CoNECTAR Program

Undergraduate and Graduate Students Community

CoNECTAR seeks to provide students, both undergraduate and graduate, a safe and casual space to ask questions and find guidance about graduate school and beyond, while providing a community in which students can connect.

 We are a group of graduate students, postdocs and doctorates in academia and in industry that are here to help you navigate graduate life.

We provide a platform for two type of interactions: Mentor to Mentee and Mentee to Mentee

Mentor to Mentee: designed for upper level undergraduates and graduate students of any year. We offer guidance in a variety of topics, some examples are:

• Is graduate school the right fit for me? 
• How do I successfully apply to graduate school : Statements, interviewing, TOEFL, GRE?
• Should I pursue a master’s or a Ph.D. degree?
• How do I go about funding for graduate school, or research? 
• Wha do I need to know about transitioning to a new academic system?
• After graduate school, is academia/industry the right path for me?

Mentee to Mentee: designed for graduate students of any year. Some examples of the topics we offer guidance are:

• Graduate school life: a roller coaster experience 
• Imposter syndrome
• I feel I am not good enough
• Barriers to communicating with your PI
• Dealing with comprehensive exams
• Dealing with dissertation writing
• Dealing with dissertation research and motherhood
• Dealing with financial stress
• Balancing school and work

If you want to become a member of the CoNECTAR program please email us at conectar.program@gmail.com. Tell us a little bit about yourself and what you expect to gain from this program.

If you want to learn more about our program including the program guidelines and our pool of mentors visit our website conectarprogram.com