Stanford Alumni Mentoring Application

Stanford Alumni Mentoring Application Fall 2007 Session Application Due by Tuesday, October 30th, 2007 at 11:59 PM (PST) Please email application to [email protected]

Instructions:

1. The Stanford Alumni Mentoring (SAM) program is currently only open to undergraduates and co-terminal students. If you are a graduate student or Ph.D. candidate, you are currently not eligible to participate in the SAM program. Students may reapply for the program even if they participated in the past, and should note that they are reapplying for the program in the appropriate area of the application form.

2. Fill out the form below. If accepted the program the information from your application is a great starting point for dialogue with your mentor.

3. Rename this file in the following format: LASTNAME_FIRSTNAME (Status), where status indicates whether you are a freshman, sophomore, junior, senior, or co-term. The file must be named properly; otherwise, your application will not be processed. Below are examples of correctly formatted filenames:

Jackson_Bill (Sophomore).doc Smith_Jason (Co-term).doc

If you are a co-terminal student, please list “Co-term” as your status.

4. Email the application to [email protected]; applications are due by Tuesday, October 30th, 2007 at 11:59 PM (Pacific Standard Time (PST)).

5. If you have any questions, please visit our website at http://mentoring.stanford.edu (visit the FAQ) and submit any questions at http://mentoring.stanford.edu/contact.php.

Name: Vridhi Tuli

Email: [email protected]

Status (Undergraduate, Co-term, Graduate, Ph.D.): Undergraduate

Class Year: Junior

Major: Psychology, Symbolic systems (minor)

Career Interests: Designing learning innovations, technology & education Have you participated in the SAM Program before? No

If so, when did you participate?

Who was your mentor?

What are you looking for in your next mentoring relationship?

Why are you interested in SAM?

Through casual interactions with many people in Stanford in the last couple of years, I have found that speaking to professors, Stanford alumni and GSB students has been the most helpful. Whether it was finding an internship, getting advice on what to do or networking, people on Stanford have been more useful to me than accessing websites or the career network. I am thus, interested in SAM to develop a relationship with an alumni and get more help with what I want to do. Since my interest is in designing learning innovations, something which is not a clear-cut course in Stanford, speaking to someone who has experience in that field will help me get a good direction for the future.

What do you hope to get out of a relationship with a mentor?

I would like to have a mentor who is helpful and is well-connected. I have often found that people who are willing to stay in touch and are willing to get you connected with friends/acquaintances who can help are much more useful to me than people who are really successful. Thus, with the help of the mentor, I hope to learn more about the field I am interested in , get help and have a friendly contact. Since I am interested in entrepreneurship, if the mentor has a contact or is undertaking a startup on his own, I could possibly be part of it and thus accelerate my learning outside of academic learning at Stanford. Thank you for filling out the SAM Application!