Student Profile for Advising and Support

Your completion of this student profile will help ensure that your advisor and other staff across the UTEP campus can help shape your UTEP educational experience and maximize your academic success based on your individual needs and interests.

What and Why
This 5 minute profile will ask you questions related to your aspirations, commitments, engagement, concerns, and skills.

Your responses will be available to staff members at UTEP who are responsible for providing student services and advising. You may return to this profile in the future and update your responses as needed.

Only UTEP staff members will have access to data in your profile. All data will be secured at UTEP on a secure server.
The administration of this Profile adheres to regulations in the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).

Questions?
Please contact the student profile administrator at cierpsurveys@utep.edu

Welcome, Griselda Jimenez

To ensure that your advisor has information needed to assist you, please answer ALL questions.

Student Advising Profile and New Student Survey

Q1 What is the highest academic level you plan to obtain?

Bachelor’s Degree

Master’s or Professional Degree (i.e., Medical or Legal)

Doctoral Degree

Unsure

Q2 Indicate your level of agreement with the following statements regarding your major.

	Strongly Agree	Agree	Disagree	Strongly Disagree
a) I chose my major because of my personal interest in the subject.
b) I am aware of career options related to my major.
c) I will probably change my major at least once.

Q3 The educational level of your parents / legal guardians is:

Parents (or legal guardian(s)) did not graduate from college

One or both parents (or legal guardian(s)) graduated from a four-year college (i.e., earned a degree)

Q4 Have any of your brothers or sisters graduated with bachelor’s degrees?

Yes

No, but one or more are enrolled in college

Not applicable – I am the only child.

Q5 Please choose an answer for each of the questions below regarding employment during the upcoming semester.

	None/Do not plan to be employed	1-19 hours per week	20-29 hours per week	30-39 hours per week	40+ hours per week
a) How many hours per week do you anticipate being employed on-campus?
b) How many hours per week do you anticipate being employed off-campus?
c) TOTAL Hours Working--How many hours per week do you anticipate being employed on- and off-campus?

Q6 Indicate your level of agreement with the following statements regarding your pursuit of a college degree

	Strongly Agree	Agree	Disagree	Strongly Disagree
a) I will need more than four years to finish my degree.
b) I might have to drop out before finishing my degree.
c) I will need to enroll part-time while I am pursuing my degree at UTEP.

Q7 Indicate your level of agreement with the following statements with regard to being a college student at UTEP.

	Strongly Agree	Agree	Disagree	Strongly Disagree
a) I worry about where I will live in the upcoming semester.
b) I worry about expenses for food in the upcoming semester.
c) I will own or have access to a laptop computer that I can take to class.

Q8 During the upcoming semester, how many hours per week do you anticipate spending on caring for children, parents, and/or other relatives?

Q9 How prepared are you to do or use the following skills in the upcoming semester?

	Very Prepared	Prepared	Unprepared	Very Unprepared
a) Use libraries for research
b) Use social skills to interact with instructors, seek assistance from staff and administrators, and work with classmates on projects
c) Apply study skills to class assignments
d) Manage your time
e) Manage your finances
f) Use technology for coursework

Q10 Please indicate how likely you are to pursue the following activities during your first year at UTEP.

	Definitely will	Probably will	Probably won’t	Definitely won’t
a) Participate in a UTEP student club or organization
b) Community service activity or volunteer work on- or off-campus
c) A service learning opportunity (i.e., a course that combines instruction with meaningful community service)
d) Enroll in a learning community
e) Seek an undergraduate research opportunity or creative academic project with a faculty member
f) Join a pre-professional association (e.g. Law School Preparation Institute, Medical Professions Organization, etc.)
g) Explore study away (i.e., short trip with a class, led by a faculty member to a country outside the US) OR study abroad (i.e., longer-term study) opportunities for the future
h) Learn about internships related to your degree or future career interests through events or resources on campus

Q11 How prepared are you to do the following?

	Very Prepared	Prepared	Unprepared	Very Unprepared
a) Think critically, analyze and solve problems
b) Express yourself through speaking in English
c) Express yourself through writing in English
d) Analyze numerical and statistical information
e) Work effectively with others
f) Be an informed and active citizen
g) Understand people of different backgrounds (e.g., economic, religious, racial/ethnic, nationality)
h) Take a leadership role (e.g., in class or other campus activities)