[davidthefat]

I am very hesitant to post, but I'll only speak for the software group.

The mentors I had my rookie year were not very hands on, but they nudged me the right direction and handled all the IT work. We had the same mentors last year, but they rarely showed up and we were pretty much on our own. Their mentality was to not interfere unless we asked, or something was going seriously wrong. I understand what Arthur wrote, but in a sense, not having an imposing pair of mentors really helped me grow. I was going out of my own way to find things out and challenge myself. The mentors were former students and they had similar experiences as me as students. They were mostly left alone until they sought after help. Now, since they do not have the time this year, another mentor replaced the pair. The new mentor is a father of a student who graduated last year, really nice guy. He is also hands off, but he is more of a manager than a mentor, I would say. All the software for the last 3 years has been done by students. I can't speak for any other groups though.