Mentees gain...

• a sense of perspective that is uniquely helpful. It is different from that of friends, family and professors.
• a personal relationship and freedom to reach out with any question, big or small, is a major plus. The guidance can go beyond strictly professional topics. 
• the chance to make excellent contacts and valuable networking connections. 
• a beneficial relationship regardless of professional compatibility due to the range of advice a mentor can offer.  Some students have discovered a new field of interest as a result of the mentor’s experience.

Mentors gain...

• the opportunity to help SIS students think beyond their comfort zones.
• inspiration to reinvigorate their own aspirations.
• the opportunity to grow as a mentor over the course of a full academic year, and in subsequent years as a returning mentor!
• the opportunity to reflect not just on what tools are successful, but the "why" of what makes those tools work. Explaining one's job path or editing a student's resume are  helpful in reviewing those "whys."