After the First Semester
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After the first semester, the relationship between advisor and advisee may subside in frequency of contact, but it is important that you maintain some contact, for guidance on continued course selection for subsequent semesters and for help and advice in case you encounter problems.
It is your responsibility to do this, and in any case, in order to register for classes throughout your first year you will need your FYS advisor to give you your alternate PIN.
Your FYS instructor may continue as your advisor through the first semester of your sophomore year, when you must declare a major. Declaring a major by the end of that semester is particularly important for students who plan to study abroad in their junior year.
Declaring a Major
When students declare their major, they also select an advisor from the faculty in that major (or majors - nearly half of all Middlebury students have combined majors of some kind). For some students in their second or third semesters at Middlebury, selecting a major advisor is more difficult than selecting the major itself; those students are encouraged to work with the department or program chair, until they have further experience in that major and find a faculty member best suited to their interests and needs. Students may select their majors at any time after the first semester; they are required to declare their majors no later than the end of their third semester.