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That's normal in a large university, OP. You can't expect the same level of hand-holding as in a small college. That's why the large uni tour guides usually don't mention it, and small college tour guides insist on it.
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+1. It’s a large state school.  Kids who need more hand holding should look at smaller private schools…[/quote]

This is such a stupid response please ignore.

Advising is a huge problem at a lot of schools. What the idiot above doesn't understand is that some majors allow a lot of options with a lot of confusing prerequisites. My kid went to a very large state school and got stuck with the worst advisor. Kid needed to talk to professors in the specialty but had a hard time getting their time. My kid is on top of this and is going to graduate a year early. Kid's advisor has been such a huge problem because she will never approve things she needs to get done and this jeopardized graduation. My spouse actually contacted the dean of the kid's department, which we would never do, because of a crucial deadline she missed and it affected kids ability to go to grad school. The idiot above doesn't understand advisors do more than just help set a schedule of classes. The art major advisor my kid had in his cs related department has to approve special projects kid has been asked to do by professors. She has caused many problems for many students. [/quote]

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