Engineering Advising Office

Services

• Focus on first- and second-year unaffiliated students, with continued access for upper-class students.
• Focus primarily on issues related to the Engineering Common Curriculum and successfully affiliating with a major.
• Providing specialty advising for:
  • Course Enrollment Challenges.
  • Liberal Studies.
  • Study Abroad/international experiences.
  • Pre-health careers and how to integrate requirements into the curriculum.
  • Transferring internally (between colleges) within Cornell or concurrent degrees].
  • Health and well-being appointments: if you need immediate guidance or advice about a physical or mental health concern, you can contact Cornell Health 24/7 ↗.
  • Cornell University student disability services ↗.
  • Major exploration including the Independent Major and the affiliation process.
  • Minors ↗ and double majors.
  • Transfer credit, petitions, and curricular substitutions
  • Criteria for good academic standing.
  • Voluntary, required, and health ↗ leaves of absence and withdrawals.
• Coordinate the Academic Concern Program; supporting students having academic or personal difficulties and referring students to appropriate Campus Resources.
• Supporting students having academic or personal difficulties and referring students to appropriate campus resources.
• Providing case management for students who are in need of academic consideration and/or in distress ↗.
• Partner with faculty advisors and major departments to best support students.
• Protect the privacy of student education records as per FERPA ↗.

Hours of Operation

Monday – Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET

Please Note: The Engineering Advising Team works remotely on Mondays and therefore the physical office suite is closed those days. Advising appointments made for Mondays will be virtual.

Connect with the Engineering Advising Team

Virtual Advising Drop-In Hours – Spring 2025

• Tuesdays – 2:30 p.m.-4 p.m. (starting January 21 and ending May 13)
• Wednesdays – 9 a.m.-10:30 a.m. (starting January 22 and ending May 14)

Extra Drop-In Hours for Fall 2025 Pre-enroll and the Final Course Drop Deadline (deadline is May 6^th):

• Friday, April 25 – 2:30 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Monday, April 28 – 10 a.m.-11:30 a.m.
• Thursday, May 1 – 2:30 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Friday, May 2 – 2:30 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Monday, May 5 – 1 p.m.-3 p.m.
• Tuesday, May 6 – 11 a.m.-1 p.m. 

The Engineering Advising Team will offer weekly advising Drop-in Hours via Zoom. Drop-in Hours are short, one-on-one conversations with a professional staff academic advisor and are intended for students with quick questions.

The Zoom room will have a waiting room and you will stay in the waiting room until it is your turn to meet with an advisor. Drop-In Hours are first-come, first-served and you may have to wait if there are students in line ahead of you.

Advising Appointments – Spring 2025

Schedule: Please Note: The Engineering Advising team works remotely on Mondays and therefore the physical office suite is closed those days. Advising appointments made for Mondays will be virtual.

Make a 30-minute (in-person or virtual) appointment with your Engineering Advising professional staff academic advisor online through Chatter ↗.  We do not make same-day appointments. 

Calendars tend to fill up quickly so plan in advance and come prepared with questions to your appointment.  

Three-week availability range: The calendars will only show availability for the next three weeks. If you don’t see availability, please check back the next week. If your matter is urgent, please email adv_engineering@cornell.edu ↗ or call us at 607-255-7414.

Chatter Instructions

When scheduling an appointment through Chatter ↗, be sure to find the Engineering Advising tab listed at the top or in the “More” tab drop-down. Note that other offices also use Chatter and have their own appointment booking pages.