I believe that a mentor will be a major advantage to me throughout my entire year. The transition from high school to college is such a vast and quick change, mentors can be one of your greatest assets.
I am majoring in Agronomy, and living in a Ag fraternity is a major asset to me. Answers to almost all of my questions are at my fingertips. All I have to do is simply walk down the hall way and ask someone if I should take a certain class or which professor I should take the class with. Also, many of the people in my house have taken the classes I am currently taking, and can help out a lot with any of the homework or tests.
I also see outside mentors as a great asset. The Hixson peer mentors and my Agronomy mentors have both been great. I really think that having them available has helped with some of the questions that I have about college as well as the transition. Having a seamless transition to college is key to success in your Freshman year, and in all of your college career.
All in all I think that having mentors available during my first semester here has really helped me and I think it has set me up for success throughout the next three and a half years of schooling here at Iowa State.