The following are a list of topics that are often discussed with Dr. Wells:
- Courses and registration
- Courses that are closed and possible options
- Course evaluations
- Strategies to connect with professors who work in an area of particular interest
- How to talk with professors when you are struggling in the class
- Ways to head off potential worries regarding GPA and academic performance
- Planning for direct research and study opportunities-using Dr. Wells as a sounding board to get a sense of which faculty may be a good match
- How to approach professors to request recommendation letters
- For freshman: how the psychology courses will come to fit in with the core courses they are taking
- For sophomores: professors they might want to approach for long term mentoring in their junior and senior years
At any time, all students can still feel free to talk to or continue to talk to the Chair of the Department, or any faculty member with whom they have already connected.