First Year Students (students who earned fewer than 18 credits after graduating from high school)
Transfer Students (students who earned 18 or more college credits after graduating from high school)
Prepare for your advising meeting (First year students)
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 and be able to discuss your NSO Tasklist, including the educational planning survey, ALEKS math placement, transfer credit worksheet, and course planning guide.
- Complete your pre-registration activity guide and major preferences guide in LionPATH.
- Build a tentative first-semester schedule in your LionPATH Enrollment Shopping Cart prior to your advising appointment.
What to expect during the advising session
During the academic advising session you will get an overview of some general advising information, meet some of our welcome peer leaders, as well as meet individually with an academic adviser. When you meet with an academic adviser, 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
Please watch this very brief video for scheduling instructions.
When you click a scheduling button, you will be prompted to log in to Penn State’s WebAccess if you are not already logged in. If you have not done so already, you will need to Enroll in Two-Factor Authentication. Instructions are linked on the WebAccess page.
Please note all meetings are in Eastern Time. Please join the Zoom meeting promptly at the start of your appointment time. That is, if your appointment is from 1:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. (Eastern Time, GMT-5), you need to join the meeting by 1:00 p.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 Eastern Time), and Zoom URL you will use to meet. 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.
Once in Starfish navigate to the “My success network section” and Click on “Abington First Year Advising”.
Please do not schedule more than one appointment.
Please take care of your “to do list” items in LionPATH and any “holds” in LionPATH prior to your appointment.
Please have your PSU email and password ready and DUO set to your device for your appointment.
If you have trouble scheduling an advising appointment please contact AbingtonAdvising@psu.edu.
Transfer Students
You should have received a welcome email from your assigned adviser, Deanna Bosley, shortly after you accepted your offer of admission. In that email, Deanna outlined information specific to your admission to Penn State.
Many of you have already met for an advising appointment. If you have not done so already, your most important next step is to schedule an advising appointment where your transfer credits will be reviewed, and you can begin to plan out your spring semester classes. Please schedule this advising session as soon as possible - the earlier the better to ensure that you are all set for the spring.
How to Schedule an Advising Session
For all transfer student admits, please schedule a one-on-one advising session with your assigned adviser, Deanna Bosley. You can schedule appointments with Deanna using Starfish.psu.edu. Information on how to schedule an appointment can be found on this page: https://abington.psu.edu/making-appointment
All advising appointments for the remainder of the fall and early spring will be held either online via zoom or in person.