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Hmmm...we don't have an application either. Unfortunately, our team is primarily run by the leaders(engineers and a teacher). Not to say thats terrible in this situation, but we have no "managers" team, although I wish we did. If we were to have an application to consider people for entry (ludicrous anyway just because we have like 25 people) then the leaders, who(most of them), unfortunately, place almost no trust in the students IMO, would have to review them and while we know they would be impartial they wouldn't know the applicants as well as the students would.
In my opinion, the ideal solution is to kick people out if they cause trouble or don't work. That might sound harsh, but only through experience will you know if a person is truly good to work with. I also would say that no one should be kicked out because of their competence with the subject matter unless it would pose a serious problem(such as training animators taking away from the project). In the spirit of FIRST, anyone can fit in somewhere. Also, i agree that a minimum GPA requirement is good. Grades reflect a lot. If you can't keep them up reasonably, you shouldn't be allowed to come.
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