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To anyone that applied EA/ED anywhere, what schools have you been accepted to?


Just got my acceptance letter to WPI yesterday! :)

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I got my acceptance to the Georgia Institute of Technology on Nov. 20th.

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Colorado School of Mines----Accepted.

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I got accepted to Indiana University-Purdue University of Indianapolis for Motorsports Engineering.

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That sounds like a pretty sick major.

I just finished applications for RPI, Drexel, and WPI. Should get responses from each mid-January or so.

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I got accepted to the University of Minnesota - Institute of Technology back on the 24th of November.
I'm going into either Computer Science or Computer Engineering. Still can't decide. :)

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I have been accepted to Georgia Tech, Clemson, and Auburn. Still waiting to hear from Virginia Tech...

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Awesome avatar, I'm fan of Brawn/Mercedes though.

Anyone looking at the University of Texas?

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As of December 11th at 3:27pm, I am a member of the Leland Stanford Junior University Class of 2014!!! :D

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As of last Thursday, I am a member of the Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts class of 2014!

I'm going for graphic design && looking to co-op with the CIA, as well as minor in dance.

I'm an example of people who are die-hard advocates and participants of FIRST, but aren't necessarily pursuing engineering / comp. sci. =]

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As much as I know, there isn't any universities nor colleges that competes in FRC in Canada. If there is, my options of "where to go" would be much broader.

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Anyone have any updates?

Unless I hear otherwise, looks like Drexel for me for a 5 year co-op in Mech E. Still hoping to get some good news from RPI's waitlist for their Aero/Mech E program in the next few days though.

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I'm going to Santa Clara University, majoring in Mechanical Engineering, and intending to get involved in the Robotics Systems Lab as soon as I possibly can.

Thanks FIRST! :]

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I'm also heading to the Georgia Institute of Technology. Yay, YellowJackets!

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As of a few weeks ago (probably a month now) I'm going to GA Tech - yay.

-Tanner

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I just mailed in my deposit to Cornell (specifically, the College of Engineering) yesterday!

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A friend of mine is a professor of nuclear engineering at Drexel. If you go there, let me know. You'll have to stop by his office and say hi for me - that will freak him out.

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Me too!

Acceptances to: Northeastern, Drexel, Santa Clara, and George Washington

I've narrowed it to Santa Clara and GW, I've got a few days to decide. Projected M.E. Major, with a minor in Poli-Sci.

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I did early decision for Cal Poly San Luis Obispo (California Polytechnic State University) and got accepted the second week of December for Electrical Engineering.

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I'm officially going to WPI for Mechanical Engineering

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Anyone else going towards Embery-Riddle? (Daytona)

I'll be applying soon, going for Mech.Engineering, and trying to get an AirForce-ROTC Scholarship...hopefully :o

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Best of luck!
But Drexel is a great school, so congrats! =]

I'm heading off to Columbia- Fu Foundation School of Engineering for Mechanical Engineering xD

Congrats to everyone!!! All future mentors, I'm sure! ;)

Edit: Looks like there are A LOT of Mech. E majors :ahh:

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Nice! Our lead programmer is going to be at Columbia SEAS. I hope you'll be joining team 395 there.

Anyone else planning on mentoring teams?

Drexel = FRC1712
RPI =FRC 2791/FRC 20

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North Carolina State Class of 2014 ME
Also got accepted at Georgia Tech, Ohio State, and LSU

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Guess I haven't done my research properly, but I wan't aware that Columbia mentored 2Train, but I am def looking forward to being involved in anything Robotics-related!

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going to clemson university for sports management. 11 years of FIRST robotics, and im going to college for nothing to do with engineering :D

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Im off to BYU for mechanical engineering.

Edit: I hope to mentor team 3405, but I have yet to contact them.

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wow 11 years! any particular reason?

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my mother took me with the team when i was seven. so, i have been with our team since it's inception in 2000 :)

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One of my good friends is going there for aerospace engineering. I had never heard of it before he told me though.

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Unless something drastically changes, I'm heading to Carnegie Mellon for mechanical engineering.

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Admitted to MIT '14. FIRST is good stuff.

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Nice, congrats! Do you know what you're studying yet?

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I'm also MIT 2014.

I've been looking into teams to mentor in the Boston/Cambridge area. 97 seems to be the official MIT team, but I know that 125 and 88 are in that area as well. If anyone has any suggestions, they would be greatly appreciated.

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Its between pure electrical engineering (6-1) and EECS (6-2). I'm leaning towards the latter, because I want to do everything :)

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MIT '14 here as well. Probably will be studying Course 6.

Not sure about helping a specific team yet but definitely will volunteer at the Boston Regional.

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Three of our seniors are attending Stevens Institute of Technology in NJ. One of those seniors was asked to do research as a freshman when juniors and seniors typically do it, all because she was on a FIRST team for 4 years. :)

I am only a junior, so I have not done college applications yet, but I do have plans for the future. I will probably mentor a team if the college I attend has one close by. Despite the fact if there will be a team close by or not, I will go back and mentor 1676. Once A Pioneer always a pioneer! I also plan on volunteering at regionals if I have the time to do so.

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I will also be MIT '14! I'm pretty sure I'll be pursuing course 2 (mechanical engineering).

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97 is sponsored by MIT and uses MIT resources, and 246 (BU team) and 125 (Northeastern team) are also nearby and easily accessible. I'm not currently with a team because I've got plenty of other things going on at MIT right now, but volunteering at the Boston Regional is amazing!

To all of you MIT '14s in this thread, feel free to PM me to ask any questions that come up. I'd love to help out!

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Purdue College of Engineering for me.

Major is undecided at this time.

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Thats exactly what I'm doing! Go Tartans!

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Heh. You gotta get through your senior year still, son.

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I am amazed (but not surprised) at how many FIRST folks end up at MIT. Please, please take it from an old fart like me and get as much education at the finest technical school on the planet, and don't screw up by playing with FIRST (unless you are already getting straight As). Your job is to get educated, and anything less than an A means you need to work at it more.

(By the way: Most of you are probably straight A students in high school. College is harder. A "C" at MIT is nothing to be ashamed of.)

Good luck Class of 2014, see you in January 2015 at Kickoff.

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I don't mean to highjack this thread, but I'm a high school junior and looking at WPI. What did it take to get in? Feel free to PM as well.

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MIT '14 - Course 7 (Biology)! I confuse so many people when I tell them I've been in robotics for three years but I still want to be a bio major. :D

I also want to mentor a team, if possible. Seems like it would be a lot of fun. :)

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Haha, I will definitely let you know :)

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Didn't make it into MIT '14. Instead I'll be going with three other members of the HOT Team to the University of Michigan. I'll be going for CS/CE. Perhaps.

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Any other UC Berkeley '14? I'll be there for EECS [:

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Hi Anne! I'm doing EECS at Berkeley! See you there, fellow SVR Dean's finalist =D

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I'll also be at UC Berkeley '14. Majoring in Chemical Engineering.

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Perhaps one of the best things about college is that FIRST isn't the only technical extracurricular around! It seems that solid technical extracurriculars are a huge plus on the resumes of job seeking undergraduates, so you might as well pick one up.

But FIRST is *far* from the only thing! There's Formula SAE, Formula Hybrid, Design/Build/Fly, Solar Car Racing, AeroDesign, Steel Bridge, Concrete Canoe, MATE ROV, and the list goes on. Do something else for a while, you can always come back to FIRST.

If any of you are heading to RPI in the fall and have any questions, I'd be glad to answer them. :)

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If you're heading to RPI in the fall and feel like completely ignoring Ian's good advice, you can ask me questions too. :D Between RPI teams 20 and 250, and non-RPI-but-still-awesome 2791, there's plenty of ways to get involved with a FIRST team if you so choose. Look at other stuff first though, unless you have a particular interest in mentoring.

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Also RPI teams 1493 and 1665 (1493 is the team RPI is most involved with, followed by 1665) 20 and 250 mentors from RPI are usually Alumni from those two teams. 1493, and 1665 actively look for mentors on campus.

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I got into Dartmouth for an Masters program!

That will mean that I managed to do NH winter, TX summer, NH winter, all in one year. I think my phase is inverted...

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There are other programs as well. I did ChallengeX (http://www.challengex.org/) for 3 years at MTU and it helped me tremendously in getting a job after college. Now its called EcoCar: http://www.ecocarchallenge.org/

I guess does it count, I am starting a Masters in Engineering program at Michigan through the company I work for. 1 Class done, only 9 to go!

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If you or anyone else who's going to Berkeley has any questions about ME and/or EECS, feel free to shoot me a message. Congrats, by the way!

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At least you're doing the season at the right time of year, right?

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For anyone coming to Purdue, I want to let you know about Purdue FIRST Programs. We mentor three teams (461, 1646, 1747), put on the Boilermaker Regional, and do some FLL work as well. We hold a call out for new members in early September.

Feel free to shoot me a PM if anyone is interested/has any questions.

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I'm still a junior in high school, but Team 2502 is proudly sending our students to Princeton, MIT, Northwestern, Purdue, and several other very nice schools.

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Ditto.

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And what Austin means by this is he is doing both at the same time... He is an animal and one of the smartest people I know.

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I'll second that.

Double majoring in engineering at Cal is crazy. Hell, majoring in EECs alone is crazy :eek:

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You just need a 7404 chip.

(Do they still make those?):confused:

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Just made my decision...

George Washington '14, Double majoring, M.E. and Political Science.

Anyone else?

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I'm going to Caltech!

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University of Wisconsin

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low power schottky? maybe not but
surface mounted are still available in bipolar
Mouser's selection process is fantastic. Makes me sorry I don't need it.

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Glad to see that someone else is going to be in the DC area next year. Anyone else going to the University of Maryland or any schools in that area.

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This guy actually has a shirt that says, "MIT... because not everyone can go to Caltech." :rolleyes:

Congrats, Eddie.

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Thanks.
Yeah I'm really excited.:D

Good luck at Santa Clara!

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University of Wisconsin, planning on double majoring in Computer Engineering and Computer Science

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Northeastern University '14 for Civil Engineering

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Finally! Someone who knows a great school. I will be visiting in early September and doing early decision as well.

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I've been accepted to Michigan Technological University, and Kettering University, (only places I applied to as I did my homework. XD)

I'll be attending Kettering this fall where I'll be studying Computer Science and Engineering.

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I got accepted to Michigan tech and U of M Flint (cause my school had them do free on site admissions and i was bored)

I am going to Michigan Tech next year, majoring in Mechanical Engineering :D

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I confirmed Johns Hopkins. Is there any team in the Baltimore area that would be willing to let me mentor?

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How many people are applying for appointments to Millitary Academies? Specifically the Air-Force Academy in Colorado?

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I am actually one of the few kids on each team who will not be pursuing a degree in engineering. :( Although I love engineering, design, build, testing, tuning, and you get the idea, after much prayer I have come to the conclusion that engineering is something I love, but it is not what God has for me in my future. Instead I will getting a bachelors in some form of business or accounting. I enrolled in a program called CollegePlus (http://www.collegeplus.org/) which is a degree in two years for $15,000 or less! A few of my friends have gone through the program and loved it. It works by gaining credits by exam for general education courses in your first year. They send you study materials and I use my textbooks from school to take exams and CLEPS to gain credits. Then in my second year I take any CLEPS they have aimed at my major, and enroll me in a college of my choice along with online classes to finish of my degree and gain experience in my field. Then I receive my degree from them and can go onto get my masters somewhere else if I choose. Overall, it is very cost effective as I can continue working allowing me to graduate debt free! :)

EDIT: To answer /\/\/\ 1519 has one who is either graduating this year or next (our driver to be specific). Don't know the exact academy he is attending.

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Two kids I know of from FRC who will be attending is a girl from 1403 and Parker from 148. One of my best friends (not on the robotics team) will also be joining them in Colorado Springs! :D

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I will be going to UC Berkeley and studying EECS. Interestingly, in three years, three robotics students from my (small) high school, including me, have gone to Berkeley for engineering: 2 EECS, 1 ME.

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You can also enter your information here: http://www.mdfirst.org/md/Contact/index.htm This will go to FIRST reps in Maryland who can explain the process.

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Not to put a damper on your enthusiasm, but you really need to consider the workload at JHU first. A sad part of getting older is putting realistic limits to your expectations.

Been there, done that. Hope it works out for you!

JHU '73

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Yeah, I too would encourage you to be careful to consider the workload first. That being said, there are numerous teams and competitions in the Baltimore/DC area. And as a result, there are many opportunities to volunteer for FIRST programs even if you aren't mentoring a particular team.

I'm a freshman at JHU now and while I unfortunately don't have the time to mentor a team, I've been able to volunteer for local events and competitions (the Chesapeake and Washington D.C. FRC Regionals are both nearby and the Maryland State FLL program is rapidly expanding).

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Thanks for the advice!

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I am going to Carnegie Mellon University next year. Will be doing ECE. Is anyone else doing the same program there?

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I will be attending Purdue next year. I plan to double major in Mech. E. and Environmental & Ecological Engineering.

I was also accepted to Rose-Hulman, IUPUI, and Indiana State. I wasn't accepted to MIT.

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I'll second Don on this one. I'm glad you're all so excited to mentor, but be careful. College isn't high school; FIRST can help you grow a lot, or it can really screw you up. (Well, they're not actually mutually exclusive, but there are usually less painful ways to grow.) Watch your credit load and your GPA, and remember you've got the rest of your life to build robots. You don't have the rest of your life to ace chemistry.

I made the selective summer seminar at USAFA (and USMA, USNA) a couple years ago. Wasn't a bad gig, but I like the freedom and opportunities of a major research university with a small honors college, strong engineering and everything else, top-notch ROTC, and an amazing ANG wing for a possible enlisted RC term. (That is, Penn State Schreyer Honors College, Detachment 720, 193rd SO.) If you've done your homework, enjoyed the seminar*, and really want the Springs, good luck on your application and more power to ya. See you in the Blue.

*If you made the seminar, I wouldn't worry too much about the appointment. Assuming nothing was actually wrong (DODMERB, nomination, etc), I don't think I've ever met anyone who made the seminar and not the Academy itself. (The former's more selective.) Good luck!

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University Wisconsin - Madison, and University of Minnesota - twin Cities

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Applied to Rose-Hulman and Purdue. Hard decision, but officially going to Purdue. Not 100% on major, but very interested in civil, construsction, or maybe a little mechanical. I have some cousins who are in civil engineers, and are successful and happy. So hopefully I'll make it.

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NASCAR Technical Institute. Accepted Sept. 24th, 2009. Even found a team to mentor while I'm there. :)

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I'm going to Stevens institute of technology to study electrical engineering. It's also close enough for me to come back and help my team out.:D

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Nice! I'm a Big Red fan myself. If you want any contacts up at Cornell let me know (a lot of family alumni).

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I'm going to USC in the fall. If there are any FIRSTers that want to room, let me know.

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University of Toronto for me :D Off to Canada!

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A or B section? Im guessing B since you said fall and A section starts in July.

CS CE dual major? How is the search for a Co-op going? Glad to see even more FIRSTers coming to KU.

KU '11 (CS)

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Stanford 2014. Right now I'm leaning toward bioengineering, but computer science, electrical engineering, and just about EVERYTHING at Stanford sounds so cool that I'll probably waffle until I absolutely have to :D

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Good choice. I was at a summer camp at Rose over the summer and i wasn't all that impressed.

Personally I am headed to Michigan Tech. It's cool to see several other first guys headed that way.

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Christian Brothers University, majoring in Electrical Engineering :)
Can't wait to start anew!

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Any LSU Tigers out there???

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Actually A. I want to be in Flint/close to home for build season. I was going to try and switch to B (originally assigned to A) then I realized that in order to be here for build season, I'd need to stay with A.

I'm not 100% sure on the CS CE dual major, but it's going to be one or the other. And Co-op isn't going too great. Something to do with studying for AP tests, which has consumed a large part of my waking hours. That, and Facebook...

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Merrimack College for electrical engineering or computer science.