[Chris is me]

There is no FIRST rule about this; there are no FIRST rules on how anything could be done with team organization.

I'll talk a little about my situation and you can see if it applies to yours.

Personally, though I'm pretty biased, I think college mentoring is possible, though not on the scale your regular mentors work. Most colleges are on break for the first 3 weeks of build season, and if you don't think I'll at least be trying to stop by 1714's shop to say hi and give a suggestion or two you're sorely mistaken.

You also have the first semester or so to get used to college classes so you'll be able to tell if you can handle it. Personally I've been lucky enough to have been taking two college classes a semester for the last two years, so I guess I've had an easier transition into tougher classes and workloads. Four college classes, I've heard, is roughly equal to 2 college classes and 4 high school classes (I have brothers who did the same thing), so I'm reasonably sure I'll be able to handle it.

Part of the reason I think I might be able to help out 1714 in the skills I'm good at (programming / strategy), though, is that the programming group is going to be almost all new people this year, and many of the rookie members kind of sort of look up to me. I was a leader for one of our rookie Vex teams this year, so having me in a mentor-like role isn't an entirely alien experience.

So if you think you'll be able to throw your break away for your team, handle all of the stress of college on top of helping out your FIRST team, and be able to actually _act_ as a mentor around people barely younger than you, then it is certainly possible.