We will initiate a follow-up discussion regarding the questions that shouldbe asked of students through surveys in a little while. As a part of that updating process, these students are asked to complete a brief survey consisting of questions about their general impressions of Honors and the services we provide. As I recall, at least one of those questions addresses academic advising and those responses might be of interest to you. Dan Horn, a Graduate Associate in our office, analyzes these surveys and has a summary report that might be of interest as well. Transfer students may also receive a sample curriculum with suggestions of how to adopt this to their circumstances.
Students have different styles of interacting with an advisor.
Some seem to prefer one or more email or phone conversations to solve problems. Admittedly, these sorts of contacts can often be more superficial than a face to face meeting. Obviously, this situation would be less indicative of effective advising than two substantial exchanges that occurred a semester apart. I guess my email was in part an attempt to clarify this. Same question for gen-ed and for overall university requirements.