SEEK Counseling & Advising
About SEEK Counseling & Advising:
The SEEK program at John Jay College prides itself in providing much-needed support to its students. As a SEEK student, you can feel confident and at ease discussing your career aspirations and mapping a road map towards your graduation. The strong connection to you and the quality of service we provide, including interventions by the Academic Support Center makes it all the worthwhile in your academic progress. Our Counselors are highly trained and skilled professionals. The counselors hold graduate and doctoral degrees in Social Work, Mental Health Counseling, Psychology and Counseling; and have extensive training in their fields. The Relationship you develop between you and your counselor is crucial to your personal and academic development while in college and beyond.
A wide range of counseling and referral services are available to SEEK students. During freshman advising and orientation, students are assigned a counselor who provides personal counseling and information on program and college services, regulations and resources. SEEK Counselors will advise students to make informed decisions about their goals and assist them to make corresponding choices about courses and majors. There are also workshops on Test anxiety, stress management, and other personal and academic success skills.
Career Counseling
One of the most important decisions you as a student will make is deciding on what major to pursue, which will ultimately lead to your desired job. Your SEEK Counselor can support you in this process by offering the guidance needed to make the best-informed decision.
Academic Advisement
SEEK Counselors assist students in planning their course selection and monitoring academic progress. Seeing your SEEK Counselor is an important part of your academic journey, where you will be provided with the requirements for your degree and the academic policies of the college etc.
Your counselor provides individual counseling in the following areas:
- Choosing a major and a minor
- Find out about prerequisites for your major
- Confirm your progress towards reaching degree requirements
- Address any issues that may affect your academic success such as Goal settings, stress management and time management
- Discuss any opportunities that are available to you as a college student such as (Study abroad, which can enhance your college experience
- Discuss Internship opportunities
- Plan your major courses so that there are no surprises in the future as you approach graduation
- Confirm your progress and completion of your degree in a timely fashion
- Discuss graduate school and career opportunities
Academic Progress and Priority Registration
A great benefit of the SEEK program is All SEEK students are afforded the opportunity of Priority Registration. We recognize that having the ability to register for the classes needed towards degree completion truly supports student success.
The Percy Ellis Sutton SEEK Department
524 West 59th Street
432 Haaren Hall, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10019
Contact: 212-237-8169
Fax: 212-237-8904
Email: seek@jjay.cuny.edu