Mentor Immersion through Vanderbilt University's Programs for Talented Youth is a unique virtual experience for academically advanced students in 10th through 12th grade. Mentorship experiences include a live weekly meeting with your mentor and classmates and culminate with a project reflecting work in the field.
PTY’s Mentor Immersion program is a unique experience offering in-depth exposure in an academic field and the potential for independent research or a culminating product to be created with expert feedback. In Mentor Immersion, students engage in accelerated content in a discipline and work toward creating an independent research product or project in their selected field of study with the support of a content expert with whom they are paired.
Approximately 10 students are paired with a mentor and an additional peer guide/teaching assistant. Through this unique experience, students are able to deepen their understanding in a field of study while making new friends with peers and conducting research or creating a project similar to practicing professionals.
The Mentor Immersion program during the academic year runs for approximately 4 months and is designed for 10th through 12th grade students. Mentorship meeting times are in the evenings or weekends to not conflict with school obligations. The times of the meetings vary by mentorship and are be posted with the mentorship description.
During each weekly session mentees, work with their assigned content expert, peer guide, and approximately 6-10 other students to learn more about the content area of their mentor, explore real world topics, and gain an understanding of how to be successful in a field of study. The experiences and conversations in the early weeks of the program lay the foundation for each student to complete independent research or a project, under the guidance of their mentor, during later weeks of the program. Participants may present their completed projects to their mentor, other PTY staff, parents, and/or professionals in the field at the end of the mentorship.
Session Dates for Fall 2024 Cohort: August 17, 2024 to December 13, 2024
Session Dates for Spring 2025 Cohort: January 25, 2025 to May 30, 2025
Tuition for this unique mentor experience is $2750 per student.
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