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Originally Posted by GaryV1188
The suggestion to volunteer at an event is wonderful. It will be a short-term high-time commitment, rather than a long-term high-time commitment. Many college students can arrange their schedules for a weekend without undue effects on their grades - as long as you don't skip exams or other important class sessions!
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Second that: FIRST team alumni (IMO) make the best volunteers. If you'll be a college student in the same geographic region as your high-school FIRST team, it is likely that you've already met someone who can help you get started as a volunteer, maybe a mentor on your team or another team, or a regional committee member.
Team experience can make it easier to understand how your volunteer role fits into the overall success of a FIRST event. You may also have some detailed knowledge such as the rules, the kit of parts, event logistics, or a good network of people you've met at previous events that will make you especially useful as a volunteer.
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Richard Wallace
Mentor since 2011 for FRC 3620 Average Joes (St. Joseph, Michigan)
Mentor 2002-10 for FRC 931 Perpetual Chaos (St. Louis, Missouri)
since 2003
I believe in intuition and inspiration. Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution. It is, strictly speaking, a real factor in scientific research.
(Cosmic Religion : With Other Opinions and Aphorisms (1931) by Albert Einstein, p. 97)