re: Northwestern State University question

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That is awesome to hear. Definitely want a school like that. My last school, I really never heard from my advisor. When I did, it was nothing but useless help and information.

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As someone who has spent some time in higher ed, advising is very hit-or-miss, even within the same school.

Every school will say that advising's biggest priority is student success and yada yada yada. But, let's be honest, advisor's are paid pretty damn poorly and it's a much more repetitive, transactional job than you would think.

There are some advisors who go above and beyond because they want to and they want their students to succeed. There are some that, due to the nature of the job and the low pay, are content to do the bare minimum and collect a paycheck. As an advisor, it's very easy to make yourself low-profile so that students forget about you and don't make an appointment. But, that doesn't mean it's the right thing to do.

So, all of this to say that just because you had good advising at NSU, certainly doesn't mean for sure that NSU advising across the board is good.