"Advising here sucks," said the UVA tour guide

I thought maybe the tour guide was just having an off day. 
But I've seen this type of comment in numerous threads here at DCUM, and also at College Confidential.

For those of you who have had direct experience with UVA's advising being "hit or miss" etc, 
what exactly are the issues?

- professors don't spend enough time with the student? 
- the courses are always full? 
- the curriculum is hard to navigate?

Thank you in advance for sharing!

[/quote]

I am not a big fan of UVa but I don't think that's fair/surprising. Any large public Univs will have limited resources to for advisors. Also, remember, you are in college. You are supposed to find your way  yourself. Don't expect someone to hold your hand[/quote]

I am a huge fan of UVA (H and I both went there) and posted upthread that a UVA tour guide said the same thing to our group (maybe it was the same tour guide?)  Anyway, I agree with PP - advising is definitely an issue at many large public universities based on the tours we've attended. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics