San Diego State University Student-Athlete Academic Support Services employs mentors who work with first-year, new transfer, and some upperclass student-athletes. The mentors help student-athletes balance their athletic and academic endeavors via weekly individual meetings in which they review:

• Student-athletes' time management skills and the priority of their academic assignments
• Student-athltes' schduling of tutor appointments
• The status of each class in which a student-athlete is enrolled
• Any assigned course readings
• Any further course assignments
• Any visits they have made or need to make with a professor
• The student-athlete's planner/calendar
• Academic and personal challenges facing the student-athlete in the upcoming weeks
• The student-athlete's studying techniques, including:
  • Creating flash cards
  • Reading with the student-athlete
  • Reviewing class notes
  • Quizzing the student-athlete
  • Assisting in the creation of outlines for papers/assignments
• The student-athlete's communication with their Academic Advisors