Summer 2021 LAS Academic Advising Online Drop-in Availability
The LAS Academic Advising Center has select availability for online drop-in advising during the Summer 2021 semester.
Online drop-in advising will ONLY be available for LAS assigned general advising. Please note that drop-in advising sessions are restricted to 10-15 minutes and are designed for quick questions. Please read below to learn more about how to sign-in for online drop-in advising as well as dates/times of drop-in availability.
Drop-In Advising Overview
*waiting time may vary
LAS Assigned General Advising Online Drop-in Availability
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General Drop-in Instructions
Online drop-in advising sessions allow students to meet with an LAS General Academic Advisor for quick, 10-15 minute registration-related concerns.
Plan Ahead!
- The estimated wait time for online LAS General Drop-In Advising is 2-20 minutes.
- After signing in online, you will be contacted via your UIC email with a link to join a virtual meeting once an advisor is available to meet with you.
- You have the option to call in with a phone but please use a device with microphone, camera, and speakers, if you have access, to be able to review your audit or other materials.
- If you have not joined the meeting within 5 minutes of your meeting beginning, you will be removed from the waiting room and will need to check-in again to be re-added to the waiting room.
Additional Resources
If you have questions regarding any of the following, please contact the respective office/unit:
- Pre-Professional Advising, prehealth.las.uic.edu
- Financial Aid: financialaid.uic.edu
- Billing/Student Accounts: paymybill.uillinois.edu
- U-Pass: go.uic.edu/summer_upass
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Hours for General Advising
LAS General Advising summer online drop-in sessions are only available during the dates below
- Monday, May 17
- Tuesday, May 18 (AM sign in not available until 10am)
- Wednesday, May 19
- Wednesday, June 2 (Summer Session 1 Late Drop Requests Only)
- Thursday, June 17
- Friday, June 18
- Thursday, July 15
- Friday, July 16
- Wednesday, August 4
All online drop-ins will take place during the hours of 8:30am-12pm and 1pm-4:30pm
(sign-in available 8:15am – 11:30am and 12:45pm – 4:00pm) -
Intructions with screenshots
- Sign in to virtual waiting room using iAdvise.
Note: Sign-in only available 8:15am-11:30am and 12:45pm-4pm - Select ‘JOIN WAITING ROOM’ in ‘Advising for LAS Drop-In [with your assigned LAS Advisor]’.
Note: If you do not have an assigned advisor, select ‘JOIN WAITING ROOM’ in ‘LAS Drop-in Advising for Unassigned Student’ (services are sorted in alphabetical order). - Select ‘LAS Drop-In Advising with Assigned Advisor: [will display your primary advisor]’ and ‘CONTINUE’.
- Give a description of primary purpose of advising visit. Select ‘SUBMIT’.
- Once you reach this screen, you are checked in for drop-in advising. Please open your UIC email and wait to be contacted by an LAS general academic advisor (refresh your email regularly). You will have five minutes to log-in once you receive the invite email.
If you have any difficulty signing-in, please view the screenshots provided in this document for help signing-in.
For additional help, please email LASAdvising@uic.edu.
- Sign in to virtual waiting room using iAdvise.
LAS Departmental Advising Online Drop-in Availability (Major and Minor)
Online drop-ins for Major/Minor Advising are not available during the Summer 2021.
Online appointments are available! Please visit iAdvise to schedule an appointment at go.uic.edu/majorservice.