First Year & Incoming Students
First Year Advising guides incoming and first-year students as they discern their personal and academic interests, transition to college-level academics, and begin to build a home at Notre Dame.
You can expect to partner with First Year Advising to:
- Provide individualized, proactive advising
- Cultivate a sense of intellectual and personal belonging
- Encourage academic and intellectual exploration
- Provide you with the resources to develop effective learning strategies
- Help you find meaning and purpose in your liberal arts education
- Introduce you to University resources
- Engage you with the purpose and value of collegiate-level advising
- Complete the administrative work of advising efficiently, accurately, and transparently
What is Advising?
Learn more about how you can partner with your advisor
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