[ebarker]

At the beginning of the school year the roster had 32.

From then till 1st of March we work them to death. Then they have to take an competition eligibility examination, multiple choice and essay question. Nothing technical.

Between working like crazy, the exam, and other things, they will "self select" themselves into or out of the program.

Starting with 32, self-selecting 8 out, and adding 3 rookies, we netted 27 solid members.

That was the tryout / interview / team bonding experience. If they don't own it they don't go.

It is only fair that the team members that earned the right to go to the competition are not accompanied by people that didn't earn the right. The students that didn't go had a year to learn about what is going on and become introduced to engineering. For whatever reason they didn't make the cut and yes that is a fairness issue.
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