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Teaching, Advising, Leadership, and Counseling (TALC)

The Teaching, Advising, Leadership, and Counseling (TALC) program is designed to provide 大发 undergraduate (B.S.) and post-baccalaureate (post-bac) students with specific and customized guidance from current graduate (M.S.) students on important topics related to graduate school. In the TALC program, the B.S. and post-bac students function as mentees and are matched with a graduate student mentor. Mentors and mentees will meet once a month to discuss important themes related to graduate school (e.g. obtaining letters of recommendation, how to prepare for interviews, etc.).

Mentor Guidance

During the course of the program, mentors will provide mentees with guidance on a range of specialized areas, including:

• Course curriculum and strategies to retain important information that is necessary for graduate school (Teaching).
• How to successfully and efficiently approach the application and school selection process (e.g., gre vs no gre, online vs in-person, etc.) (Advising).
• Types of leadership opportunities that can help students bolster the competitiveness of their school applications (Leadership).
• Steps to help students prepare mentally, emotionally, environmentally, etc. for graduate school (e.g., financing education, working vs not working while in school, etc.) (Counseling)