Academic Advisor

You help college students navigate degree requirements, choose courses, and figure out what they want to do with their lives — which is a lot to ask of someone who often graduated with the same uncertainty. You'll review transcripts, explain prerequisites, and talk panicking seniors off the ledge when they realize they're missing a required course. You're equal parts counselor, bureaucrat, and cheerleader.

What you'll actually do

• 01Meet with students who haven't looked at their degree audit since freshman orientation and are somehow graduating in May
• 02Explain degree requirements using a catalog that reads like tax code and changes every academic year
• 03Help students choose majors by listening to what they love and gently steering them away from what won't pay their loans
• 04Process course substitutions, transfer credits, and exceptions that each require their own form and three approvals
• 05Counsel students on academic probation who need a reality check delivered with empathy
• 06Track 300+ advisees and remember enough about each one to not ask 'so what's your major?' for the fourth time