The Red and Black

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Alarming advisingStudents should not blame advisers when they don't graduate on time "Advising is broken." "Because of my adviser, I couldn't graduate on time." "Many people have had inept and clueless advisers who give bad advice or don't know what they are talking about....

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Bob

posted 1/26/09 @ 1:27 PM EST

Carolyn Crist: I went to the University of Alabama and took summer classes at GPC. I have been advised at three different universities and UGA by far is the worst on that list. The advisors at Alabama know your name, not because it is on their computer monitor 30 seconds prior to you showing up to an appointment, but rather because they actually remember who you are, ask you about your previous semester and recomend specific professors according to your learning style. They take interest and it is night and day between universities. By far the worst part about UGA. UGA needs to start acting like they are actually providing a service. Hire more advisors and take interest in the students they are serving.

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Ashley

posted 1/26/09 @ 2:52 PM EST

Carolyn, I also have had good advising at UGA because I paid attention and was prepared with knowledge and questions each time I met with my adviser. I'm amazed at the number of students who get their feelings hurt when their advisers don't recognize them in the Kroger or don't remember their particular circumstances without consulting their notes (out of the hundreds of students they see every semester), and yet those same students have no problem making the blanket generalization that all advisers are bad and don't care at all about students. If you have problems with an individual advisor, take it up with him/her or ask to be assigned to a different one. Don't denigrate the whole system based on your dissatisfaction with one person's job performance.

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Bob

posted 1/27/09 @ 2:08 PM EST

Originally posted by
Ashley
Carolyn, I also have had good advising at UGA because I paid attention and was prepared with knowledge and questions each time I met with my adviser. I'm amazed at the number of students who get their feelings hurt when their advisers don't recognize them in the Kroger or don't remember their particular circumstances without consulting their notes (out of the hundreds of students they see every semester), and yet those same students have no problem making the blanket generalization that all advisers are bad and don't care at all about students. If you have problems with an individual advisor, take it up with him/her or ask to be assigned to a different one. Don't denigrate the whole system based on your dissatisfaction with one person's job performance.

Ashley, the University is here to provide a service. Whether you believe it or not, its true. They do a shitty job of that, and it is not the advisor's fault, it is the University's. They need to start paying attention to the needs of their consumers. HIRE MORE PEOPLE and start caring about customer service. Its not like the University makes more money if a student is poorly advised and has to stick around for another semester.

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Dissertation Writing

posted 4/02/09 @ 9:55 AM EST

"Many people have had inept and clueless advisers who give bad advice or don't know what they are talking about," that is really interesting words. Great post!

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