@gratefulmama You’re right, they probably do know each other! My kid is not that assertive either, he really needs to be pushed sometimes. When he started, he said that every ChemE freshman is assigned a older class individual as a mentor. Then when he entered his 2nd and 3rd years, he became a mentor to ChemE freshmen. I don’t know if that’s just a ChemE department or engineering school thing, but I thought that was a great idea.