You’ll meet with your advisor every semester. During these appointments, your advisor will help you evaluate your interests and set goals, review degree and program admissions requirements, provide guidance on how to build a competitive application to your program, and discuss parallel options.
You will use Retain, the Student Success Services app in the MyODU Portal, to schedule your advising appointments. Advising appointments are scheduled in 30 minute increments on the hour and half hour.
Peak advising season is generally October-December and February-April, but we meet with students year-round. Our office serves 1200+ students, so we recommend that you make your advising appointment early in the semester.
Prepare for your advising appointment! You should review DegreeWorks before your appointment, and save a tentative plan of classes in DegreeWorks. You’ll review this plan and discuss your options when you meet with your advisor.
Be sure to arrive on time for your appointment – students who are more than 10 minutes late for an advising appointment will be asked to reschedule.
