One of the highlights of the upcoming January campus session will be meeting the new group of students joining the MAB program. Last year I was one of the "new kids" as part of the Class of 2010. This year we'll welcome -- I think slightly more than 30 students -- the class of 2011.Each year the MAB faculty and staff pair up current students with the new ones during the campus session; it's a mentoring system where the incoming can asking questions of the previous class and also have someone to meet and greet them when they first arrive on campus.
It's a big benefit to know someone ahead of the campus session. My mentor last year was great at helping me prepare for the first week of classes. She also shared some helpful tips on navigating the first courses in the program and provides some insight on surviving year one.
I just dropped an e-mail to the two students I'll be mentoring this January, in hopes of connecting with them ahead of the campus session. They sound like really interesting individuals and I'm anxious to meet up with them in Manhattan.
