Why join a LC?
Join a Learning Community to:
- Make the big campus smaller -- helps you make a fast, smooth, and easy transition to Iowa State
- Get to know people and make friends in your major or area of interest right away
- Develop a supportive network with other students, peer mentors, and professors
- Connect your learning in multiple classes
- Learn about the possibilities in your major
Peer Mentors
Many of the learning communities have peer mentors (a.k.a. upper-division students in that major) who work
with members of the learning community. Peer mentors often coordinate out-of-class activities, ranging from study groups to social events. They also provide a voice of experience and can consult with individual students too.
Benefits of ISU LCs
We've found that students who participate in LCs are more likely (than non-participants) to remain at Iowa State and they are more satisfied with many aspects of their academic experience, including their overall experience at ISU.
Also, LC students have reported greater satisfaction with their opportunities to interact closely with faculty,
participate in study groups, apply their learning to real world problems, and work with other students.
Testimonials
"I think it really helps academically. I have people I can study with,
people with the same study habits who are focused and want to get good
grades in class."
"For the WISE Learning Community, they hire grad students to tutor the
main courses once a week, like physics, chemistry, math, and that
really helped me a lot." "The peer mentor was really good. She helped
me plan the next semester of classes. She also does one-on-one
meetings to ask if she can help with anything."
"It really helps when you're starting out. You don't know anybody on
campus or in your major. You form friendships with different people.
I've stuck pretty close with a bunch of the girls in same major and we
get together outside of class. One of them, I plan to live with next
year."
"Having a peer mentor was extremely helpful. She was always available
to answer major -related questions, questions about Iowa State, and
just listen and be a friend."
"Having a peer mentor kept us on track and made us aware of all
resources available to us."
"Some of the people that I met through the learning team are my best
friends at Iowa State. If I had to do it all over again, I would make
sure that I entered Iowa State as a learning team member ."
"Because of my experience with the LC, I decided to study abroad. That
experience taught me more about myself and my place in the world than
I would have ever dreamed possible. The LC played a major part in my
decision to go on that adventure."
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