[treffk]

As everyone else has said just ask a mentor and explain how you are feeling.

I do have some construction capabilities but my 4 years as a student member were more spent on the business side of the team. Even the past 4 years as a mentor I have been non-technical unless I'm really needed. I felt really out of place my freshman year on the team because we were a rookie team and out of our 12 team members only 4 of us were not seniors.

From experience having someone who has read the entire manual front to back and is knowledgable about everything is always a plus. This year was the first year I've actually sat down and read the entire manual(while reading aloud to my students who were mainly sleeping) and it really opened my eyes to things I've never realized before. Having sat down and read the manual I do actually have input this year in how my students are designing and if they are trying to do something that would be a foul or illegal. It also helped me find a few mistakes in the manual that I was able to get answered when Q&A opened up.