Advising

Appointments held at Smith Career Center.
Usually scheduled to occur during office hours.
See scheduling advising appointments for all details.

10-minute drop-in | at Smith Career Center.
Usually M-F noon-3pm, but see about 10-minute drop-in advising for changes, purpose, prep, traffic cautions, more.

CPD GENERAL CAREER TOPICS

• Exploring careers and majors
• Getting experience, including
  • internships
  • cooperative education
• Job search
• Federal job & internship search
• Planning for graduate or professional school
• Practice interviews

FOR STUDENT POPULATIONS

• Graduate students
• International students
• Disability resources
• Student veterans
• Workplace diversity
• LGBTQ

FOR FACULTY & STAFF

• Referring students to advising
• Advising data

ADVISING BY MAJORS / COLLEGES

In colleges and major departments:

• Career & internship advisors who work in / for colleges and majors

In CPD:

• When you schedule an advising appointment in CPD, you usually meet with an advisor who works with students in your college.

PRE-PROFESSIONAL ADVISING AT VT

• Considering graduate and professional school
• Health Professions Advising [HPA]
  [pre-medical, pre-dental, & other health professions]
• Pre-Law Advising
• Pre-Education Advising [PEAP], School of Education
  [teaching and school counseling]
• Pre-veterinary advising sources at VT:
  • Health Professions Advising [HPA] in CPD
  • Virginia-Maryland Coll. of Veterinary Medicine

WHAT CPD CAN'T DO

CPD is not authorized to advise on academic course requirements. Please take advantage of these university resources provided for your academic advising needs:

• Your academic advisor in the department offering the major
• Transitional Advising [Advising Matters @ VT] for students in transition out of a major, or not accepted into a desired major