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If you are thinking about becoming a Peer Mentor, go for it! It’s a very rewarding and satisfying experience to help someone.

Being a Peer Mentor

I decided to become a Peer Mentor to help new students make the transition into university life. I also wanted to gain more confidence and improve my social skills in approaching people.

As a Peer Mentor, I share my student experiences with my mentees and give them information which I personally think I needed when I was in my first year, such as study tips and what to expect from certain assignments. I remind them that I am there to support them and that they can ask me questions about anything they may be unsure or worried about. I try to be friendly and easy to approach and I make sure that I am prepared and knowledgeable before our meetings.

Benefits of being a Peer Mentor

I feel that during my time as a Peer Mentor I have developed many transferable skills such as communication, leadership, presentation, organisation and management skills. I also won Peer Mentor of the Year, and while it was a shock to learn I had been nominated by my mentees, I was very happy. It felt very rewarding and I am grateful to my school’s Staff Coordinators for allowing me the opportunity to take on the role and to my mentees for being so great.

If you are thinking about becoming a Peer Mentor, go for it! It’s a very good, rewarding and satisfying experience to help someone. Just do whatever you think your first-year self needed and give your mentees that exact same thing. You’ll also develop a lot of new skills, so it’s a very useful experience for you too.