Student Tutors are the typically existing students in the university or university of applied sciences who guide the new students to the university and the city. Many institutions of higher education recruit the ‘student tutors’ to counsel and help the new students in many practical aspects.
What do student tutors do?
They help in petty yet important areas of student life – viz. receiving from the airport/train station, collecting the keys of student apartments, taking trip around the campus premises, and so on.
The new student – student tutor relationships do not limit here only. They wish to spend quality student life with new students in the city – visiting the city areas, hiking in the outskirts, dining, drinking – all together. The tutors also wish to help the new students providing the essentials for free, or at low cost. Many students could have got unfurnished rooms in the student residences. Some student tutors may provide the entire bedding items, furniture etc. from the former student or other sources. If you are lucky, you may also get a Wi-Fi router, electric socket converter from them.
Student tutors are human beings, like you.
However, it is not a good idea to expect everything from a ‘student tutor’. They have other new students including you. At least, they provide the most practical ideas to you to go through a smooth transition relocating from your home country to Finland. They can guide and help you in your initial days of life in the city where your institution is located.
Relation with the ‘student tutor’ should be both-way round. If you are organizing something and wish some new friends to come to your student apartment to chat and eat/drink together, do count your student tutor. You might also go outside with friends to play board games, to take part in activities like quizzes; do not forget the ‘student tutors’. They have not chosen to be your ‘student tutor’ for just one objective. They want true and long-lasting friendships. Many student tutors wish to learn about new people and cultures. Perhaps the prime purpose would be to live in the city with vibrant energy radiating from people around them – including you.
First Meeting with Student Tutor
Normally, student tutors begin with a formal email correspondence with the new students in the university while the new student has been living in her/his home country. They typically, establish a social media chat group or email list for the convenience in the communication. There were also significant number of other tutees. Tutors offer help in many aspects of one’s study start.
In fact, even some students who are not student tutors choose to help the newcomersin many ways- for example collecting the key of the residence. One can establish connection with few of them already while I had been living in the home country. Make sure you learn about the most popular ‘social media’ groups and group chats which would be used to get free things from the city dwellers.
Student tutors are usually ready to receive the new student from the train station. After receiving the new student, they organize a lot of social gatherings and giveaway events to help the new international student from his/her side.
