Does M.I.T./Yale Success = FIRST Dean's List Finalist/Winner?

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Originally Posted by goldenglove002

I would really like to see the award have more impacts on internships/co-ops/jobs. So far I've gotten nothing out of it other than a nice honor and a backpack full of goodies. Not once has a potential employer seemed to care when it get's mentioned.

I think that's more a function of it being new, and many employers not yet being familiar with it. When I interviewed for my first internship (which I got), my interviewer was definitely interested in both the technical and leadership sides of what I'd done in FIRST. That on its own certainly wasn't the deciding factor in getting hired (nothing replaces coding on a whiteboard!), but it was a neat thing to be able to talk about.