Chief Delphi - View Single Post - Does M.I.T./Yale Success = FIRST Dean's List Finalist/Winner?

Michael Blake · #60 05-04-2013, 02:05

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alexa Stott

I still don't understand why that makes any difference whatsoever? Would your son not have applied to MIT or taken the internship or promoted FIRST around San Antonio if he hadn't won the award? If not, why not?

I just don't understand what you're angry about.

Alexa... he was ALWAYS applying to M.I.T., since the 8th grade. It's just that the mindset for ALL of us was it's a "crapshoot"... worth a shot, and a visit to the campus integrated into a family vacation... that's all.

And NO, he would not have taken the _unpaid_ internship with FIRST and taken a pass on a summer job that paid over $5k if not for the representations at the Champs ceremony. We could've used those $$ for his upcoming college expenses, but we decided he should double-down on FIRST given the good direction things seemed to be trending from his D/L award and that he should repay FIRST with further volunteering.

My son was, and has been, a HUGE promoter of FIRST in San Antonio for _years_... HOW do you think he won Dean's List?!

I'm NOT "angry"... you're mind-reading again, you shouldn't do that... ;-)

--Michael