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Some random kid picks up his jacket to leave and a bottle of red wine drops from the pocket, smashing to the floor. He is probably a first-year. He looks “real” stupid. The poor girl who comes over with a broom and a dustpan to clean it up looks “real” upset when she sees the amount of unnecessary work that this rube has caused her. Two lovers stare into eachother’s eyes as the red wine seeps under their table, soaking their jackets and bags. They...
These upper-class students will not be paid, which makes sense; though their advice is valuable, the time commitment of explaining one’s personal experience to a first-year is negligible. As for choosing the advisors, departments’ head tutors should make sure to recruit students who have different areas of interest, and who also have a wide range of experienes in the department. If all the upper-class students present sugar-coated views of their departments rather than honest appraisals, the program will do little to help first-years make informed choices...
...that end, all undergraduates who work formally with first-years—like prefects—should not be forced to restrict themselves to providing “information,” as opposed to actual advice. The College and the departments must take this leash off of upper-class students. The rule is largely meaningless, but its mere existence might inhibit upper-class students from expressing their opinions candidly. Additionally, since first-years can conceivably compare the advice of several undergraduates with different interests, a compilation of honest advice will better help first-years than any guarded...
With any luck, success under this new student-advising program will improve first-year academic decisions and motivate each department to improve its own advising program. The College must pursue both first-year and upper-class advising vigorously; high quality advising can and should be a permanent component of every student’s academic career...
Baha Hariri, a first-year at the KSG, agreed...