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Re: Top High Schools & FIRST
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Originally Posted by Jon236 View Post
So, the question I have is what factor (s) is/are key in those schools where a FRC team cannot get traction. Students (lack of interest?), teachers , admin or school board support lacking.
Probably too much other stuff going on in the school.

Take CT for example. We have what? 31 (active) FRC teams for 2008 in CT alone.
Yet there are no schools from CT in the top 100 on that list.

I'd like to think that if the students on the FIRST teams were tested seperately than the other students in the schools the FIRST program is at, we would see a few in the top 100.

I know that sounds kind of that I am saying students in the FIRST programs are more "elite" than the general population overall, or outside the FIRST programs at HS's across the country, but those with the dedication needed to tackle FIRST & the time to spend with some extra curricular activities that stimulate the mind as much as FIRST does, I would expect higher rankings from them.

idk.
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