[Darrellenior]

I agree it can be difficult, with mentoring in the academic world to compensate, and I agree that academics should come first. It's a good idea wherever you go, the first semester (or first year) to take to handle the program and what you can before you get involved in something to understand ** - including clubs, sports and First.

But that said, not coaching as a student can really paid off. In technology, especially, it gives you a lot of perspective. Engineering is sometimes based on the theory exaggerated and it is easy to lose sight of what really is - design, teamwork, production, testing, all the things we have learned with fun. And it's incredibly important to the side of "learning", where you really understand something of the equation to explain to someone else.