<p>How are advisors selected for incoming freshman? How many students would an advisor have? Do they make themselves accessible to the student, even after registration? Is all registration done in-person, as opposed to going on-line to register for classes? Suppose you want to drop/add a class? Is that difficult? Who reviews the AP scores and makes the decision to give credit?</p>
<p>These are great questions! </p>
<p>My kid finally narrowed it down to Pitt (neuroscience major, $20K cost), PSU (biochem major, $20K cost-sibling at the same school), SUNY Buffalo (guaranteed pharmacy, got into honors college, $13K cost after scholarships) or Ohio U (bio-neuroscience minor, $15K cost after scholarships). We have to do 2nd visits now. It doesn't sound like the list was narrowed, but 4 schools have actually been eliminated for various reasons (OSU, Duquesne Honors, UCONN, Toledo). My kid's eventual goal is medical school. It would help to know the answers to your questions!</p>
<p>From my understanding you get an advisor from the college you have applied to. I asked the college of nursing people what would happen if my D wanted to do honors college, too, and they said that she would be working with 2 advisors--one from each college. </p>
<p>I believe I heard somewhere that all the class registration is done in person. Some one please let me know if this is in correct.</p>
<p>As for AP credit there is a list of AP grades that are needed to bypass certain classes. Usually your college will have a list of what class can be bypassed for AP credit. As an example, even a score of 5 on the AP chemistry test won't get you bypass credit for chemistry in the college of nursing because they combine 3 different classes of chemistry to make the chemistry class needed for nursing. But a 5 in AP English will get you out of English comp 0200 as long as you have a 600 on the CR portion of the SAT. I would say check with your individual college and see what they say about AP credit.</p>
<p>I didn't ask how many students each advisor has though. Don't know if any of this info will help. I just try and ask questions every time we have to go back to Pitt for something.</p>