Advising Tips

Establish a routine so that you're getting adequate rest and nutrition. Also, take care of the academic essentials: read over your course syllabi and other handouts that you get from instructors and/or thoroughly checkout your courses' CTools sites so that you understand the expectations for all your courses. Check when your exams are scheduled and assignments are due and enter them in your calendar. Plan “backward”: if you have a paper due at mid-term or the end of the term, set deadlines for yourself when you want to have completed the research and drafts.

You still have time to evaluate your course selections. If you have questions or concerns about a course, talk with the instructor or GSI and/or email your advisor. Remember that, this week and early into next, it's still possible to drop a course and replace it with another. Technically, you can add and drop courses through Monday, September 24, but by the end of next week, you want to make sure you clear it with an instructor before adding because it is possible that you will have already missed too much material to succeed in the course.

Also, you have through September 24 to decide whether to take a course pass/fail. If you are considering taking a course pass/fail or if you have other academic questions, email your LSA advisor. Or call 764-0332 to make an appointment with your advisor at the Newnan LSA Advising Center, 1255 Angell Hall. There is also walk-in advising available at the Advising Center from September 4-7, 10-11 from 10:00-4:00.

Have fun but make sure you take care of business so you're in good shape the rest of the term.