[Cory]

What CAD program are you using?

If Solidworks or Inventor you should probably be using HSMWorks (free!) unless you have mentors that are experienced with an alternate CAM package.

I personally like MasterCAM as I've taken multiple classes using it. It has a bit of a learning curve though. You really can't just jump into it and be productive like you can with some of the integrated into your CAD package programs.