[Hitchhiker 42]

Originally Posted by rockinthespecs

I was a freshman this year and I think it would be really cool if you had a mentorship program with the younger and older students. I came into the team knowing nothing, and I felt intimidated. If you have a program where underclassman can learn from the older students, it might help new team members feel more welcome and less intimidated.

Our team essentially developed this program and implemented it this year for the first time (we call it the "mini-me program"). Each project leader and the captain is paired with a new member, to allow them to grow and learn a lot from the experienced members. Our team is pretty small, so it's worked out to be pretty 1:1, which worked out really well. I think it definitely helped some of our students decide to stay.