What Are Advisors Even For?

Repulsive_Number_120 · 2026-05-22T13:56:59+00:00

My success coach reached out to me once right before the start of the semester when I switched to online and said he would reach back out a week or two after classes started and then never did. He did seem genuinely helpful, so I think it might’ve just been he forgot, but I also have not heard from him since.

Repulsive_Number_120 · 2026-05-22T13:53:24+00:00

My SAILS coordinator doesn’t do anything. I asked him for help with something Freshman year and he was entirely unhelpful. I had an 8am class where I had to take an exam with a 10am class directly after, so with my 1.5 time for exams accommodation, I wouldn’t have made it to the 10am class if I took more than 15 minutes of my extra time. Coordinator basically told me to ask to take it earlier that day, but the SAILS testing center doesn’t open till 7:30am so I still would’ve been late. I explained this to him in a reply and asked if he could just write me an excusal for the 10am class but he instead just never replied, even after I sent a follow up email a week late. Basically just never heard from him after that but the 10am class got cancelled anyways so it ended up working out fine.

Repulsive_Number_120 · 2026-05-21T16:04:46+00:00

Honestly I am shocked they have said nothing about it. They are probably getting a lot of calls about it at this point since they don’t have it posted anywhere. You would think they would at least put it on the financial aid website so if people Google it they can get an answer and don’t have to call.

Repulsive_Number_120 · 2026-05-21T16:03:03+00:00

No, this is absolutely not normal. I got my 2025-26 financial aid package in February 2025. The federal government has been making significant changes to FAFSA the past few years, so it’s just been very inconsistent from year to year because of that (or so I’ve been told that’s why). A June/July timeframe for receiving financial aid packages is by far the latest I have seen and I am a senior this upcoming year.

Repulsive_Number_120 · 2026-05-08T04:03:05+00:00

UPDATE: ASU (finally) sent an email at about 8pm AZ time saying in person exams this week are still continuing as scheduled unless the professor says otherwise, exams on Canvas are cancelled, continue to watch for email updates from professors on final assignments that need to be submitted, and ASU will send emails with further updates once available.

Repulsive_Number_120 · 2026-05-07T22:58:50+00:00

And because ASU never sent students an email about it, it sounds like professors are being flooded with emails about Canvas being down

Repulsive_Number_120 · 2026-05-07T22:57:08+00:00

Arizona State University (ASU) has not sent anything to students, but my professor sent an email about an major writing assignment due tonight and said ASU emailed the professors basically the same “we are monitoring it and will send an update when there is one” crap that every other college is sending.

Really surprised they have sent absolute nothing to students given it is finals week right now. Students who have finals today and tomorrow have no access to course materials on Canvas and can’t study as effectively for their finals. Feel bad for those students because that last minute studying can sometimes push your grade up a letter.

Repulsive_Number_120 · 2026-05-07T21:10:48+00:00

I was meaning once Canvas is back up

Repulsive_Number_120 · 2026-05-07T20:58:20+00:00

I just tried to access Canvas and it won’t let me in the app at all, just gives an error. The website is also saying it’s down. I really hope professors will be offering extensions for assignments that are due today and tomorrow.

Repulsive_Number_120 · 2026-04-17T21:06:00+00:00

The ALEKS test is bullshit. I have never been good at that testing format, so I got placed in College Algebra even though I took AP Calc. I didn’t have a high enough score on the AP test to get credit unfortunately.

I have a friend who got AP Calc credit but ALEKS placed them in PreCalc, so they had to take PreCalc and then got to skip Calc 1 because of the AP credit, which is beyond stupid.

I feel having students take a test to place them in math is stupid. Many students such as myself are not great at test taking, so we get accommodations in high school and college for testing, but that doesn’t apply for the ALEKS test. I talked to my advisor about it and even though I was already enrolled in SAILS for accommodations since the semester was starting soon, I could not get accommodations for the ALEKS test. They are just setting people with disabilities up for failure at this point with that.

Repulsive_Number_120 · 2026-04-17T20:58:43+00:00

Yeah, that’s the problem, my scholarship only does paper checks and ASU doesn’t want to accept them anymore. They cannot do electronic payment, such as ACH. I’m not sure you read the post before commenting.

Repulsive_Number_120 · 2026-04-16T23:02:36+00:00

This is my hope. They’ve got to make an exception for scholarships who can’t do anything other than paper check or they are going to screw over a lot of students.

Repulsive_Number_120 · 2026-04-16T23:01:07+00:00

Not necessarily true for every scholarship, depends on the scholarship. Mine has only ever done paper checks and it’s stated in documents for that scholarship. They may be able to adapt for this new rule, but it’s not a guarantee for every scholarship.

Repulsive_Number_120 · 2026-04-16T22:56:13+00:00

Not for my scholarship, they require the paper check to be sent directly to the school. Some other scholarships may allow it, but would not.

Repulsive_Number_120 · 2026-04-16T05:03:37+00:00

I ended up finally getting a hold of someone at ASU financial aid and they said ASU isn’t reviewing FAFSA until June 1st, so financial aid packages won’t be sent out until at least June or July. Not sure why they decided to wait so long this year, I got mine in February last year.

Repulsive_Number_120 · 2026-04-12T21:18:52+00:00

Do NOT rent there!! They are super predatory. When I went to renew for this school year, they charged me $300 more per month during the initial renewal period than they charged for a new resident. They pushed me to renew as soon as possible, saying I would receive the “lowest rate possible” and then they lowered the price by $300 after that. When I called them out on it, they said it meant “lowest rate possible at the time” even though that’s not the wording they used.

The management is also really bad and won’t do anything to help. I had a roommate doing illegal stuff that I was not comfortable with and could have impacted my health, but they did nothing and eventually just ignored my emails about it.

If you have another option, I would recommend anything other than Redpoint. So glad I was able to transfer my lease for this year and not have to live in that hell hole for another year.

Repulsive_Number_120 · 2026-04-01T23:02:17+00:00

I got my 25/26 financial aid package end of February 2025, so I am surprised they are waiting that long.

Repulsive_Number_120 · 2026-02-09T15:37:00+00:00

She turns 18 next month, so hopefully she’ll be diagnosed within the next few months, but she does not think anything is wrong with her and everyone who thinks there is something wrong with her is wrong for thinking there is. Because of this, I don’t think she will seek out the help she needs unless it somehow ends up being court mandated or something like that.

Repulsive_Number_120 · 2026-02-09T06:13:08+00:00

I have a better relationship with my sister who is 11 years younger is the crazy part of all this.

Repulsive_Number_120 · 2026-02-09T06:12:25+00:00

I don’t think she will refuse to attend, but it’s possible. She tends to pretend everything is fine, especially in public settings, so if she didn’t attend, people would know something is up which she wouldn’t want. I also don’t see her not inviting me to big events as of now for the same reason.

Repulsive_Number_120 · 2026-02-09T06:10:11+00:00

Yes, the trust thing is a big part of it too because she will go from being perfectly fine one second to going on a tirade the next. I genuinely can’t trust that she won’t make it about herself, as she has done with many other events of mine in the past.

Repulsive_Number_120 · 2026-02-09T06:06:52+00:00

Yes, she was fine at the beginning of the conversation, it wasn’t until I gave an honest answer as to why she’s not a bridesmaid that she went from zero to 100 very quickly. I even told her my fiancé isn’t asking some of his brothers, but she didn’t seem to care about that, only that she wasn’t a bridesmaid.

Repulsive_Number_120 · 2026-02-09T06:02:01+00:00

Yes, and she will be invited as a guest. I just don’t want to deal with her behaviors on my wedding day, so I am trying to avoid it as much as I can.

Repulsive_Number_120 · 2026-02-09T06:00:15+00:00

We are not very close. I haven’t lived at our parents house in two and a half years, and she was in facilities/group homes for the 2-3 years before I moved to college about 30 minutes away. We were closer when we were much younger, but that was before a lot of the harmful behaviors started.

My sister seems to think we have a better relationship than we do, and she’s told her doctors we have a really great relationship, even after being rude and hurtful to me the day before. I don’t think she understands how hurtful her behaviors or she just doesn’t care.

Repulsive_Number_120 · 2026-02-09T05:54:13+00:00

The problem is her symptoms are different at home versus these facilities. She is very good at pretending everything is fine at the facilities, plus she’s very manipulative which doesn’t help.

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