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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I had two kids attend UVA and both say that they were happy with their advisors whenever they called upon them.  Which wasn’t very often. [b] Not everyone needs hand holding.  Except, that is, the parents of CTCL students [/b]whose kids couldn’t get into UVA and who are obsessed with justifying their insistence on going the second and third tier private school route.  [/quote]

Biased much? I went to a school that is on the CTCL list where the students were on their own in different cities and parts of the world on different experiential programs 1/3 of the time in school.  Exact opposite of hand-holding and required much more independence than my kid who is at a large university. Regardless, don't know why you had to bring this into the conversation which was about what the advising was like at a particular school.

It's not like course registration is some deeply needed independent skill--but good advising can help you finish in 4 years since it's often impossible to know which courses you will need will be offered when at some schools except through advising--and colleges of all sizes can have good or bad advising in this regard.

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