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Bepko Learning Center
Indiana University Indianapolis

Academic Mentoring

Providing the best student mentors

Through academic mentoring, you can receive supplemental support for select courses. Academic mentors are students who have successfully completed the course for which they mentor. The mentor provides you with a structured, collaborative learning environment and activities that will help you achieve academic success in traditionally difficult courses.

My mentor remembers what it was like just starting out in the class; she gave me many helpful studying tips. . . . I would not be doing as well as I am right now in BIOL-N 212 without my mentor.

—Anonymous BIOL-N 212 student

Connect with a mentor

  • Session times
    Attend a mentoring session to connect course content and build your study skills.
  • Exam reviews
    As you prepare for finals, check out the available exam reviews.
  • 76.8%
    of students are likely to receive an A or B when attending nine or more mentoring sessions a semester.
  • 7,293
    Visits to mentor sessions in spring 2025.
  • 11,319
    Visits to mentor sessions in fall 2025.
  • B vs. F
    Difference in average grade for students participating in 5+ sessions vs. those who did not attend.

Office of Academic Mentoring

It is our mission to recruit, train, and develop highly qualified student mentors to provide you with assistance to successfully navigate through these select courses. It is a core principle for the Office of Academic Mentoring to promote communication and collaboration between students, mentors, and instructors. Continued development and sustainability of mentors is maintained through ongoing training, seminars, consistent meetings, and campus and community outreach.

Services provided by the Office of Academic Mentoring include:

  • Peer group Mentoring for Challenging Courses
  • Exam Jam Review Sessions
  • Collaborative and Engaged Learning
  • Enriched Understanding of Course Content

Become an academic mentor

Learn how through our recruitment page

How to Conquer Your Science Classes

Mentor standing up and talking to two students in a classroom Mentor pointing towards a whiteboard with two students watching Students sat at tables participating in a mentoring session