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Originally Posted by Andrew Lawrence
As a Senior who has been dreaming of possibly winning this award since Freshman year: This sucks.
I'm not trying to sound selfish, because I'm sure there are other seniors who feel the same way. This award was a big goal of mine, and I'm really disappointed that neither I, nor any of the amazing seniors this year, will have the chance to be rewarded and recognized for our hard work.
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I'm in the same boat.
I think the Dean's List Award is suffering from a bit of an identity crisis. On one hand, it recognizes technical and leadership skills, as well as recognizing contributions to teams/the FIRST program, and on the other hand, it seems like FIRST is really obsessed with getting Dean's List winners/finalists recognized by colleges. I don't see those two things as mutually exclusive necessarily, but there are some contradictions at the edge cases.
Personally, I'm a bit disappointed with the decision. But I suppose some of us must lose out for FIRST to pursue its higher goals.