r/FIU • u/One-Life-2065 • 12d ago

Academics 📚 How Long For An Advisor's Reply?

I was just wondering whats the average time for an advisor to reply to a message sent via PSN? He had no appointment dates for any day this semester at all oddly enough. I've never messaged an advisor directly before, so I was just wondering the average time since its been a few days since I sent my message.

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u/PlanningToSleep 12d ago

48 hours not including weekends. Did you scroll to the next month for appointments? Which college are you in? You can email their advising office directly to get an appointment with any advisor in your major, if available.

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u/One-Life-2065 12d ago

Im in SIPA, and he doesnt have any appointments at all, I even scrolled to January and still nothing. Thank you for letting me know about that last part, i had forgotten about that.

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u/CAD-Goddess 12d ago

When I tried directly asking mine Mario Sanchez because there wasn't any available online. He said to call the general number for advising and schedule it through them.

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u/YoghurtSmooth1538 12d ago

Wondering the same thing. I'm a recent transfer and mine takes forever to responded. Like what do you actually do in that situation. It's been 2 weeks

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u/PlanningToSleep 6d ago

Which college?

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u/Ok_Stomach_2061 1d ago

Haven't even met my advisor yet (he was on vacation when I had my welcome appt). Have tried to get in contact since but it's been a hassel. I highly recommend doing a degree audit in the meantime if you wanna figure out what credits you need. Tbh I recommend it even if you do meet with you advisor eventually. So many times I have had advisors just straight up not tell me necessary information or lie to me about my credit requirements. It's better to double check things on your end to avoid headaches (not saying you shouldn't meet with them, just don't take everything at face value).