Student Mentoring Research Paper

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The road leading up to attending a university contains several bumpy areas of misunderstanding that are often confusing for high school seniors. There are university entrance exams to take, academic requirements to match and personal essay statements to write. Once students gain entrance into a university, there are new professors to meet, classrooms to find and a whole host of new situations to navigate successfully. In these situations, a peer-to-peer mentoring service helps give you the guidance you need to get off to a successful start.

What is a Peer-to-Peer Mentoring Service?
A peer-to-peer mentoring service pairs an incoming university student with a third or fourth year student that is in a similar course of study. It also refers to a relationship between two people who are focusing on a particular area of study. One person specializes in that area and the other needs additional
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While determining what services you will offer, keep in mind that a wide variety of services will be key towards earning more money. Start by offering assistance with homework assignments. Starting with middle and high school students and their relevant homework assignments is a good way to become more comfortable with offering mentoring services. From that point, you can easily add in college level assignment mentoring services as you feel more comfortable to do so.

Another key area of your mentoring service should be providing assistance with university entrance interviews. It can be the most overwhelming part of the college application process for many high school seniors. You can expand this service to include offering assistance with the professional interview process. It will help prepare your students for job interviews, media interviews and other one-on-one interview situations they will likely face in the

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