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Mentoring while in college is tough. I did it my first two years and then was on co-op rotations the following two years (08 +09).

A few things:
1) Remind yourself you're not a student on the team. This means you'll be adjusting to filling in a new role and it can be tough to take the "step back" and help the students on the team feel accountable for the success of the team, and not rely on you to do the work as if you were a student on the team
2) Remind the students on the team that you are not a student on the team. You may not be older than everyone on the team. They'll want to treat you like a fellow high school student. You have to make sure to set the appropriate tone for the student-mentor relations you build.
3) Go to class
4) School comes first
5) Consider volunteering at events rather than mentoring for at least your first year.
6) Find tasks that contribute to a successful team, but are not required (examples could be things like helping to organize inventory or helping some students build some kind of build blog or engineering notebook. Etc.)
7) School comes first
8) Go to class
9) Oh, and remember you (or someone) is paying for you to go to college and you should probably make sure it comes first.