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Re: Is FIRST becoming more Pedestrian on college apps?
It's not about "being a student in a FIRST program". It's about what you as an individual contributing to the program when given the opportunity.
If you demonstrate experience and a desire to learn skills relevant to your major of interest, demonstrate strong leadership skills in the program, and take advantage of opportunities provided to you by FRC (business development, usage of engineering tools, the ability to apply your skills learned from robotics to similar projects), these are the things you should be promoting in college apps (not just saying "I was in FIRST").
I work for a major aerospace company and know for a fact we look for interns specifically based on efforts and contributions made towards engineering projects (GPA barely matters at all, so long as it passes a minimum). You'll get more opportunities in college (Formula SAE, Design-Build-Fly, high powered rocketry, solar cars, etc) but FIRST is one of the best starts you can have to becoming a great college/internship candidate.
Moral of the story -- promote what YOU did in Robotics, not just that you were in robotics.
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Team 204 Student 2001, 2002 (Voorhees, NJ)
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Team 2150 Intern/Professional Mentor 2007, 2009 (Palos Verdes)
Team 4123 Lead Engineering Mentor 2012 (Bellflower, CA)
Team 4276 Engineering Mentor 2012-2016 (Huntington Beach, CA)
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