I’ve never had much luck with academic advisors… They should understand their system and listen to my information, but in fact they seem to be almost universally just holding a job that has no way to prove malfeasance. Anyway, when I transferred between colleges, the new advisor told me I had to take a 200-level physics class in order to get my math degree. After the prof talked about how to do vector calculations by rote, I asked (after class) if it would be okay if I just use matrix manipulations instead. He told me to PLEASE just go away and come back to take the final because if I asked something in class it would likely confuse EVERYBODY. The situation would have been fun if they hadn’t charged me quite a lot of money to “take” that class… and as a transfer, I had no option to drop it and take something else. Sometimes it DOES pay to understand the next level up.
I’ve never had much luck with academic advisors… They should understand their system and listen to my information, but in fact they seem to be almost universally just holding a job that has no way to prove malfeasance. Anyway, when I transferred between colleges, the new advisor told me I had to take a 200-level physics class in order to get my math degree. After the prof talked about how to do vector calculations by rote, I asked (after class) if it would be okay if I just use matrix manipulations instead. He told me to PLEASE just go away and come back to take the final because if I asked something in class it would likely confuse EVERYBODY. The situation would have been fun if they hadn’t charged me quite a lot of money to “take” that class… and as a transfer, I had no option to drop it and take something else. Sometimes it DOES pay to understand the next level up.