Peer Tutoring
The TRIO Programs offers weekly tutoring sessions in prerequisite and gateway courses in math and science where students self-identify a need for one-to-one assistance or where the formation of a small study group is necessary. Peer tutoring is a free service to all participating PRIME STEM and Project BEST scholars. Scholars seeking tutoring must be enrolled at UCF in the course in which tutoring is requested.
Appointments may be scheduled online or in person (Howard Phillips Hall, Suite 208) for a face-to-face or virtual meeting with a Peer Tutor.
The TRIO Programs refers students to other on-campus tutoring labs: the Student Academic Resource Center (SARC), the Math Lab, the Veterans Academic Resource Center (VARC), the Engineering Tutoring Lab, and the Writing Center.
Academic Coaching
The TRIO Programs offers Academic Coaching sessions. Academic Coaches are graduate students who facilitate a series of life management and academic success workshops each semester. Topics include tools for success such as: applying to graduate and professional school, federal financial aid, paying for graduate school, transitional skills, leadership development, diversity, time management, power studying, critical thinking, test taking, and goal setting by attending these workshops, scholars will receive strategies and techniques to improve academic and personal development. Academic Coaches also provide individual sessions.
Appointments may be scheduled online or in person (Howard Phillips Hall, Suite 208) for a face-to-face or virtual meeting with an Academic Coach.
Graduate School Services
Project BEST and PRIME STEM scholars receive assistance in applying for admission to graduate school or professional school including access to practice exam study guides, assistance with writing personal essays, visitations to graduate and professional schools, as well as information on how to finance graduate school and obtain Federal Student Aid. The TRIO Programs works in collaboration with the Multicultural Academic Support Services (MASS) office, the Office of Pre-Health Pre-Law Advising, and the Academic Advancement Programs. These services foster an awareness of continuing one’s education beyond the Baccalaureate degree.
Scholars seeking employment will participate in seminars designed to enhance their career readiness. These seminars will include interviewing skills, resume writing, and portfolio development, dress for success workshops, and an etiquette luncheon.
Financial Literacy
PRIME STEM and Project BEST scholars must complete a financial literacy and a financial aid workshop each year. The TRIO Programs has created financial and economic literacy modules that are available online (via Canvas). Additional workshops are offered in collaboration with the Florida Department of Education, Office of Student Financial Assistance, and the UCF Office of Student Financial Assistance. Topics covered include the following: FAFSA (Free Application for Student Aid), how to budget, managing your credit management, financial planning, setting financial goals, and loan debt management. Workshops are available in both face-to-face and online formats.
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