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Study Group registration opens the Wednesday of Week 1 of each quarter. Please note that registration begins at 12:00am midnight between Tuesday and Wednesday (that is, 12 am on Wednesday morning).

Please email Borislava at borislava.miltcheva@northwestern.edu with the course number of the PGSG session you’re trying to join AND your 7-digit student ID number.

The programs are very similar in structure. In both, students meet weekly with a small group of classmates and a trained peer leader to review and practice. PGSG runs in more than 30 courses, while MSP runs in a subset of about 15 courses. Any student interested in learning with peers is welcome to join Peer-Guided Study Groups. The Mentored Study Program is designed for students who may find course content challenging and requires permission to register.

As long as the conflict is not ongoing throughout the quarter, then yes, you can join the study group. We allow for two absences. (There is some additional flexibility in cases of emergency.)

Study Groups are designated for specific professors based on the faculty preference. This ensures the Study Groups are more coherent and more relevant to students.

The Study Groups are not meant as time for getting homework done. If you have specific questions about homework problems, it’s OK to raise those during the sessions, but you should complete your homework on your own.

No, students who are on the waitlist must wait to be notified if a spot becomes available. Only registered students may attend the Study Group sessions.  

No. Unfortunately, if a student cannot make their regularly scheduled study group they cannot attend a different section.

Unfortunately, they cannot. Only registered students may attend.

Study Group participants are allowed two absences per quarter, no questions asked. Any additional absences will result in an unsatisfactory grade. (Additional flexibility will be offered in cases of emergency.)

It depends! If it’s within the first two weeks of the program AND there are spots in the other study groups, then you might be able to switch sections.

Study Group peer leaders are students like yourself, who have taken the course and are trained to facilitate peer-to-peer learning. Keep in mind that your peer leader is just that: a peer. Your leader’s role is to help guide you and your group as you work through problems and build on concepts from the course. They are not a teacher and will not always know the answers to your questions – but can help you find the resources that will help you answer those questions. We strongly encourage you to take advantage of your professor’s and/or TAs office hours in addition to regularly attending your study group session.

You can find information about ASLA’s peer leader recruitment, the application process, and peer-leader training here.

PGSG leaders pull review and practice materials from various sources and may develop their own practice problems. These are intended for use only within the sessions. In rare cases, faculty may provide practice problems for the groups. In such cases, we ask the faculty to make these available to the whole class.