Learn the skills you need to succeed.
Learning alongside peers, faculty mentors, and study group leaders, you will develop study skills and other strategies to work toward goals such as:
- achieving a higher GPA
- achieving your goals in challenging introductory science courses
- easing your transition in the first year of college or building on your success in your second year
- gaining confidence in your test taking and study skills
- clarifying and working toward your academic, career, and life goals
Build lifelong friends and mentors.
- You'll have access to faculty mentors in a way other students typically don't. You'll have the opportunity to build lasting relationships with faculty mentors who help you find and pursue opportunities to advance your STEM pathway.
Make large courses feel smaller.
Many introductory science courses are taught in large lecture halls with hundreds of students. Students can feel anonymous and disconnected, and these feelings can impact learning and grades. By being part of a STEM Comm community, you will feel a greater sense of belonging at a large university and in your large, introductory STEM course. This can help you engage and learn.
Build a pathway to your vision of success in STEM.
Explore career pathways by learning from faculty mentors, graduate and medical school students, and others. Learn ways to overcome common hurdles such as perfectionism and procrastination, and work together to cultivate essential skills such as growth mindset and teamwork. This can give you...
- a vision of yourself as a STEM professional
- an understanding of career options and greater confidence in the major and career pathway you select
- reassurance that you are not alone in encountering and overcoming obstacles