Counseling and Advising

To access Starfish to schedule an appointment:

1. login to InsideBC
2. Click on the Tools menu
3. Click Starfish
4. Locate the "My Connections" box on your Starfish Dashboard. This will list all the professors in your active term as well and the Counselor and Educational Advisor on your pathway (based on your declared major).
5. Click the "Schedule" link below the specific persons name. In-person and Zoom meetings are available.

You will recieve an email confirmation of your appointment. This will include important information regarding the meeting, location, and Zoom meeting link, if necessary.

For Zoom meetings, we suggest you login from a computer, laptop, or tablet with a microphone and webcam to optimize your virtual appointment.

Visit the Zoom Video Tutorials website for more information on starting a zoom meeting.

Smartphone app downloads:

• Zoom Cloud Meetings App for iPhone
• Zoom Cloud Meetings App for Android

Scheduled appointments may not be available during peak registration periods and/or during the summer. Please be on time to your appointment. You may also need to provide copies of your unofficial college and/or university transcripts to determine course clearance or course placement.

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As a courtesy to other students and our faculty and staff, we expect you to be on time to counseling appointments. However, we do understand that unexpected events may arise. We will accept late attendees up to 5 minutes after a scheduled appointment. Arriving late to an appointment will reduce your appointment duration by the amount of time you are late. Students arriving more than five (5) minutes late will be required to reschedule their appointment.

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Please contact the Counseling and Advising Department at (661) 395-4421 or counseling@bakersfieldcollege.edu in advance if you will be unable to attend your appointment. Our support staff is more than willing to reschedule or cancel an appointment given prior notice.

If you do not attend a scheduled appointment, you will be marked as a "No Show." We understand that unexpected events may arise. We will allow you to receive one No Show without consequence. If you acquire 2 or more No Shows, you will no longer be able to schedule counseling appointments in the Counseling Department.

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