<p>Seminar advising is fun. That's the major reason to do it. </p>
<p>It's not going to take six hours out of your week. Most seminars (freshman or otherwise) are 6 units. That's pretty much the minimum number of units you'll find an MIT class being worth.</p>
<p>And believe me, there may be a day when you're thanking the credit gods for those six units -- my boyfriend is going to graduate with exactly 180 units outside the GIRs thanks to his freshman advising seminar.</p>