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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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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Look, if you went to Harvard or Amherst or something, fine.  Crow to your heart’s content.  But beyond that, if you’re not going to UVA in state it’s because you’re either crazy or you didn’t get in and have an axe to grind.  Like OP.  There is not a snowflake’s chance in hell that the UVA tour guide said what OP says.  Anybody who thinks otherwise is just plain stupid.  [/quote]

I just came back from a tour at a small NE college. (Tour guide said advising was great.) The guide was very opinionated about certain aspects of the school, and would say things like, “I think it’s ridiculous,” or “This is how they make money off of students.” My DC actually whispered, “I don’t think she likes it hear.”  It was quite surprising. I assume there were complaints made about her after. I praised her after because I actually appreciated the honesty. The point is that I’m not surprised to hear that other tour guides also gave their honest opinion about a feature of the school. [/quote]

Are you willing to name the small NE college with great advising ? TIA[/quote]

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