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New Cru Orientation Advising Info

Academic Advising at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor provides students a resource to achieve and enhance their educational, personal, and career goals. Academic advisors will provide students with assistance and guidance throughout their college career. Academic Advising requires both the advisor and advisee to work together throughout a student鈥檚 time at 同城快约. Students must work with their advisor to plan and maintain educational goals, understand degree requirements, understand their consequences and financial implications of decisions they make, discover strengths and challenges they may face as a student, and develop realistic career objectives for themselves upon graduation.

Advising at New Cru Orientation

Advising at New Cru Orientation for incoming freshmen is done by our First Faculty. First Faculty are all members of faculty that work with freshmen students. In addition to advising at New Cru Orientation, First Faculty also teach our required Freshmen Seminar courses.

Advising at New Cru Orientation for incoming transfer students is done by an assigned faculty advisor or by one of the academic area Student Success Coordinators.

Our faculty and staff advisors work hard to prepare for each advising session by reviewing all submitted documents, including high school and college transcripts, SAT and ACT scores, and placement tests.

New Cru Orientation Advising Checklist

• Turn in all transcripts
  This includes high school and college transcripts, as well as dual credit transcripts from the colleges through which you received credit.
• Turn in all test scores
  Please make sure Admissions has all of your ACT and SAT scores on file. These scores are also used in advising to determine your math and English course. Please make sure you have completed the writing portion of the SAT or ACT.
• Complete any placement tests
  Some 同城快约 degree plans suggest a higher-level math course. If your degree requires a higher-level math, a placement test is a great option to place into it. Click the link for placement testing for more information.

Advising After New Cru Orientation

New Cru Orientation is only the beginning of the advising process. Students will meet with their assigned academic advisors each semester prior to registering for the next semester's classes. Student can also meet with their advisors outside of registration advising to discuss degree plans, course sequencing, career pathway options, internships opportunities, and so much more!

The Office for Student Success located in the Center for Academic Excellence (CAE) is also available to support advising needs. Student Success Coordinators who serve as advisors for incoming freshmen students are also available during the summer to help students as issues arise after orientation. Student Success advisors can be contacted by calling (254) 295-4475.

Degree Plans

Every major at 同城快约 has a degree plan which maps out what classes a student will complete while working towards their degree. The Registrar has a complete collection of downloadable degree plans. It is important that every student be familiar with their specific major鈥檚 degree plan.

Credit By Exam

Students can receive college credit from high test scores on the following exams:

• CLEP
• AP
• ACT
• SAT
• IB

View Courses and Score Requirements.