While he stresses that content and the opportunities for thesis research should carry greater weight, Dingman says that first years may want to take the data into consideration.
"My guess is that if somebody's loking for some personal attention, this is one measure of that," he says.
Wolinsky, who says he did not pick his concentration based on the advising, recommends that current first-years should not make that a priority in their choice
"I think that our goal should be to raise the level of advising across the College so that advising should not have to be a consideration when choosing a concentration," he says. Advising System Survey Results by Concentration How often do you meet with your concentration adviser each year? Robert J. Coolbrith Crimson Social Sciences Concentrators 32.4% 17.0% 27.4% 8.1% 15.1% Natural Sciences Concentrators 12.4% 11.4% 37.6% 10.0% 28.6% Humanities Concentrators 14.7% 12.1% 23.5% 10.3% 39.3% Advising System Survey Results by Concentration Robert J. Coolbrith Crimson Are your academic interests covered in concentration advising conversations? Department %Yes* Folklore and Mythology 100.0 Religion 100.0 Slavic Lang. and Lit. 100.0 Women's Studies 100.0 History and Literature 97.7 History of Science 94.4 Literature 90.9 Biochemical Sciences 87.0 East Asian Studies 85.0 Classics 84.6 VES 84.6 Special Concentrations 83.3 Social Studies 82.0 Physics 81.5 Mathematics 80.0 Engineering Sciences 80.0 Fine Arts 78.6 EPS 77.8 Linguistics 75.0 Sociology 75.0 Music 73.3 ESPP 71.4 Anthropology 68.3 Astronomy 66.7 Germanic Lang. and Lit. 66.7 Biology 62.8 Chemistry 61.8 English 60.7 No concentration info. 59.0 Computer Science 58.3 History 58.0 Government 51.6 Chemistry and Physics 50.0 Applied Mathematics 48.3 Romance Lang. and Lit. 45.5 Economics 40.2 Philosophy 40.0 Afro American Studies 38.5 Near East. Lang. and Lit. 37.5 Psychology 36.5 Advising System Survey Results by Concentration Robert J. Coolbrith Crimson Have you ever wanted any kind of concentration advice and not been able to get it quickly? Department %No* Folklore and Mythology 100.0 Religion 100.0 Slavic Lang. and Lit. 100.0 Classics 85.7 Mathematics 80.8 Women's Studies 80.0 Sociology 76.2 History of Science 75.0 Linguistics 75.0 Literature 72.7 VES 71.4 Physics 70.4 History and Literature 69.8 Astronomy 66.7 Chemistry and Physics 66.7 Computer Science 64.9 Fine Arts 64.3 Social Studies 63.5 East Asian Studies 61.9 Philosophy 61.9 Government 60.0 Music 60.0 Biochemical Sciences 58.7 Engineering Sciences 56.7 Anthropology 56.5 Chemistry 55.9 EPS 55.6 Psychology 55.2 Romance Lang. and Lit. 54.5 Special Concentrations 50.0 History 49.1 Economics 48.3 No concentration info. 48.2 ESPP 46.9 Biology 44.4 Afro American Studies 41.7 Applied Mathematics 34.5 Germanic Lang. and Lit. 33.3 English 21.6 Near East. Lang. and Lit. 0.0
*Note: Perfect scores often represent low number of respondents
Source: Class of 1997 Supplemental Senior Survey
