{"id":118996,"date":"2022-07-07T12:06:56","date_gmt":"2022-07-07T16:06:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/?page_id=118996"},"modified":"2026-02-13T14:26:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T19:26:25","slug":"ek-100-mentor-application","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/student-engagement-careers\/student-engagement\/become-a-student-mentor\/ek-100-mentor-application\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Advisor Application for EK 100"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are thrilled to learn of your interest in becoming a Student Advisor (SA) for EK 100, the Engineering First-Year Seminar! SAs are key components to the success of this program, leading community-building exercises with a group of first-year engineering students. Student Advisors can be sophomores, juniors, or seniors enrolled full-time in the College of Engineering. Engineering Student Advisors are supervised by the first-year academic counselors in the College of Engineering Undergraduate Programs Office, who will also insure a comprehensive Student Advisor training.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Application Process to be an EK 100 Student Advisor (SA)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Applications will be due Thursday, February 12, 2026.<\/li>\n<li>Applicants will be asked to sign-up for a one-hour group interview. These will take place in late February through early March.<\/li>\n<li>Decisions will be made in mid-March. You will be contacted via e-mail.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Student Advisor Requirements<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Minimum Cumulative GPA of 2.5 <strong>and<\/strong> a minimum GPI of 2.5 in the <strong>Spring semester<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>SAs will be provided with a list of their advisees at the end of August, and will be expected to write to their advisees at that time.<\/li>\n<li>SAs will participate in training in late August\/early September.<\/li>\n<li>SAs will participate in programs for new students including the College of Engineering Dean&#8217;s Welcome.<\/li>\n<li>SAs will participate in the ENG EK 100: First-Year Advising Seminar, taking place weekly on Fridays, 3:35-4:25pm throughout the Fall semester. Attendance at all sessions is mandatory.<\/li>\n<li><strong>SAs will have the option to register for Hub CC 224 Mentoring Engineers, and earn a Hub unit in Individual in the Community<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>SAs will advise and assist their advisees throughout the course of the academic year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"bu-text-2\" class=\"widget widget_bu_text widget-2\" style=\"margin-bottom: 20px;\">\n<p>Sorry. This form is no longer available.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are thrilled to learn of your interest in becoming a Student Advisor (SA) for EK 100, the Engineering First-Year Seminar! SAs are key components to the success of this program, leading community-building exercises with a group of first-year engineering students. Student Advisors can be sophomores, juniors, or seniors enrolled full-time in the College of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5491,"featured_media":0,"parent":118988,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/118996"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5491"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118996"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/118996\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":169581,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/118996\/revisions\/169581"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/118988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}