ADVISING WORKSHEET
(Required for removing advising hold)
The Accounting Department at Cal Poly Pomona is committed to helping you achieve your maximum academic performance while you are in our program. The fact that you have received an advising hold on your record means you have encountered problems in academic performance and must take steps to improve your grade point average to prevent academic disqualification.
We have designed this form to help you identify factors which may have contributed to your academic difficulties. Please take your time to think through each and every reason contributing to your current predicament, so that we can develop a plan to help you improve your academic performance.
SECTION 1 – Provide the following information
Name: ______Bronco ID #: ______
Daytime Phone #: ______Cal Poly E-Mail: ______
List all of your advising holds below (start with the current quarter on the left and continue on):
Quarter: ______
Year: ______
Number of Units: ______
Hours of Work per
Week: ______
Cal Poly GPA: ______
Next Quarter Course Enrollment and Expected Grades:
Next Quarter:F W S SU Year:_____
Expected
Course Number: Units: Grade:
______
______
______
______
______
Total _____
SECTION 2 – Self Evaluation of Performance
Discuss the circumstances that caused making the low grade(s) resulting in the Advising Hold and whether or not they still persist.
SECTION 3 – Discussion of Plans to Improve Your Academic performance
1. By using the information provided above in Section 2 and after reading the comments at http://goingconcern.com/2010/9/my-gpa-sucks-is-my-accounting-career-over provide a general plan of action along with a time table that is going to help you to improve the circumstances resulting in better academic performance. Please be specific. (For example, discuss how you are planning to reduce work hours and increase study hours, taking fewer classes, using tutoring services, balancing your coursework, etc.)
2. For each class that you plan to take next quarter, discuss what you will do to receive a grade of “A” or “B”.
SECTION 4 – Unofficial Transcript
Go into Bronco Direct and select “Unofficial Transcript”. Copy and paste the report into the space below.
SECTION 5 – To be completed by Accounting Faculty Advisor and signed by student.
Go to the Accounting Department Website at: http://cba.csupomona.edu/acc/acct_advising.aspx to find the appropriate Faculty Advisor for your particular advising hold. Send your advisor an E-mail or call to make an appointment.
The following are recommendations made by the Advisor (check those that are appropriate):
____Change Major
____Use Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS)
____Use Disability Resource Center (DRC)
____Register for English Language Institute program (CPELI)
____Apply for Financial Aids
____File a Repeated Course Form
____Seek Tutoring (LRC)
____Use University Writing Center (UWC)
____ www.how-to-study.com
____ www.studygs.net
____Other (describe)
____Visit the Career Center for career counseling
Advisor’s Recommendations/Comments:
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I have read the Academic Standing Policy and understand the implications of my current grade point average status. I acknowledge the recommendations made by my advisor and will work to implement them.
Student signature: ______
Date
Advisor signature: ______
Date
ON-CAMPUS RESOURCES
CAL POLY POMONA ENGLISH LANGUAGE INSTITUTE http://www.cpeli.csupomona.edu
Specializes in English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) instruction and in academic preparation for international students who plan to continue their higher education in the U.S. Also instructs students on the “culture of the classroom” consisting of how to study, how to take a test, how to use a computer, how to research and organize ideas, and how to behave in the academic environment.
CAL POLY POMONA CAREER CENTER http://career.csupomona.edu Offers career planning guidance in the form of advising and counseling, website resources, career assessment tools, a resource library, a CPU 100 course, handbooks and other resources.
COUNSELING & PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES (CAPS) http://dsa.csupomona.edu/caps
Offers free, confidential counseling to students by professional counselors and interns. Personal changes and pressures that often come with the college experience can lead to stress, depression, family concerns, anxiety, relationship problems or other feelings. CAPS can provide objective, non-judgmental support and guidance to students as they transition through these challenges.
DISABILITY RESOURCE CENTER (DRC) http://www.dsa.csupomona.edu/drc
The Mission of the Office of Disabled Student Services is to help students with disabilities to compete academically on an equal basis with their non-disabled peers. This is accomplished by providing reasonable support services that allow students access to any academic program or participation in any University activity.
DIVISION OF STUDENT AFFAIRS http://www.dsa.csupomona.edu/division
The Division of Student Affairs supports the university’s educational mission through comprehensive programs and services that promote student learning and success while fostering an inclusive and vibrant campus community.
LEARNING RESOURCE CENTER (LRC) http://www.csupomona.edu/~lrc
The Learning Resource Center is a comprehensive, academic support service that assists students in achieving scholastic excellence. Provides tutors and a protected environment for test taking, set up by the instructor and student..
STUDENT HEALTH SERVICES (SHS) http://dsa.csupomona.edu/shs
The Student Health Services team is committed to providing high quality, student-centered care and services, which are responsible to a student’s changing needs. Provides care that is convenient, confidential, accessible and affordable with trained health care professionals.
UNIVERSITY WRITING CENTER (UWC)
http://www.csupomona.edu/~lrc/uwc.shtml
The services provided by the University Writing Center are an essential part of the University’s general effort to improve the writing ability of its students.
Accounting Department Advising Form Revised 9/2013