Academic and College Advising

Your primary advisor will be the Associate Director of The Clarkson School, who will assist you starting the summer before enrollment and throughout the year. They will help you select courses that fulfill your high school requirements, align with your intended major, or simply match your interests.

Clarkson School students take the same courses as Clarkson University first-years and can pursue coursework in more than 60 majors and minors. The only course taken exclusively as a Clarkson School cohort is PE100 – First Year Seminar (while other first-year students take FY100).

Clarkson University is renowned for its hands-on learning. As a Clarkson School student, you might launch your own business, help build a solar car, or conduct biomedical research alongside esteemed faculty. Collaborating on real-world projects with Clarkson students and professors will deepen your understanding of your major and future career possibilities. Many exciting options await you!

We are committed to your success. Beyond personalized advising, The Clarkson School offers tutoring in major courses such as Calculus, Physics, Chemistry, and Biology in the Price Hall Honors classroom, located adjacent to student housing.  Tutors are typically Clarkson School alumni or Honors students.

The University also provides a variety of academic support services, including:

• Student Success Center
• Accessibility Services
• Advising & Mentoring Programs
• Campus Tutoring Sessions
• Writing Center
• Office of Information Technology resources

We encourage all students to take full advantage of these campus resources!

Each semester, three progress reports are requested from professors to provide feedback on your academic performance. Follow-up meetings are scheduled as needed with the Associate Director of The Clarkson School.

These reports are shared with students and their families, based on the Student Information Release Authorization form on file with Student Achievement Services (SAS). For certain information to be released to a third party, a signed authorization form is required.

At the start of the fall semester, the Director of The Clarkson School leads college application workshops to guide and support you through each step of the process. Every student receives a College Resource Guide and personalized assistance with applications, personal statements and essays, interview preparation, and recommendation requests. To help you submit your strongest work with confidence, all application materials are reviewed prior to submission.  Support continues into the spring semester, with guidance on waitlist responses, appeal letters, financial aid questions, and final decision-making. Our goal is to ensure every student feels prepared, supported, and proud of what they submit—and confident in the choices they make.

While many Clarkson School students continue at Clarkson University as sophomores, you have the freedom to transfer to other colleges and universities—including Ivy League schools, major research universities, and highly selective liberal arts colleges. Most students enter these institutions with advanced standing, typically enrolling in sophomore-level courses the following year.

Clarkson School alumni have gone on to attend prestigious institutions such as:

Amherst College
Boston College
Boston University
Brown University
Carnegie Mellon University
Columbia University
Cornell University
Dartmouth College
Georgetown University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Northeastern University
Syracuse University
Tufts University
University of Rochester
Yale University