The document discusses various decision making theories that have implications for academic advising. It defines rational decision making and lists criteria for rational decisions. It also discusses problems with qualitative decision making methods like heuristics and biases. Several decision making models are presented: Goals, Options and Outcomes model; Personalist Approach; Lens Model; Simple Utility Equation; and Additive Linear Multi-Attribute Utility Theory. This last model uses quantitative attributes to assign values and probabilities to options to determine their overall utility. The document provides an example of how this model was used to predict student graduation probabilities.