Advisors at FSU

It’s that time of year some professors dread, advising. Do advisors really want to be bothered advising their assigned advisees? I don’t believe every professor should have to advise students if they don’t want to be bothered. They are really doing more harm to the students that they are supposed to be helping.

Some professors enjoy helping students and try to find the best classes for their students. Others have no interest and want to fill in their advisees schedule as quickly as possible so they can do whatever it is they need to do.

I had had multiple appointments with my advisor before I realized it was time to switch advisors. Every time I had an appointment, my advisor had ten other things going on at the same time. At one point she received a phone call from her son then told me to hurry up so she could go pick him up. Another time she tried helping two or three other students all while it was my scheduled appointment. It was one interruption after another and I received no help after twenty minutes.

I have no problem if professors have no interest or just don’t have the time to advise, but students depend on their expertise on what courses they should take during what semester as well as what professor to enroll in. It takes all of twenty minutes for them to look at past classes, what you need to enroll in and their advising is complete.