So my advisor (A Ph.D., none the less) won't meet with me. I'm taking one of her classes, and she's never available to talk after class. So I try email. She's usually very fast about responding. I emailed her a week ago asking to set up a time to meet to discuss my schedule for the fall semester. No reply. I tried this week. No reply. My registration is at 6 am on Monday morning, and there is no way that the two classes I need to complete my general ed requirement, latin 101 and astronomy 102, are going to be open. AHHH!!!!
AHHH!!! College advisors piss me off...
- Thread starter thehstrybean
- Start date
She has a facebook. Honestly, I've done everything except go to her house. Ugh. I wouldn't mind it so much because we're pretty on key with what I need in my schedule, but I need my advisement code from her...
I'm assuming that you *have* to take the 2 classes this semester, so putting them off until the fall or next spring term isn't an option. The only thing I can think of is to try petitioning the professor to get into the class. Usually you head over to the registrar and obtain a form for the professor to fill. People do drop classes, or the professor might be sympathetic (ie. if you're a senior missing 1 required class for graduation).
Even though you have an assigned advisor, have you considered talking to someone else in the dept (ie chairman) ?
Even though you have an assigned advisor, have you considered talking to someone else in the dept (ie chairman) ?
advisors blow ass. I have been doing my own scheduling and figuring out what I need since after my first semester. it only took one semester for me to figure out how screwed over you can get from them.
novasatori
Diamond Member
- Feb 27, 2003
- 3,851
- 1
- 0
Yeah haha, I have a friend who always lets them pick his classes, he is getting screwed with like solid Ds this semester.
I just go and get a list of classes I need and have prereqs for then build my own schedule at home over a week of looking up professors online and looking at times/days for classes.
I went to my adviser once during my freshman year. He suggested I take 7 classes. A whopping 24 credits. I would have been in class 8am to 8pm M-F. That's the last time I ever talked to my adviser (that was four years ago).
I haven't needed the services of an advisor. My program dictates which courses I take in which semester and I am guaranteed a spot in those courses.
I learned from using my college advisor after a while. It's because I listened to them that I'm graduating 2 years after I should. Now I'm well on my way on getting that degree after ditching both of them (that's right, I left one and went to another thinking it would be better).
The advisors at my university were a bunch of dildos who were just there for the paychecks. I couldn't imagine a more unaccountable and uninspired group of idiots telling students what classes to take. It was like the blind and retarded leading the blind.
novasatori
Diamond Member
- Feb 27, 2003
- 3,851
- 1
- 0
to further add to the discussion
my accounting adviser doesn't even know anything about the classes
she is a sociology major or some other degree like that, with no background in accounting so I ask her about classes etc and all she can tell me is "well I didn't take that so I don't know first hand" etc
Makes it totally worthless so all I do is walk in, say "Hello how are you today, I need to do pre-enrollment approval" she says "OK you're approved to enroll, here's a list of classes you can take". I say "thanks, bye" and leave.
my accounting adviser doesn't even know anything about the classes
she is a sociology major or some other degree like that, with no background in accounting so I ask her about classes etc and all she can tell me is "well I didn't take that so I don't know first hand" etc
Makes it totally worthless so all I do is walk in, say "Hello how are you today, I need to do pre-enrollment approval" she says "OK you're approved to enroll, here's a list of classes you can take". I say "thanks, bye" and leave.
too true...but sometimes they come in handy for the other stuff. my advisor did the whole petitioning stuff for me when i wanted to use an AP course i took as a substitute for a major requirement
neutralizer
Lifer
- Oct 4, 2001
- 11,552
- 1
- 0
Yeah, we have to have a code. I just heard back from her. Today at 1. Hopefully it'll be in time to get my two classes...
TRENDING THREADS
-
Discussion Zen 5 Speculation (EPYC Turin and Strix Point/Granite Ridge - Ryzen 9000)- Started by DisEnchantment
- Replies: 25K
-
Discussion Intel Meteor, Arrow, Lunar & Panther Lakes + WCL Discussion Threads
- Started by Tigerick
- Replies: 24K
-
Discussion Intel current and future Lakes & Rapids thread- Started by TheF34RChannel
- Replies: 23K
-
-
Facebook
Twitter