[logank013]

Now our team has never made it to Einstein and we are looking to do the same thing. I would love to make it to Einstein before I graduate. This season was by far the best year we had ranking 3rd in Archimedes. I know some of our success this year was by truly wanting to do good. We have made it to Worlds every year you had to qualify for it except for 2014. Part of that was with the whole (messed up in my opinion) regional system. Either way, it really gave us the "need" to do well this year. I feel like the want of your team has a lot to do with it. I think that our team has the resources and great mentors to be a #1 or 2 ranked team in a division. I feel like some of the members aren't into FIRST as much as I am, but there are definitely 7-10 kids on our team that want to do as much as possible to help the team. Time has a lot to do with it as well. We met last build season 2.5 hours each weeknight, 7 hours on Saturday, and 2-3 hours on Sunday. No days were "required", but we have a log and you're suppose to log a certain amount of time during the build and competition season. I personally wish we could meet for 4 hours each weeknight. Obviously, everything needs to be made around others personal lives. Most of our mentors aren't in their 20s so they have families and other things in their personal lives so we have to meet around their schedules. I'd personally like to do a simbotics like schedule. They meet 7 days a week and their mentors only come in on the weekends. I personally feel like a longer more detailed schedule is the next step for us to get better. Plus, I know some people that are involved in FIRST have been talking about maybe making a Cyber Blue class where they can meet at the shop each day during school. That would help us a lot actually. Like I said, we're in the same situation as you so I can't really tell you how to get to Einstein but above are my ideas to maybe get there.