What to do when the odds seem stacked against me?

[PayneTrain]

I see mentors as the guardrails and those little bumps on the highway to make sure the officers of the team don't veer the design into the woods. An ideal mentor also has a hand next to the emergency break in the car.

It's important to make sure the mentors and senior students of the team have a good working relationship, since those members tend to be liaisons between the mentors and the other team members.