Strengths Advising Scenario Cards
Significance Woo Competition Connectedness Adaptability
Kyle is a freshman student and scheduled his first advising session with you.
He says he was valedictorian in high school and does not feel like he fits in at Virginia Tech.
Kyle asks about transferring to another school.
How
would you advise Kyle?
Empathy Harmony Futuristic Belief
Self-Assurance
Joy is an international student majoring in explore science.
Joy is starting to do poorly in her firstsemester science and math courses and is unsure about what to do about her grades.
Joy tells you during an advising meeting that her parents want her to become a research scientist like the rest of the family. Joy says her parents will not pay her tuition if she does not declare a science major. How would you advise Joy?
Strategic Positivity
Restorative Deliberative Communication
Taylor schedules an advising appointment with you to talk about her psychology tests.
She goes to tutoring regularly and knows the material well, but says when she gets into the classroom she shuts down and does poorly on the exam.
How would you advise Taylor?
Ideation Maximizer Focus Arranger Learner
is a first-generation sophomore student. She is taking 15 credits this spring semester, juggling a part-time offcampus job to pay for college, is not doing well in calculus and tells you she is unsure how to fit in an internship in her schedule. How would you advise Kaylee?
Kaylee