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Originally Posted by ICanCountTo19
I'm also curious how this program gained support, I attended the session on it in Atlanta and spoke with a large number of people and I was under the impression there was not much interest. As a college student, I wanted to say that I will not be participating in this program.
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I'm wondering the same thing right now. I'm a junior in Materials Science and Engineering at MIT, and FIRST is a large part of what inspired me to study engineering and pursue a career in engineering. While there was a lot of value to my experiences in FRC in high school, there was also a lot of value in me applying those skills that I learned from FIRST to new experiences in college that challenged me in new and unique ways. My experiences outside of FIRST over my past three years at MIT have been just as important to my personal and professional development as my experiences within FIRST were during high school. If a collegiate FIRST competition had existed when I entered college, I might not have challenged myself to go outside of my comfort zone and may have missed out on many of the opportunities I've participated in by devoting all of my free time to FIRST. At this point, I'm too busy with other activities at MIT to make FIRST into a full-time part of my life again like it was in high school, so I can't see myself participating in this competition now.