First of all, congrats on being nominated! I was a Dean's List finalist last year, and the biggest thing that I can tell you is to relax. The judges aren't out to make you screw up -- they want to hear your story. They'll be trying to get a sense of who you are, what you do for your team, what you do for FIRST, and how FIRST has impacted you, so if you can cover those things, you're golden. Don't try to work them in if it doesn't flow with the questions they're asking, though -- they'll ask the questions they need to fill in their gaps.
Here's a list of practice Dean's List questions I wrote for a friend who's also nominated this year. They're based off of questions I got, questions my friends have gotten, and what I would ask if I were to interview Dean's List students.
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- How has FIRST impacted you as a person?
- What are you planning on doing later in life? How has FIRST influenced this?
- What do you think of the game this year?
- What could FIRST be doing better?
- What do you think of the Championsplit?
- How did you get involved with FIRST, and what made you stay?
- What have you done with other FIRST programs?
- Tell me about the people you’ve met through FIRST. What have you learned from them?
- What makes you an ideal DL candidate?
- What do you do for the broader FIRST community beyond your area?
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Best of luck! Feel free to PM me if you have more questions.