Matched Academic Mentoring
Will set you up for success by:
Providing supplemental, small group mentoring to help you develop conceptual understanding of course material, metacognition, study habits, and more!
What is Matched Academic Mentoring?
Matched Academic Mentoring provides supplemental learning opportunities in a small group setting for eligible students in select courses (see list below). Students may be eligible for Matched Academic Mentoring if they:
- Have experienced challenges in key prerequisite courses
- Have identified significant gaps in their foundational knowledge of a subject
- Feel like they are falling behind in a class and are struggling to catch up
- Are on Academic Concern or Academic Notice
Based on their needs, students are intentionally matched with a mentor for support in conceptual understanding, learning strategies, problem solving strategies, goal setting, and other academic and metacognitive skills.
Click here to request a Matched Academic Mentor.
If you do not qualify for MAM or do not feel that this program is the best fit for your needs, you may wish to utilize the learning Center’s other Academic Programs. If you do not see other resources for the course(s) for which you are seeking support, you can also email learningcenter@wustl.edu or reach out to a Learning Center staff member for assistance.
Things to Keep in Mind
- Matched Academic Mentoring sessions may be held in person on the Danforth Campus or via Zoom video conferencing, depending on mentor and mentee preferences and the availability of meeting spaces. Sessions may be moved to Zoom at any time to limit disruptions in support due to individual circumstances or in response to public health guidance regarding the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
- Regular attendance is required for Matched Academic Mentoring sessions. Groups typically meet for 1 or 2 hours, once a week, and failure to consistently attend sessions can result in removal from a mentoring group. If you know that you will not be able to attend a scheduled session, please inform your mentor as far in advance as possible.
- This program is supplemental to the other forms of support the Learning Center offers (PLTL, RPM, Drop-in mentoring) and is intended to provide additional/alternative learning opportunities for students in a small group (1-4 students) setting. Please continue to use PLTL and other drop-in programs if those are offered for the courses for which you are requesting additional support. Our data suggests that students who remain in these programs perform significantly better than their peers who don’t.
- While we will make every reasonable effort to match eligible students with a mentor as quickly as possible, this process may take up to 10 business days, based on the time of the year and availability of the mentors. Please place requests as early as possible to allow us time to work with mentors and maximize the likelihood that you will be matched in a timely manner.
- Please limit your request to two courses. You are not guaranteed to be matched with a mentor for more than one course. The request form allows you to indicate which course is your highest priority for mentoring.
- Matched Academic Mentoring is not one-on-one mentoring. If you are the first person to be matched with a particular mentor, please be aware that up to three other students may be added to your group as the semester goes on.
For more information about the Matched Academic Mentoring program, email MAM program staff at tlc-mam@wustl.edu, review our expectations for mentors and mentees, or check out the MAM section of our Frequently Asked Questions page.
Which Courses are Supported by Matched Academic Mentoring?
* Eligibility note: For the Spring 2026 semester, students must have earned a B or lower in the first half of the Principles of General Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, or Physics sequence to be eligible for MAM support in Chem 1602, Chem 2562, or Physics 1742. Students who do not meet this requirement but who worked with a MAM for the first half of the relevant course sequence in Fall 2025 may also be eligible to participate, provided space is available.
- BIOL 2960/2970: Principles of Biology I & II – Space is limited!
- CHEM 1601/1602: Principles of General Chemistry I & II * – Space is limited!
- CHEM 1701/1702: General Chemistry I & II
- CHEM 2561/2562: Organic Chemistry I & II * – Space is limited!
- CSE 1301: Introduction to Computer Science
- ECON 1502: Introduction to Macroeconomics
- EEPS 2020: Introduction to Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Science
- MATH 1510: Calculus I
- MATH 1520: Calculus II
- MATH 2130: Calculus III
- MATH 2500: Differential Equations
- MATH 3300: Matrix Algebra
- PHYSICS 1740/1742: Physics I & II *
- PSYCH 1000: Introduction to Psychology
- PSYCH 3000: Introductory Psychological Statistics
- SDS 2020: Elementary Probability and Statistics
- SDS 3020: Elementary to Intermediate Statistics & Data Analysis
- Chinese (all levels)
- Japanese (First Level)
- Korean (Basic to Second Level)
- Russian (Elementary)
- Spanish (Elementary to Intermediate)
- Urdu (Beginning)
If you are interested in receiving support for a course that is not available or not on this list, go ahead and fill out the request form. There is an option to request an unlisted course, and staff will make every reasonable effort to accommodate your request or connect you with other available resources for the course.