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Advising:
Pre-Major Advising
Resources for pre-major Advisors
Advising
First-Year Students
Pre-major advising introduces
first-year students to the academic opportunities
available at Tufts. Effective advising makes an enormous
difference; it helps students experience intellectual
excitement and engagement, provides them with a sense of
belonging to the academic community, and guides them
toward academic success.
There are five different
advising programs in the School of Arts & Sciences: the Curricular
Advising Program (CAP), the Faculty Seminar Program, the
Host Advising Program, the Explorations Program, and the
Perspectives Program. Students in the School of
Engineering take part in Host advising.
Pre-major advisors will be matched with roughly 14 advisees (depending on
which advising program you participate in) and will
receive a list of their names and addresses during the
summer. You are encouraged to write to them and tell
them a little bit about yourself and how you expect to
work with them.
To assist you in the work of
advising, you will be assigned two upper-level
orientation leaders (OLs). The names and addresses of
your orientation leaders will be sent to you along with
your list of advisees. The OLs are instructed to
contact you during the summer and arrange a meeting with
you to discuss how you will work together. Please let
them know your expectations of them.
Helpful Hints for Advising During Orientation
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Have students fill
out their proposed schedules on the time block
sheet.
Be sure the students choose and write down alternative courses in case
their first choices are closed when they register.
Have students list the department, course number and
section, time block, and course title for each
alternative course.
Be sure to keep copies of the students' schedules for your record
and for their advising folders.
Make notes about students' interests, especially possible majors and
any academic concerns.
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