What is Academic Support? Academic support often are programs and strategies utilized to increase academic achievements of students, particularly for students who may be at risk.
Academic Advising
Academic Advising provides comprehensive academic guidance across all the years of your undergraduate career. From the summer before you begin your Stanford journey through graduation, Academic Advising is here for you.
Every student is assigned an Academic Advisor at the start of the new school year. Academic Advisors are there to support students with the confusing things about Stanford as you decide a major and navigate fulfilling course requirements to graduate but are also there to chat with students about how the school year is going and answer any questions that might arise throughout the year.
Cardinal Compass is designed to help you navigate your first year at Stanford but is also useful during the rest of your time at Stanford. Check out the Meet Your Advisors tab to learn more about the various advisors you will encounter at Stanford as well as how to use these meetings and resources to your best advantage. The Advising Student Handbook explores some of the most common academic advising issues that Stanford students face. Whether you're deciding on a major, trying to get started in research, or struggling and looking for help, these pages offer a place to start and pathways to explore.
From Autumn to Spring, we have Drop-in Office Hours here at the FLI Student Success Center. During FLI Student Success Center Drop-in Hours, we also have advisors from CareerEd (Stanford's Career Education Center) and from the Haas Center for Public Service available in case you want to talk to someone about internships, resumes and cover letters, or career development; or about getting involved with public service. Learn more about Drop-in Advising here
Additional Resources for Advising
We support evidence-based and inclusive learning and teaching practices, educational programs and training, community building, and strong collaborations and partnerships with schools, departments, and other offices. All appointment tutoring, drop-in tutoring, and language conversation partner (LCP) sessions will be hosted online via Zoom. Learn more about the Center for Teaching and Learning
- Academic Coaching - Academic Coaches help you tackle challenges like time management and procrastination, as well as preparing for exams and managing anxiety that comes with taking an exam. Academic Coaches work one-on-one with you to help you improve your academic strategies, suggest changes to your approach, find school/life balance, and provide encouragement as you implement new ways of learning. Academic Coaches work with all Stanford students at all stages of their academic careers, including undergraduates, graduate students, and professional students, as well as post-docs.
FLI Study Nights are back! Hosted every Wednesday from 8 p.m. - 10 p.m., stop by to meet with Math/Chem/Physics tutors and other students to study for your classes. These office hours will be held in-person at the FLI Center (Old Union, Suite 200).
The Hume Center for Writing and Speaking works with all Stanford students to help them develop rich and varied abilities in every aspect of written and oral communication. In free individual sessions, Hume tutors help students get started on assignments; address and overcome writer's block or performance anxiety; learn strategies for revising, editing, and proofreading; and understand academic conventions in their fields.
