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Re: Making the Most of Little Time

Be there to impart wisdom when they need it and you can easily give it. Don't try to be over-active or super involved when you simply cannot be. Your first year in college shouldn't be spent being a FIRST "mentor" because being a mentor isn't a job you find yourself falling into upon coincidence of not being a high school student anymore, it's a title you learn to respect and work to earn.

If you have to do anything, volunteer! Events are the second most fun things in FIRST (only behind the inside jokes on your team) and hey always need volunteers who understand the importance of the event and have a feel for how the event should run. Try seeing if there's a team near your college that you can not necessarily "mentor" either, but work with and build on.

You probably have mentors on your team from when you were in high school that are still there. Try to learn by following their example before you yourself dive into it. The mentors that still work with my high school team are my real-life mentors in some ways as well.
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