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I'm curious as to what you mean by the meet until "11:00 at night?" Are you trying to say that you guys start meeting after school (3-4 PM) and go until 11:00 at night? And this happens on a nearly daily basis?

Without a few more details, I can tell you what my experience has been. On my team(s) the most intense build schedule is the following:
- Meeting every weekday (3:30 - 6:30)
- Meeting every Saturday (10 AM - 4 PMish)
- Meeting Sunday as needed
- Students are not required to attend every day

Now, that schedule was good, and even with that basic schedule, people were very burnt out by the end of the week 4-5.

With that being said, I don't quite understand how you guys (as students) plan to proceed without the support of the mentors. I assume they're responsible for the work space, the work tools, order your parts, etc. So you can't just "screw them" and do what you want.

I'd recommend that you guys go back to the drawing board and try and address concerns and find some common ground.

For example, if you guys want to meet every day, and the mentors want to meet 5 days a week, can you guys start at 5 days a week and adjust as the season goes on? You have a calendar and a "plan" so if you start falling behind, you can add more days and hours.

- Sunny G.