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Re: Stay or Not
I'm a recent returnee to FIRST, I put a lot of time in to FIRST in high school and when I got to school I said "enough, time to shift gears". It was the best decision I could have made, and while there were definitely times I wanted to jump back in to it I stayed out for two reasons.
First, schoolwork, it's very important, I can't stress enough how many people I saw miss out on a perfect job opportunity because their GPA was 3.49 instead of over 3.5. It's a big deal, and I guarantee you're gonna get blindsided by the amount of work and the levels you have to work to.
Second, try other things! There's lots of other stuff to work with in engineering fields. While at Clarkson I was on the Baja team, the amateur radio club, the open source club, the SPEED Radio team, etc. There are lots of things besides FIRST out there, and you should try them all and see what you like!
When I got back to FIRST, the hardest part about mentoring was recognizing that I'm not a high school student anymore. There are other programs, and other hobbies that are also very worthy of your time!
Good luck with your decisions,
Matt
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Matt Krass
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I'm a FIRST relic of sorts, I remember when we used PBASIC and we got CH Flightsticks in the KoP. In my day we didn't have motorized carts, we pushed our robots uphill, both ways! (Houston 2003!)
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