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Unread 27-03-2011, 19:06
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Re: Are all girl FIRST team counterproductive to the philosophy of FIRST?

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Originally Posted by Katie_UPS View Post
I'm not an engineer... yet.

My sister started high school wanting to be a Vet. She was on 1675's team her senior year, which was also their rookie year. Between FRC and another adventure she was on, she picked engineering. Now she works for Lockheed Martin with her electrical engineering degree.

I wanted to be a journalist my freshman year, four years later, I can't see myself in anything other than engineering (granted metallurgy sounds pretty cool too). I plan on studying mechanical engineering in college.

FIRST works.
It does but sometimes, students who are inspired in high school by being a part of a team, change majors in college - away from engineering.

Jane
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