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Originally Posted by SuperNerd256
It would be the best thing ever to get FIRST at a college level. Not only would it make a great experience for college students, but also push college students to mentor FRC/FTC/FLL teams. Based on the college people I've talked to, after High School they got out of FIRST, albeit the occasional event volunteer or rare time to mentor a team. A FIRST event at the college level will keep these students involved.
With FRC we're trying to make robotics the "new cool" amongst high schoolers. Let's try to make tens of thousands of people gather around a college stadium to watch robotics the same way people will travel with their alma mater's football team to watch one of their games.
Plus, we've seen the benefits in High School students. Just imagine the benefits a FIRST game at a college-level will have for the engineers/NES (Non-Engineering Students) of the future.
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I agree, having college students who were on a FIRST team mentor a local team would be amazing. Especially if there are any rookie teams, the student could mentor on behalf of the college. But a FIRST program to keep all the college students connected would be awesome. College is all about actually learning engineering on a professional scale. Having a competition on the scale of FRC would be perfect. But FIRST has a lot of support because their goal is to intrest people in engineering. At college, people are pretty much know if they want to do engineering or not.