# Was I wrong to confirm my college advisor's advice?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-i-wrong-to-confirm-my-college-advisors-advice/416378>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 21, 2007, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-i-wrong-to-confirm-my-college-advisors-advice/416378 "2007-08-21T15:51:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![fuffle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@fuffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fuffle)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-i-wrong-to-confirm-my-college-advisors-advice/416378/21 "2007-08-21T21:45:33Z")

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You absolutely did the right thing. I once trusted an adviser (she’s a successful working professional; she knows everything, right?) and I’m having some serious problems right now because of it. It wasn’t malicious; it’s just that her advice wasn’t right for my particular situation. If I had checked with someone–anyone–else, I would have realized what a mistake I was making.

Trust yourself. You did the right thing.

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**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-i-wrong-to-confirm-my-college-advisors-advice/416378/22 "2007-08-22T02:24:20Z")

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I think your advisor is a frosty bitch. It is always a good idea to triple-check things when transferring schools. That said, you didn’t have to tell her that you got independent confirmation. Some people get touchy about stuff like that; no sense making enemies when you don’t have to.

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**Author:** ![Cyberhwk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7993a0/32.png) [@Cyberhwk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyberhwk)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-i-wrong-to-confirm-my-college-advisors-advice/416378/23 "2007-08-22T08:00:39Z")

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Absolutely NOT. I don’t know anybody who’s adviser didn’t at least have SOME bad information, one of which got such bad advise that it cost him another $8,000 because he had to do an additional semester to fulfill requirements his adviser assured him weren’t required.

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