At the Center for Academic Success, we offer a service for athletes called pre-academic advising. As individuals participating in athletics have practice and competition to consider when scheduling their classes, we want to help them as much as we can to adjust their registration processes accordingly. During the pre-academic advising period at orientation, time is set aside for athletes from each team to meet with us prior to their actual registration. This relieves stress for both the athlete and their major advisor because all of the conflicts between classes and competition and practice times are worked out. Pre-advising allows us to sit down with the student-athlete and develop a menu of possible classes, that can be shared with their advisor, to provide the student with a schedule that gives them the opportunity to be successful both in and out of the classroom.
