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When I was visiting colleges last year, I found myself talking to the Chair of Computer Engineering at Virginia Tech. She asked me the standard questions (tell me about you, why do you like engineering, etc.), so of course I started talking about FIRST. She then went in the back room and said "Hold on one moment." She came out with a free 401 t-shirt, and gave it to me! Unbeknownst to me, this lady was involved with the FIRST team at VT. Well, at that point in time I didn't really want to go to VT, but that was certainly a positive expirience that made me look favorably on them. I had wanted to go to Carnaige Mellon University (because they have a robotics institutue, and you can even minor in robotics), but I ended up deciding to go to VT based on money.
To asnwer the question--the existence of a FIRST team is definately a big plus, but if need be, I would help start a team if my college didn't have one.
Stephen
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