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RoboMom
08-12-2006, 16:56
Dave Rosage, Director of the NASA Robotics Academy asked me to post this. Applications are due Jan. 16, 2007. Lots of alumni from FIRST!

http://robotics.gsfc.nasa.gov/
to see link to the brochure.


Jenny -could assist with distribution of these brochures...The deadline for students to apply this year is January 16, 2007. Thank you all for your generous help in keeping our students inspired.

Dave

___________________________
Dave Rosage, PE
Director, NASA Academy,
NASA Robotics Academy
Office of Higher Education
Goddard Space Flight Center
David.J.Rosage@nasa.gov
Alex Cormier
08-12-2006, 18:01
Sweet, i will talk to the parents about it.

looks very interesting and i am excited.
jgannon
09-12-2006, 00:12
I participated in the Robotics Academy program at Ames this past summer, so feel free to post here or PM me if you have any questions.
Alex Cormier
09-12-2006, 11:25
how much will this cost? that's the only thing holding me back so far.
Mikell Taylor
09-12-2006, 11:39
Alex,

You get paid. It's a summer internship for recently graduated HS students/college students. Go ahead and apply!

I also did it at Goddard in 2005 -- I can answer questions as well.
Alex Cormier
09-12-2006, 12:01
Alex,

You get paid. It's a summer internship for recently graduated HS students/college students. Go ahead and apply!

I also did it at Goddard in 2005 -- I can answer questions as well.


so you are saying i wil learn what i love and get paid while being around and being taught by NASA? sweet.

i need to go out for a few hours to try to find a job but when i return i will ask more questions.
Alex Burman
11-12-2006, 16:37
How competitive is it to get in? will 50,000 students apply and only 50 get in?
Alex Cormier
11-12-2006, 16:49
How competitive is it to get in? will 50,000 students apply and only 50 get in?

even if it is that way, it is still worth applying to.
jgannon
11-12-2006, 18:44
How competitive is it to get in? will 50,000 students apply and only 50 get in?
It's competitive, but not that extreme. I don't remember the exact numbers, but I want to say it was somewhere in the 10-15% range. Definitely worth applying.
ggoldman
13-12-2006, 22:33
Is it a program focused for Undergrad studetns? Or graduate students as well?

Also, where is the link for the application?

Thanks

-Gabe Goldman
RoMeLa: Robotics and Mechanisms Laboratory - Virginia Tech
www.me.vt.edu/romela
jgannon
14-12-2006, 00:24
Is it a program focused for Undergrad studetns? Or graduate students as well?
The program is for undergrads and grad students. At Ames last summer, most of the team leads were grads, and everyone else was undergrad.
Also, where is the link for the application?
http://university.gsfc.nasa.gov/application/
lopz056
12-01-2007, 20:17
how long exactly will this program be going, because i am only a sophomore in high school, and this is my first year on the robotics team, but that is something i would definately look for when i graduate, depending if i dont go to college
mizscience
12-01-2007, 21:43
Sounds like an awesome program. I'm definately going to sign up.

:]
Alex Cormier
12-01-2007, 23:41
how long exactly will this program be going, because i am only a sophomore in high school, and this is my first year on the robotics team, but that is something i would definately look for when i graduate, depending if i dont go to college

It is a 10 week program.
MattLi
12-01-2007, 23:51
Does this program go on every year? NASA is definatly something I might look into doing for a carrier.
Mikell Taylor
13-01-2007, 10:29
This application cycle is for the third year. The program it's modelled after, the NASA Academy, has been going on for more than thirteen years, I think. So yes, the intention is that it'll be around for a while, with plenty of time for those of you still in high school to apply. :)
Katy
14-01-2007, 12:46
To all my fellow procrastinators out there just for the record this application is pretty long. If you do not start today you will probably have trouble finishing it.
Alex Burman
17-01-2007, 16:48
About when should we expect to hear back from them? Or is it one of those things that they only contact you if you make it.
jgannon
17-01-2007, 17:04
About when should we expect to hear back from them? Or is it one of those things that they only contact you if you make it.
As in FIRST, rules from past years do not necessarily apply this year. However, last year they notified us two months after the application was due. They sent out a list to all applicants with all of the accepted names on it. However, those of us in the Ames program never got this e-mail, and I had to contact Dave Rosage to get it. In any case, I think it's safe to expect to hear something (either by e-mail or here) around mid-March. Also, to anyone interested in the percentage who get in, that same e-mail last year noted that they "received about 1000 completed applications (3000 accounts created) for about 200 positions".