Posted by Veronica at 04/26/2001 7:53 AM EST
Student on team #27, Team Rush, from Osmtech and Textron.
In Reply to: Admissions Process for becoming a team member??
Posted by Angela on 04/24/2001 7:34 PM EST:
: for our team you first have to fill ut a long application, including an essay, two teacher recomdations, parent recomendation along with an short paragraph and why they want you to be invloved, a resume and you have to comit to the fund raising (400 each student in the past) you also have to complete 15 hours of comunity service in robotics enducation b4 the saeson kicks off. you also once ur app has been accepted have to do an interviewin which u tell what u can bring to the team how they will benefit from ur presence and what part of the team you are mainly interested in. (build team, business, awards, animation or electrical) After you make it through all of that you have to maintain passing grades all year, and especially around travel this gets strict. we also have the probation thing where ur considered on a trial basis untill the first competition or somthing like that, i was never bad so i never fully understood that one (thanks gosh)
but we also as i heard erin mention have to be at all meeting for the entire duration but that is alaways a rule for every meeting every time unless u make special arrangements with the coach ahead of time.
just my two cents on how 27 does it
-V
For next year our team came up with an original idea: make it so that you have to fill out an application form and "try-out" to be on our team. Yes, it sounds cruel, but it really isn't. Everyone will make it. We're simply doing it to see which new members will be helpful right off the bat in terms of programing or animations knowledge and those who will be most committed. What do you all think of this idea? Just a quick yes or no is ok, but I know I'll get more than that. Thanks for the input!