Just as a sports coach encourages you to achieve your goals, our coaches help you identify and overcome academic challenges. Academic Success Coaching focuses on building the basic skills described below and is not academic advising, personal counseling, a disciplinary meeting, or individual tutoring. Through a series of one-on-one appointments, you will work with a coach to get from where you are now academically to where you want to be, and create a secure foundation for success in college.
Begin by meeting with one of our coaches. This summer our coaches are available to meet virtually through Zoom. Each appointment will be thirty minutes long. If you have any questions, please email aspcoach@uw.edu.
Types of appointments
Academic Success Coaching sessions are available for all students at the University of Washington.
Reinstatement Coaching is available for students who have been reinstated and support the transition back to the University of Washington, in partnership with the Reinstatement Committee for Pre-majors, College of Arts & Sciences majors, EOP, SSS, and CAMP affiliates.
For the summer, you can choose to meet with a coach virtually (on Zoom). You may schedule an appointment using the link below. Details will be sent to you in a confirmation email after you schedule an appointment. If the available times do not work for your schedule, please contact aspcoach@uw.edu to find a time that works best for you.
Every coaching session is personalized for you and depends on what you want to talk with an Academic Success Coach about. Coaches typically try to get to know you and what your current strategies for balancing your academics are. Coaches will ask you a few questions about your habits and work with you to find potential areas of change or growth. Our hope is that this is an interactive process where coaches work with you to reach your academic goals. It is okay if you don’t know where to start. We are here to help! Coaches will share strategies and various resources based on the conversation. In addition, they will help connect you with any campus resources that would be most helpful for you.
Yourself and any questions you have! You do not need to have all of your questions prepared ahead of time as coaches are available to talk about anything that is most important to you. If you would like to connect with another peer at UW, our coaches are available to chat with you. If you do have specific questions, please feel free to bring those to your session and let the coach know what you would like to talk about.
During the academic year, Academic Success Coaches are available for both in-person and virtual appointments. In-person appointments will take place in Mary Gates Hall. Virtual appointments will be through Zoom. Coaching appointments can be scheduled by using our scheduling link. You can schedule an appointment with any of our coaches. Above, you can read more about each coach or watch a video introduction to learn about their major, career goals, and interests. All of our coaches would love to meet with you, but if you see something that resonates with you, feel free to make an appointment with a specific coach. If you have any questions, please email aspcoach@uw.edu.
Our program is aimed at overcoming academic challenges and fostering academic success. There is a complementary UW program offered by our partners in LiveWell called Peer Wellness Coaching. It is dedicated to health and wellness topics, skills, and development.