I'm SOO happy this post it here!!
I have been in FIRST for 3 years now, and I'm a junior. IEverytime I talk to someone about FIRST, people ask me what kind of engineer I want to be, my general reply is "no way, that's just not me." I'm not a engineer person, sure, I like helping putting the robot together, helping maintain and repart it, but I will never be an engineer. I see what out engineers do and almost faint. There's no way I could ever be an engineer and do all the math and work. I'm currently looking at marine biology for a major, and if there's a team near or from my college (whatever it will be) I will DEFINETLY help, and I woudn't trade the experience for ANYTHING. FIRST is about more than science and technology, it's like any group or people working together and using various skills. I have learned how to speak publicly ( i used to freak out, now i do it 2-3 times a week) and how to deal with people and teenagers (yahh go us!). I have learned to fraternize and suck up without being obvious (
) and had immeasureable amounts of fun. It's good to see scholarship money for non-engineering major. And its good to see a post about it and know I'm not the only one!!