Thread: I'm an MIT Admissions Officer & longtime FIRST person, AMA.
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Re: I'm an MIT Admissions Officer & longtime FIRST person, AMA.
Two other unsolicited but hopefully helpful pieces of advice:

1) If you are involved on the technical side of the team (and/or if you do technically creative things outside of FIRST), consider submitting a supplemental maker portfolio: https://mitadmissions.slideroom.com/.../program/21846

2) KEEP YOUR GRADES UP. It's not uncommon for FIRST students to sacrifice their grades for FIRST. Doing FIRST is great - see this essay our dean wrote - but colleges generally won't accept it as an excuse for poor grades. Learning how to do *both* well is a key signal to college that you've got time-management down.
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Team 1073 alumnus, now Admissions Officer at MIT.

Thanks to all those who have helped me through FIRST over the years.
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