Advising Questionnaire 

First-Year Students

Please complete this questionnaire and submit it as soon as possible. It will be read by your academic advisor and the dean of academic services. Information about your academic and extracurricular interests will also be shared with your Student Success Leader and faculty members in your academic areas of interest.
Name: 
  Birthdate:
Home Town and State/Country:    
 
1. What about Hollins attracted you the most?
2. Which subject areas are you most interested in studying at Hollins? 
 
3.

What are you considering as a possible major?
4. Are you interested in any of  the following?  If so, check the box.
  pre-med         pre-vet         pre-law         education
 
5. As you know, you will enroll in a first-year seminar in the fall.  You must select at least four of the seminars below that interest you.  You will be assigned to one of your choices.  Please note we will NOT place you in a seminar if  you select fewer than four choices.  For descriptions, please return to the new student website at http://www.hollins.edu/newstudents and click on Academic Information: First-year Students and then First-year Seminars.
     a.     Photography Speaks
     b.     What if Michelangelo Had Been a Woman?
     c.     Women of Discovery
     d.     Junk Food Media
     e.    Dancing Bodies/Moving Histories: Social Dance in the US (early 1900's to present)
     f.     You Are What You Eat: Making Good Food Choices for Your Health and Environment
     g.     The Nature and Culture of Water
     h.     Steppin' Up and Speakin' Out: The Rhetoric of Women Leaders
     i.       Organic Filmmaking
     j.   Heroes: Types and Archetypes
     k.   History Rocks
     l.   Heritage, Not Hate? The Culture, Geography and Politics of Nationalism and Heritage
     m.   Numb3rs
 

   n.  

Art: I know It When I See it
 

   o.  

Theatre Improv: Who Am I, Where Am I, and What’s My Line Anyway?
     p.

Shakin’ Things Up:  Uncommon Hispanic Women from Evita to Shakira

6.
Why did you select these particular seminars? Write a sentence or two about each.
 
 
7.

Have you had experience using library resources to write papers?  Yes           No
Print resources?     Yes           No
  Electronic resources (not web)?   Yes           No
   If so, please describe.  
8. Which language(s) did you study in high school?  Spanish, French, Latin, German, other
  Spanish         French         Latin       German     Other
9. Are you interested in studying abroad?    Yes           No
If yes, in which country would you most like to study?  
10. Do you expect to need help with study skills during your first year at Hollins?     Yes           No

 If yes, please specify

             time management

  study skills

  math

  reading

  writing

  other     Please specify.  

11. Do you have any documented learning issues of which you would like your advisor and instructors to be aware?    
     Yes           No
If yes, please describe: 
12.

Please complete the following sentences:

At Hollins, in addition to earning a quality education, I am looking forward to…
  Over the next four years, I expect Hollins to...
  In order to achieve my goals at Hollins I will...
 
  As I look ahead to attending Hollins, I am most worried about...
 
13. Name a book that you have read recently or a movie you have seen that made an impression on you. Why did it impress you?
14. What do you consider your greatest accomplishments to date?
15. What do you like to do in your spare time?
 
16. What cocurricular activities do you think you might like to participate in at Hollins?
 
17. Is there anything else you would like your advisor to know about you?