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FRC229 is sponsored by Clarkson University, as a college student mentors have the option to sign up for MP414 (FIRST robotics) for 1, 2, or 3 credit hours based on how involved you are with the team. College students who take more credit are given travel priority over those who either do not sign up or those who take it for lesser credit.
At the end of each semester you are required to write a short paper (~1 page) that summarizes what you contributed to the team and what you learned in order to benchmark progress. Also during the semester you are required to keep an engineering notebook. These notebooks are submitted with your paper and sometimes kept in order to have on record what designs worked, which didn't, and why.

The biggest perk however is according to the Mech. Engineering cirriculum, if you take a semester of 3 credit robotics, you can use that instead of taking a professional elective (meaning an elective that is in the engineering, science, or mathematics department). Which can help lessen the work load during a semester.

Hope this helps!