All DNS majors and minors are invited to work with Student Services. Current first-year and sophomore students have an assigned professional advisor, whose name they can find in Student Center. All other students, including incoming first-year students (pre-August Orientation), prospective internal transfer students, and current juniors and seniors, are welcome to make an appointment with anyone from DNS Student Services via Bookings.

Prospective incoming students, including current students interested in internally transferring to a DNS major, should begin by meeting with DNS Student Services. 

Juniors and seniors who are current DNS majors can find their faculty advisor's name in Student Center.

Current first years and sophomores in the Division of Nutritional Sciences majors in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) and Cornell Human Ecology (CHE) are primarily advised by their assigned DNS Student Services Professional Staff Advisor. After meeting with DNS Student Services, first-years and sophomore students are invited to seek advising from their faculty advisor regarding the following subjects:  

• Undergraduate Research  
• Graduate School  
• Career Planning or Mentoring 

There are a wide range of resources at Cornell for students who would like help building their skills for studying, time management, or test taking and those who are having a difficult time with coursework in particular classes. The following list describes some important resources for course-specific needs as well as for more general academic support and skills-building.

• Course teaching staff: Interact with the faculty, instructors, and TAs in your classes. If you don’t understand material or assignments, they need to know. They usually are happy to assist students who are working hard but having trouble. See them early in the semester when they can be most helpful, and take advantage of any office hours or walk-in tutorials. If you do poorly on the first assignment or exam, contact them to find sources of help. You probably need new strategies rather than simply planning to study longer or better for the next exam!
• Supplemental courses: Students can enroll in 1000-level courses that offer course-specific support for other courses (e.g. CHEM 1007 supports students in CHEM 2070). These supplemental courses clarify lecture material, help students keep pace with lectures, and assist students with exam preparation. Courses in Biology, Mathematics, Physics, Economics, and Statistics are also offered.
• Courses for building individual academic and personal skills: 
• Learning Strategies Center: The LSC offers both course-specific support in several science- and math-based courses and general support to groups and individuals in areas such as Time Management, Textbook Mastery, Rapid Reading, Learning from Lecture, Exam Preparation and Strategies. For example, HE 1000 Critical Reading and Thinking is a 2 credit course to help students increase reading, thinking and learning skills.
• Center for Teaching Innovation: The CTI offers both course-specific and general support to Cornell students, including supplemental instruction for major introductory courses, tutorial assistance, and workshops.
• Cornell Writing Centers: Offered by the John S. Knight Institute, Writing Centers at three campus locations have graduate and undergraduate tutors to help students with particular pieces of writing, including academic papers, at any stage of development, focusing on improving the substance and quality of the writing by helping the writer with issues of self-confidence, active use of the imagination, and critical thinking. Tutors do not proofread or edit.

Cornell offers a wide range of resources and services related to exploring and pursuing potential careers of interest, including pre-health (e.g. pre-medical) tracks. College- and University-level career development offices, listed below, provide guidance for exploring potential careers, searching for professional development and employment opportunities, developing skills and materials for applying and interviewing, preparing for and applying to graduate and professional programs, and more. 

• CALS Career Development (CALS students only)
• CHE Career Services and the student-led CHE Career Exploration Center (both for CHE students only)
• Cornell Career Services (all Cornell students)
• Health Professions Advising Center