Information for First-Year Students (students who earned fewer than 18 credits after graduating from high school).
Information for Transfer Students (students who earned 18 or more college credits after graduating from high school).
First-year Students
Prepare for your advising meeting
This initial advising meeting is an opportunity for you to talk one-on-one with an academic adviser about your academic interests and goals and to outline your initial steps to reach them.
The more prepared you are, the more the advising appointment can focus on you and your individual goals.
- Complete the steps in your NSO Tasklist, including the educational planning survey, ALEKS math placement, transfer credit worksheet, and course planning guide.
- Build a tentative first-semester schedule in your LionPATH Enrollment Shopping Cart prior to your advising appointment.
- Complete your pre-registration activity guide and major preferences guide in LionPATH.
What to expect during the advising meeting
During the academic advising meeting, you should expect to discuss your academic goals and interests—including how they relate to your academic journey at Penn State in general and your first-semester schedule in particular. This meeting is your final step to enroll in first-semester courses.
We hope that you will continue to engage with academic advisers throughout your academic career and that this will represent the first of many interactions.
Schedule Your Appointment Now!
During your advising appointment you will be scheduling your classes. The sooner you schedule your classes, the more options you will have. Reach out for help if you have trouble finding a time that works.
How to schedule your appointment
We have connected you to an academic adviser who will work with you for orientation. Please watch this very brief video for scheduling instructions.
When you click a scheduling button, you will be prompted to log in through Penn State’s sign-in screen if you are not already logged in. If you have not done so already, you will need to Enroll in Multi-Factor Authentication.
Please note all meetings are in Eastern Time (GMT-5). Please join the Zoom meeting promptly at the start of your appointment time. That is, if your appointment is from 9 a.m. – 10 a.m. (Eastern Time, GMT-5), you need to join the meeting by 9 a.m. (Eastern Time, GMT-5).
You must check your Penn State email for the advising appointment confirmation. This confirmation email will contain the day, time (in EDT), and location (in person or Zoom URL) you will use to meet with your orientation adviser. If any changes are made to your scheduled appointment, new information will be sent to your Penn State email. Please check your Penn State email often, including immediately prior to your orientation advising appointment.
If you have trouble scheduling an advising appointment, please contact AbingtonAdvising@psu.edu.
Transfer Students
You should have received a welcome email from either Deanna Bosley or Wendy Kephart shortly after you accepted your offer of admission. In that email, it outlined information specific to your admission to Penn State and steps to take related to your transfer credits and academic planning.
One important step is to meet with your academic adviser, which many of you have done. If you have not met with your academic adviser, please schedule an appointment to review your transfer credits and begin to plan your semester classes.
How to schedule your appointment
Please schedule this advising session as soon as possible - the earlier the better.
Schedule your appointment using the button below.
When you click a scheduling button, you will be prompted to log in through Penn State’s sign-in screen if you are not already logged in. If you have not done so already, you will need to Enroll in Multi-Factor Authentication.
You must check your Penn State email for the advising appointment confirmation. This confirmation email will contain the day, time (in EDT), and location (in person or Zoom URL) you will use to meet with your assigned academic adviser. If any changes are made to your scheduled appointment, new information will be sent to your Penn State email. Please check your Penn State email often, including immediately prior to your orientation advising appointment.
If you have trouble scheduling an advising appointment, please contact AbingtonAdvising@psu.edu.