Word of mouth is critical for my team's recruitment of non- freshmen/sophomores, as is the fact that we have a robotics class (using VEX), and a school that supports STEM. We don't usually have many Freshmen since they have to go the the Jr. High (we're getting a new High school soon, and then all 4 grades will be at the same school). But I'm getting off on a tangent. Other than word of mouth, the team recruits through our jr. high FTC team, as well as going to many school events with the robot. We also put up posters and get on the announcements when it gets near our first open meeting.
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Originally Posted by MechEng83
Usually you'll get more interest initially than you'll have dedicated students, so don't be disappointed if half the new recruits don't stick around. we usually shed about half the students initial interest to build season.
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