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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I do think that a poll of college students would show that the large majority never or virtually never have any contact with the large majority of professors outside of the classroom.  Why do folks on this board think that extensive contact with professors outside of the classroom is so critically important when the evidence is to the contrary?  Not trying to be snarky; I am genuinely curious.

What might be going on, I think, is that that was the experience of more DCUM parents than the average college graduate because this is such a "Type A" area.  It might also be that too many years have passed since DCUM parents went to college and they're misremembering.

I remember going to college, working hard and partying hard, having friends who did the same, then all of us going on to successful careers and lives.  And I don't remember any of us ever having anything to do with professors outside of the classroom except in rare instances.  While it's true that none of us got PhD's, virtually all of us went to grad school, med school, or law school.  [/quote]

One of my big college regrets is that I didn't do this until senior year. I was intimidated by professors. By the time I got to know a couple late on my senior year, it was too late to use most of their advice on choosing courses, etc. I wish someone had given me that advice.[/quote]

Who uses professors for course selection advice?  Isn’t that what advisors and fellow students and course requirements are for?[/quote]

Did you go to college yourself? Advisors ARE professors! They don't have guidance counsellors in college.

I feel like some of these people who never mingled with professors might have gone to big state schools, which are not set up for personal engagement.

My daughter favored a small LAC and I am so glad. She has had dinner at professor's houses (with her classmates and his family), club advisors have accompanied students out on weekend outings just for fun and interest (like finding critters during the Vernal Equinox, with the Wildlife Society). They look over her essays in advance, for important internship opportunities (which she landed). Her school gives each kid two advisors, and they have been really terrific.

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