kifler
Joined 12 years ago
Joined 12 years ago
And yet there is no actual policy posted.
Just to name a few.
Where is the money to be made?
What makes a freshman mentor qualified to actually talk about the breadth of a program or a career when they have little to no exposure of a full 4 year program or job-track?
There are a number of questions that aren't answered succinctly on your site (at least that 'pop-out' at me) or within your post.
Additionally, some of the mentor responses lack a certain level of professionalism to be called a mentor. Example: "Question: Hi I am applying to NYU this fall. I have never visited NYU before because I live all the way in California. I was wondering if you could share your experience starting at NYU? Also any background info like where you came from, how was the transition, did you have to move far, etc.? Any extra information you want to add would be rlly helpful. Thanks in advance!
Answer: Absolutely! I'm from Chicago, Originally. (not the actual city, the suburbs. Fucking Suburbia, man.) I hope it makes you feel better to know that I'd never visited NYU before actually ..."
Chances are, someone will say that they just bend over and tie them.
Point out to them that it isn't quite that simple - once they see that a problem can be broken down further to the point that you're telling your hand to put the lace against your index finger's first knuckle and the point of the middle finger, they begin to understand - then introduce your methods which they happily embrace.
It could also be interesting to have a tier system so frontier models can compete against foundation, legacy, open-source, and open/closed models and be relegated/promoted.