@Kerensky B great question. If you have a scenario where your current advisor isn't helpful, you can always do one of the following: A. reach out to another faculty member who you already know in that department and ask them if they can help with your advising or simply be your advisor. They'll know how to change you into their advising list. B. If you don't know another professor in the department, you could reach out to the department chair or department head. You can ask them if you can be assigned to another advisor. If there's a particular reason why you're requesting it, you could include that in the email, but often just noting that you want another advisor is sufficient.
@Kerensky B FYI my advice in that previous comment works better if you are already in an assigned major. If you are an exploratory major, you can see where your current advisor's position is located then look for the person running that department and ask for someone else as an advisor. Note they may ask why as advising first year/exploratory students is really important for colleges and universities. If you are in a department/major where one person does ALL the advising, you may not be able to get another advisor. In this case, you're going to need to partly advise yourself. Your university or college will have a list of the graduation requirements for your specific major somewhere online or in their university/college catalogue. (Catalogues are basically where they list every major they offer and the requirements as well as all classes and their descriptions.) You can then bring that to your advising sessions. I kinda had a similar situation in undergrad where my advisor was -really- bad, so I learned to advise myself and simply nod my head at my advising appointment lol. Let me know where I can help here!
@@dr.maples thank you. With this vital information you giving me I’m going to do my homework. I think the next step is for me to get in contact with the director of academic advising for my institution and see what exactly are my options and how to go about switching my advisor. I think I’m my case, you may be right, my advisor maybe the one person in the department who does ALL the work in my chosen major. Thank you again your are truly appreciated. Blessings
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I'd love to hear your advising nightmares below! And feel free to ask questions. I'll be glad to help out.
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Thank you Dr Maples this was very informative. I appreciate you
@Kerensky B thanks!!! It means so much to hear this. Glad the video was helpful. Please share with your friends, too!
Hello Dr Maples,
How do I go about switching my academic advisor?
@Kerensky B great question. If you have a scenario where your current advisor isn't helpful, you can always do one of the following:
A. reach out to another faculty member who you already know in that department and ask them if they can help with your advising or simply be your advisor. They'll know how to change you into their advising list.
B. If you don't know another professor in the department, you could reach out to the department chair or department head. You can ask them if you can be assigned to another advisor. If there's a particular reason why you're requesting it, you could include that in the email, but often just noting that you want another advisor is sufficient.
@Kerensky B FYI my advice in that previous comment works better if you are already in an assigned major. If you are an exploratory major, you can see where your current advisor's position is located then look for the person running that department and ask for someone else as an advisor. Note they may ask why as advising first year/exploratory students is really important for colleges and universities. If you are in a department/major where one person does ALL the advising, you may not be able to get another advisor. In this case, you're going to need to partly advise yourself. Your university or college will have a list of the graduation requirements for your specific major somewhere online or in their university/college catalogue. (Catalogues are basically where they list every major they offer and the requirements as well as all classes and their descriptions.) You can then bring that to your advising sessions. I kinda had a similar situation in undergrad where my advisor was -really- bad, so I learned to advise myself and simply nod my head at my advising appointment lol. Let me know where I can help here!
@@dr.maples thank you. With this vital information you giving me I’m going to do my homework. I think the next step is for me to get in contact with the director of academic advising for my institution and see what exactly are my options and how to go about switching my advisor. I think I’m my case, you may be right, my advisor maybe the one person in the department who does ALL the work in my chosen major. Thank you again your are truly appreciated. Blessings
@@Kbens25 I'm happy to help and please let us knw what you find out from the director.