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Originally Posted by Akash Rastogi
Admissions is too random to correlate to small things like Dean's List, I think.
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This, this, and this. I was a Dean's List finalist at WPI last year and I applied to colleges this year including MIT (I was declined). In my experience in the college application process the Dean's list is not an automatic acceptance to any college (except maybe WPI because they're absolutely in love with FIRST). It does help tremendously for FIRST scholarships, though.
The main benefit for a Dean's List finalist is all of the other experience that FIRST can offer. FIRST has helped me in problem solving and teamwork, which translates into academic success, and it has provided me with experiences that I could write about on the Common App and supplement essays.