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Originally Posted by NWChen
Thanks for doing this thread Chris. I'm in the same boat as jbott. How much do the FUN form and any portfolios submitted swing admissions during the Regular Action cycle?
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Depends on the new information contained. Most don't swing it that much one way or the other. Really good info (you won Intel STS!) or really poor info (you got all Ds at the midyear!) obviously have more impact.
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Originally Posted by hzheng_449
Hi Chris,
Thanks for taking the time to do this thread! I have a few questions:
1) You suggested the possibility of submitting a maker profile to showcase the technical work people do on the team. I know on almost every FRC team, the design process will typically involve multiple people giving input and feedback, and there is rarely any project that someone can claim as their "own". Is it okay to submit team projects for maker profiles, or is the maker profile supposed to be for more individual projects?
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You can submit your contributions to the FIRST project so long as you clearly delineate what you specifically did. We don't want people to submit a maker portfolio of the team's robot and say "I worked on this!" and nothing else.
Basically, the maker portfolio is an instrument to help us evaluate a student's technical creativity and skill, the same way the music portfolio helps us evaluate their musical talent and so on.
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2) For those of us who were deferred, will we be able to include supplemental letters of recommendation or other supplements(e.g. Maker Profile, Research Supplements, etc.) with our FUN?
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Sure. You can send another letter if you like, and you can submit a portfolio by Jan 1. You don't need to, however; usually the FUN form is all we need.
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3) You said you came on CD for game hints... so what do you think this game will be this year? 
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Honestly, I don't know. The tossing the game manual in the trash at the end makes me wonder, though, if they're going to "toss" the manual and try to radically simplify the game, which has been a goal for FIRST for some time now.