Attn: Present & Future College Students, Think carefully before you mentor

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Originally Posted by a2alexa

Yes, I know about the district! I actually was able to go this past weekend, and man, I had a blast. My old Governators team 3361 was there.

Again, I'm still working out college plans. It's going to depend largely on how things go between now and graduation, and of course whether or not I get accepted to attend VT. Even if I do, I may still choose to go to a community college - the one in my area has a great system where graduates from my county get free tuition, and they have a guaranteed admission to Virginia public universities program. (Did that sentence make sense? I think it did.) I would end up doing their guaranteed admission to Tech program and transfer to VT for my junior year.

I am at VT right now and spend the end of my winter break and my spring break mentoring 1086. If you are careful to balance it, you can mentor and still keep up a strong GPA. You can also mentor 401, which is offered as a class for mechanical engineers but I believe you can also mentor without going through the class. The key is that you budget your time and keep classes number one priority.