College?
 

Hi. I'm from team 972, Los Gatos and I'm a senior. Unfortunately, I was unable to join the local robotics team in previous years. This seems like such a great thing, that I don't want this to be my last year, so I'm wondering: Does FIRST allow college teams to enter? And if that doesn't work, does FIRST allow private teams to enter?

Re: College?
 

Why not start a new team with a high school and then mentor them... there are a lot of universities and colleges who mentor high schools for FIRST... good luck... :)

Re: College?
 

I am no expert in FIRST registration, but if nothing else, you're going to have a hard time finding three people on your team who are pre-college for your drivers and human player.

However, many colleges do help out with mentoring a team. You might want to try that.

(On a side note, I joined 1293 as a senior, mainly since there wasn't a 1293 the other three years. And I came out just fine.)

Re: College?
 

There are teams that are composed of home schooled kids. There are teams that are from private schools. There are teams that have a lot of college students involved.

The common denominator is kids from the 9th-12th grade age range, with it sometimes going lower.

Where are you planning to goto college? Chances are there might be a team nearby that you can be involved with.


Wetzel

Re: College?
 

Yeah, last year (my senior year) was my first year, but I'm hoping to help out with the new Utah team, 1505. Who knows... maybe there'll be a FIRST club here at BYU soon.....

MrToast

Re: College?
 

Thanks for all the replies. I suppose next year, I can just stick with the Los Gatos high team and help tutor the freshmen. But until then, I've got all of this year to have a great time!