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Unread 07-12-2009, 21:46
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Re: College FIRST Programs
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Originally Posted by Chris is me View Post
Renssalear Polytechnic (RPI) sponsors several FIRST teams, and apparently if you're in the right classes and programs, students are encouraged to mentor several of them. It's not the easiest thing in the world to find out how to do but it can be done at RPI, though they (rightfully) encourage you to wait until sophomore year to do so.
RPI holds an FLL practice event sometime in December. The way it worked out is it was the half way point between the regional and championships of Massachusetts. Our team competed in Massachusetts because it was a lot closer than Rochester (second nearest competition to Albany.) RPI also holds a variety of summer camps run by local teachers to encourage engineering in students, however these camps tend not to attract local kids, the majority of attendees were from downstate somewhere. RPI also holds a pre-ship exhibition, and open practice anytime on their full-scale (but non-operational) field at the RPI tech valley campus (near HVCC.) I don't know of any current mentoring of teams, but i know two important guys over there, plus a random professor whose son is on our team.

Siena College also holds NXT workshops over the summer, and from the feedback, they were much more successful then the RPI camp. Chris, if you go to RPI, you should stop in sometime, we're only 5 - 10 minutes away.
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