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Student Experiences

Share Your Mentored Experience

Reflect on a transformative mentoring experience — research, internship, study abroad, conference, project — and how it shaped your development across the four BYU Aims.

Use this if everything in this entry should remain confidential.

1. About You

If you check "share anonymously," your name will appear as "Anonymous student" in the public archive — but the department admin will still see your real name for records.

2. The Experience

3. The Four BYU Aims

How did this mentored experience contribute to your development in each of the four BYU Aims? Respond to whichever aims are relevant — you don't need to fill in all four.

Spiritually Strengthening +
How did this experience deepen your faith or testimony?
Did your mentor model integration of faith and learning?
Did the work draw you closer to Christ or teacher you something about discipleship?
Intellectually Enlarging +
What new knowledge or skills did you develop?
How did you learn to think more rigorously or critically?
Did you encounter ideas that reshaped your thinking?
Character-Building +
What habits, virtues, or convictions did this experience develop?
How did you learn to persevere or take responsibility?
How did your relationships with others change?
Lifelong Learning & Service +
How did you serve others through this experience?
How will you continue learning and serving going forward now you've had this experience?
How does this prepare you to bless your community or family?

4. Image (optional)

Upload a photo from the experience — research site, conference, project, photo of mentor and you, etc.

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