<p>I am not attending any of the pre-orientation weekends, so it is kind of critical that I do the phone appointment with my advisor to figure out my schedule. Has anyone done this so far? I already went through the process of scheduling it, but I don't really know what to do next! </p>
<p>Will she call me, or do I need to call the admissions office at the selected time? Should I just have a list of courses I am interested in taking, or is there anything else I definitely need to do?</p>
<p>You probably need to initiate the call. I would think having a proposed schedule of courses will be enough to get started. She will ask you things like what you plan to major in, if she doesn’t already see that somewhere else. Just call at the appointment time and they will walk you through the rest.</p>
<p>I had my appointment this week, and my advisor called me at the scheduled time. She asked my intended major and other interests. I had a rough schedule made out and she checked availability of classes and got me into a couple closed classes. She also reminded me to send in my shot records and other requirements.</p>
<p>Sounds like it worked out well.</p>
<p>I actually already did my phone interview. In case anyone is facing a similar dilemma, here is how my experience went: </p>
<p>First, I called the counseling office a couple of minutes before my scheduled time, and I said that I had an appointment with my counselor. They transferred me to my advisor - no problems. </p>
<p>Like someone suggested previously, I had a list of classes that I thought I wanted to take. If you look on the incoming freshmen area of the academic advising center website, there is a link to an online database of course selections. You should try to use this, if you plan on scheduling your classes online in July, to figure out what your schedule would look like. </p>
<p>Also on the academic advising website is a PDF file that you can use to outline your basic interests. If I remember correctly, it also provides some information about course requirements. Your academic advisor uses this to attain some more information about you as a student (like what you may end up majoring in), so you might want to take a look before to make sure you have covered your bases. </p>
<p>I went into the appointment with a list of questions I had (i.e. what do I do about my AP scores that are coming in next month). My advisor was tremendously helpful, so I would urge you to use as much of your 30 minute appointment as possible to figure out what you need to do. </p>
<p>The whole process was pretty painless, and I definitely feel a lot more comfortable.</p>