Our team requires applications, references and an interview to be considered for membership. We keep our team at around 10 high school kids so we want kids that are willing to work, learn and most of all enjoy this experience. We strive to have no fluff on our team that is only around for the trips and we feel that the very small team works best for us and our partnership with university. We want the kids who really want to do this and can be committed, and if we find more than 10 we are more than willing to expand the team (but so far we haven't had to). We've also had a large team (70 people) and it just wasn't the way we wanted our group to be. So to each their own, and well stick with our tiny team
Ashley