Undergraduate Education

For the best and most timely response:

• Use your CS email and include your student number.
• Do not email multiple advisers with the same question. Emailing ugrad-adviser@cs will result in quickest response times.
• If asking for registration help, include the SLNs of all lectures & quiz sections.
• Use salutations and signatures.
• Check spelling, grammar, and names.
• Wait at least 2 business days for a response before emailing again.

To make the most of you advising appointment, arrive on time and bring:

• Your proposed schedule for next quarter or year(if you are looking for feedback on your academic plan)
• Your preferred method of taking notes
• The list of questions or concerns you want to address

We understand that life happens, technology is imperfect, and that we’re all generally doing the best we can. However, advising appointments are in high demand and can be difficult to schedule, and it is important to be considerate of both the advisers’ and other students’ time. Missing meetings deprives another student the opportunity to meet with their adviser and takes away from advisers’ time to assist students.

• Late policy: If you are more than 15 minutes late to your scheduled advising appointment, you will be asked to reschedule.
• Canceling appointments: If you need to cancel a scheduled appointment, please give 24 hours advance notice if possible. Even if you can’t give 24 hours notice, emailing us to let us know you can’t make it as soon as you can is greatly appreciated.
• No-Shows: No-shows without prior notification are logged in our scheduling system. Repeat no-shows could result in a student being banned from scheduling future appointments.

In an attempt to equitably support as many prospective and current Allen School students as we can, we ask that students adhere to the following appointment policies:

Maximum Number of Appointments: A student may only schedule a maximum of three peer advising appointments per quarter. Additionally, students may schedule no more than one appointment in any 14 day period (2 week period). Please note that our peer advisers are not available for appointments during finals week of each quarter in addition to winter break, spring break, and summer break.

New appointments are available to book up to 3 weeks in advance. If you are seeing no available meetings please check back for more availability regularly as students reschedule/cancel appointments and that can make new appointments available that were previously not showing as options.

If you can’t find an appointment and need to talk about an immediate problem, current and prospective Allen School students can attend our Quick Questions (drop-in advising hours) to talk with a staff adviser. Quick Questions are available M-F during the academic year. You can also contact our Peer Advisers via email: peer-adviser@cs.washington.edu.

Personal Statement Review Appointment Guidelines: Prospective Allen School students applying via the Current UW admissions pathway can have their personal statement reviewed by a Peer Adviser twice per application cycle.

Late, Cancellation, & No-Show Policy: We understand that life happens, technology is imperfect, and that we’re all generally doing the best we can. However, advising appointments are in high demand and can be difficult to schedule, and it is important to be considerate of both the peer advisers’ and other students’ time. Missing meetings deprives another student the opportunity to meet with a peer adviser and takes away from peer advisers’ time to assist students.

Late Policy: If you are more than 10 minutes late to your scheduled advising appointment, your appointment will be canceled, marked as a “no-show”, and you will be asked to reschedule.

Canceling Appointments: If you need to cancel a scheduled appointment, please give 24 hours advance notice if possible, and cancel the appointment using the confirmation email you were sent after booking. Even if you can’t give 24 hours notice, emailing us to let us know you can’t make it as soon as you can is greatly appreciated.

No-Shows: No-shows without prior notification are logged in our scheduling system. Repeat no-shows could result in a student being prevented from scheduling future appointments.