Mentor

Finding faculty that I get along with and that can be my mentor is something that I try to do. In high school I found a couple of teachers that I could really connect with. These teachers wrote me glowing letters of recommendations for various things when I graduated.

In college so far I haven’t really had a chance to connect with any of the professors. This is partly to the fact that all of my classes are in giant lecture halls where I am one of between two and four hundred students. The Hixson lecture is actually my second smallest class by far. I know that as I progress further into my college career the classes will shrink a little bit and this will make finding a mentor easier.

Another reason that I haven’t had a chance to connect with any professors that are in my career path is that I haven’t entered into an official major yet. Since I haven’t chosen a major I haven’t had any classes with professors that are in the field that I will go in to. I know that when I enter in to a major then I will find a professor that I can connect with.

I look for a few things in a mentor. The most important thing that I look for is somebody that I can easily talk to and connect with. This is important to me because I need to be able to see myself wanting to be like that person in my future career. It is also important for this person to be in a position to give me a letter of recommendation that carries some weight in his and my field of study. I know that I will find a person that can be a mentor to me in my four years at Iowa State.