Prepare for Academic Advising

Academic Life will contact you over the summer regarding the advising and registration process. Be sure to have your official transcripts for any spring coursework sent to the Admissions Office as soon as possible to ensure that your credit evaluation is as accurate as possible.

Here are a few questions for you to think about before your advising appointment:

What courses have you typically enjoyed?
Is there a style of learning that works particularly well for you?
What are your study habits that have impacted your academic success, both good and bad?
What careers are you most interested in pursuing?

Contact Academic Life

Erin Benevento, Director of First Year Experience, with student.

Advising, choosing classes and connecting to a faculty member at McDaniel are important pieces to your transition to the Hill. At McDaniel, every new student will have a faculty advisor. Advising relationships are an important part of your transfer process and provide a support system for you. Your faculty advisor will help you “get to know” McDaniel and help you to connect to resources as you need support during your time on the Hill. If you are an undecided student, you will get advised by a staff member in our Academic Life Department until you decide on a major.

Green Terror Checklist

You will meet one-on-one with your academic advisor to review which Placement Exams you will need to take, discuss your interest, review your Transcript Evaluation, and finalize your fall schedule. You will be contacted via your McDaniel email shortly to start the process of getting you connected to your advisor. One of the first questions that Academic Life will need to know is which major you would like to declare so that they can update your Transcript Evaluation and assign you a faculty advisor. Please know that it’s okay to still be undecided!

After you have declared a major please review your updated Transcript Evaluation with your advisor so that you can review courses that were previously counted as electives to see if they might now be counted as major requirements. The Academic Life Department can be reached at 410-857-2269.

Faculty Advisor

At McDaniel, every new student will have a faculty advisor. Advising relationships are an important part of your transfer process and provide a support system for you.

Student Accessibility & Support Services

The McDaniel College community is caring and supportive, with high academic and personal expectations for each student. The goal of the College is to enable every student to achieve a full and productive life. Student Accessibility & Support Services (SASS) assists all students with documented disabilities. The SASS Office works with each student on a case-by-case basis to determine and implement appropriate accommodations based on individual needs.

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The Writing Center

At McDaniel College Writing Center, we positively support students at every step of the writing process. As students ourselves, we bring our own experiences of the writer’s journey to those we serve. We meet the particular needs of everyone who comes to the Writing Center, assisting those students in discovering the critical thinking and writing skills they already possess, helping them hone these skills, and guiding them to produce writing they enjoy creating and are comfortable sharing.

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