During the fall semester, the TSMP programming consisted of both one-on-one meetings between graduate student mentors and transfer students, and discussion-based small group seminars. Group discussions were divided into thirds: beginning with an unstructured social period over a provided dinner, followed by the indicated seminar presented by one of the co-directors (or a transfer student mentor on one occasion), and concluding with small-group discussions led by a combination of graduate student mentors and transfer student mentors.