DNS Student Services, faculty, and College and University advising offices work closely together to be sure that students’ academic and major advising needs are met. These individuals are all part of your Advising Support Network, a larger group of people at Cornell who will help guide your undergraduate experience and assist you with thinking about what opportunities will be most valuable to help you reach your goals at Cornell and beyond.

• Those who are in the process of applying to Cornell should contact the Human Ecology Admissions Office and/or the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Admissions Office.
• Incoming students can contact DNS Student Services any time between choosing to attend Cornell and your Orientation. 
• At Orientation, first-year students meet with their assigned DNS staff advisors.
• Continuing sophomore-senior students (HBHS, GPHS, NS, and Biological Sciences majors in the Human Nutrition concentration) are assigned a faculty advisor.
• CHE students also have the Human Ecology Advising and Counseling Office, which provides professional counseling and referral services to students who have academic, personal, and/or family problems, help students who are undecided or changing their majors, and provide general career planning services.
• CALS students can seek advising about their college requirements and degree progress through CALS Student Services.
• The Cornell Career Network is a place for students in all colleges to seek career planning advice.
• Pre-health students may seek advice of the Health Professions Advising Center (HPAC) in addition to the above resources.

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

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.

Change of major (within CALS or CHE):

Current CALS and CHE students may consider a change of major within their own college. If you are interested in changing your major to HBHS (in CHE), GPHS (in CALS and CHE), or NS (in CALS or CHE), please review your college's policies and make an appointment with DNS Student Services to discuss your interest in changing your major. It is also helpful to bring any questions you have and any academic planning you have started to this meeting.

Internal transfer: 
Current Cornell students who are considering transferring to Cornell Human Ecology or College of Agriculture and Life Sciences to join one of the DNS majors (GPHS, HBHS, or NS) should first review the college's internal transfer requirements:

• For Human Biology, Health & Society (HBHS): Cornell Human Ecology
• For Nutritional Sciences (NS): Cornell Human Ecology or College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
• For Global and Public Health Sciences (GPHS): Cornell Human Ecology or College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Once you have determined that you are eligible to transfer and put together a preliminary academic plan, make an appointment with DNS Student Services or email dnsstudentservices@cornell.edu to put together an academic plan to complete their intended major.

Seeking transfer to Cornell from another College/University: 
Students who are considering transferring to Cornell from another institution and majoring in a DNS major (GPHS, HBHS, or NS) should contact the Human Ecology Admissions Office and/or the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Admissions Office.

Advising, Transfer Credits, and Grades: Accepted transfer students often have to adjust to new advising and grading systems than those they experienced at their previous systems, and have to consider transfer credits.

• Cornell students are expected to be proactive and self-directed in identifying and seeking advising support, which commonly entails reaching out to the appropriate office or contact at the University (If you are unsure of where to go or who to ask, start with dnsstudentservices@cornell.edu!).
• Unlike many schools that do not offer grades above an A, Cornell allows grades of A+’, which can lead to a GPA above 4.0. In addition, many classes curve grades at the end of the semester. As a result, depending on the professor, the class, and everyone else’s academic performance, your final grade might differ significantly from your raw test scores.
• You will work with your College Registrar to figure out which transfer credits might fulfill your College distribution requirements, and with DNS to figure out which might fulfill major requirements.

Course Planning: Students can transfer in a maximum of 60 credits to Cornell, and must complete a minimum of 60 credits at Cornell. CHE and CALS also have their own credit and course requirements for students. Courses from past schools may count if they are approved as substitutes by College Registrars. Beyond that, there is no common or recommended first-term schedule for transfer students, even within the same major, because transfer students come from diverse backgrounds and have a wide range of goals for their time during and after Cornell.