Word: advisors
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Sure, they are given training about two or three weeks before the first-years show up, but only enough time to have a rudimentary knowledge of some departments and programs on campus. Having a professor who knew the scoop on different classes and concentrations as an advisor would have been such a gift during the first year. Instead, blank eyes greeted the overwhelmed first-year, friendly yet blank. The world of Cores, requirements and concentrations is befuddling. A guiding hand would have been more than appreciated...
Many proctors went to other schools for their undergraduate education and aren't aware of this, but it is also hard to match up proctors and proctor groups. An entryway is an odd mix-up of people. The perfect advisor for most of them could be not the best for some. The FDO reminds us that not all situations can be ideal. Indeed, they admit some are far from perfect...
...category; someone who certainly doesn't detract from the year but who in no way adds to it. In the houses, tutors who are involved with the school and specific departments, but who are at the same time concerned with me are a welcome change. Suddenly a well-informed advisor--what a novelty! Part of the problem, according to the FDO, is that many well-qualified applicants are lost to the houses. The selection process for proctors takes much longer than that for tutors and many people apply to both and, hearing from the houses first, accept a tutoring position...
...only will well-established outfits like the Vanguard Group, American Funds and broker Merrill Lynch probably still be in business when you retire, but they also offer a plethora of funds and a wide range of services--from retirement planning to checking accounts. Says Dan Wiener, editor of Independent Advisor for Vanguard Investors, which tracks funds managed by the Vanguard Group: "There is a desire to be all things to all people. It's the supermarket approach...
...Barney Frank '61-'62 (D-Mass.); Meredith E. Bagby '95, an advisor to presidential candidate H. Ross Perot; David Wilhelm, former chair of the Democratic National Committee; and Susan Weld, the wife of Gov. William F. Weld '66, are among speakers scheduled...