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Besides being happy with the specific procedures involved in advising, Mackay-Smith supports the overall existing philosophy the FDO has taken on this issue in the past decade--namely, that it is better to err on the side of too much, instead of too little advising...
...Mackay-Smith concedes that possibly coddling first-years could lead to making students too dependent, which may leave them night and dry in their upperclass houses sophomore year...
...However, Mackay-Smith points out, "They don't get the level of advising they received as freshmen because they aren't freshmen anymore...
Although a maze of administration and program planning occupies most her time these days, Mackay-Smith says what she really likes to do is personally work with students who are adjusting to college life...
That was her original motivation for getting involved in the administration of Harvard first-year life. After two years of combining being a proctor and a doctoral student in health policy, Mackay-Smith in 1986 dropped her academic schedule to become a senior advisor...