INI Peer Mentor Program

The INI Peer Mentor Program has been created to help first-year INI students adjust to academic and social life in the INI, Carnegie Mellon University and Pittsburgh.

Incoming students are paired with current students and encouraged to contact their mentors to discuss any issues regarding getting settled in Pittsburgh, taking classes, buying supplies, etc. Peer mentors focus on information that directly relates to the student experience, housing, coursework, working with faculty, working with other students, etc. This information will be based on personal experience.

Policies and procedures that are set at the administrative level should be addressed to the appropriate INI staff member. These issues include program requirements needed to satisfy the MSIN or MSISTM degree; course auditing and add/drop policies; waiver of courses; requirements of independent study; CPT/OPT; adding/dropping core courses; application of transfer units; policies affecting international students; financial issues relevant to payment of tuition, scholarships, stipends and other such issues.