FIRST Class of 2014, Where are we going?

[Justin2648]

Applied:
WPI
University of Maine
WIT

Haven't heard back from anyone yet. WPI decision is in 3 days though!

[Johnnybukkel]

Originally Posted by AcesJames

Gregor,

Libby is absolutely correct. Clarkson has an incredibly unique setup for our FIRST mentors. Aside from Team 229, which is comprised of about 50 HS students from 2 schools, 2 HS teachers, and 20ish active Clarkson mentors (did I mention our shop space is at Clarkson too?), we have a suite-style dormitory for FIRST Alumni and Mentors. Currently our housing is a single floor with 20 students (12 freshmen and 8 sophomores), but we have plans to occupy up to 3 floors next year with 60 total students.

Each dorm room holds two people and is connected to one other room through a bathroom (2 people per room, 4 per bathroom). All the rooms face inward toward a central lounge which has (among other things) a 60" TV, a workstation computer, many laptops, some field components, and whiteboards for studying/mentoring.

Our residents are not only FRC mentors, but also JFLL, FLL, and FTC mentors on the weekends. We provide coaches clinics (our students coach other local adult coaches) to 18 FTC teams and 24 FLL teams, host our own FTC and FLL tournaments and scrimmages, and even travel around Northern NY in our robotics van doing demonstrations with quadcopters, FRC robots, humanoid robots, etc.

Feel free to PM Libby or myself with any questions you might have.

Originally Posted by Nathan Streeter

Just wanted to mention I'm stunned that no one's mentioned Northeastern University!! So, I'll have to take a couple minutes to try to remedy that by tooting my school's horn! ;-)

They're usually a popular school for FRC students, with their competitive Engineering education, top-notch co-op program, and significant involvement with FRC... 125 (the NUTRONS, a great team in terms of both robots and impact) are based there and they've hosted Beantown Blitz for 8+ years and will now be hosting the Northeastern District Event!

It's a great school that's only been getting better and better over the past 5, 10, and 20 years! I very highly recommend applying! The big selling points for me were their passionate and friendly faculty, great engineering programs, excellent co-op program, and location in Boston... these elements have all proved every bit as great as I thought they would.

Really though, the co-op program is what I have to focus on... Northeastern's partnered with hundreds of great companies (GE, Apple, BAE Systems, Raytheon, QinetiQ, DEKA, Farm PD, Keurig, Johnson + Johnson, Kiva Systems, to name a few) and provide really great opportunities doing real work in Engineering that will pay well too. These companies send a list of job descriptions to Northeastern every year for positions for NEU co-ops to fill... your co-op advisor will work with you throughout the whole co-op hunt process... NEU has high enough demand for their co-ops that they have 100% co-op placement in Engineering!

So, give at least some consideration to Northeastern... I really doubt you'll regret it!

Thanks for the information, I think I'll apply to these two schools as well!

[MetalJacket]

Originally Posted by Justin2648

Haven't heard back from anyone yet. WPI decision is in 3 days though!

Double check your admission tracker, several people I know (myself included) have already received their decisions.

[Foster]

Originally Posted by Akash Rastogi

If students want some feedback about Drexel, feel free to message me. There are quite a lot of FIRST alumni there that I could put you in touch with. I personally didn't enjoy it there, and now am at Syracuse University, but many others have enjoyed their time at Drexel.

I teach at Drexel, I can also be a resource for incoming students and ones that are there now.

Need to remember that Drexel is in the middle of one of the east coasts largest cities. If you are a city person, it's a good fit, Philly has lots to offer.

[Martian86]

Naval Academy
MSOE (accepted)
Michigan Tech (accepted)
Missouri S&T (accepted)
UAF
Norwich
Cal Maritime
RPI

Where I go will depend on the money.

[AcesJames]

Originally Posted by Johnnybukkel

Thanks for the information, I think I'll apply to these two schools as well!

Awesome! Both Clarkson and Northeastern are awesome schools with FRC teams.

If/when you finish your Clarkson application and would like a non-standard tour of campus, just send me a PM. A few weeks ago we hosted two prospective students for a weekend. They were actually able to stay overnight in our FIRST dorm with a few of our students to get a real feel for campus life in addition to the standard open-house tour that Clarkson provides. Of course, if you come up to Potsdam during build season, you'll get a sneak-peak at the robot as well.

[connor.worley]

Applying to:
MIT (deferred)
UCB
UCSD
UCLA
Stanford
Harvey Mudd
RPI

[Nick1912]

Not quite as impressive as some of the other lists, but here we go.

Applied to/Waiting on (no order):
WPI, Georgia Tech, Cornell, Duke, Rice, Notre Dame

Accepted to:
Mississippi State University, Louisiana State University, University of Alabama, Colorado School Of Mines

Not quite sure where I want to go yet, but good luck to everyone!

[EMHS2773]

Wow, looking at everyone's list of schools their applying to makes my decision look pale.

Applied and Accepted:
Oklahoma State University.
I will be going on a partial ride, and I'm rooming with our team's other drive captain!

[jar24]

I have yet to see Ferris State University show up, if anyone has questions about Ferris I can be of some help, and if you want to stay with helping robotics teams, I helped found a FTC and FRC team this year in big Rapids, and we will gladly take more mentors

[geomapguy]

Hoping for the best!

Accepted:
Univ. of Alabama (Full Ride)
Louisiana State Univ. (Full Ride)
Centenary College of Louisiana (Interviewed)

Deferred:
Princeton (Interviewed)

Applied:
UNC Chapel Hill

Applying:
MIT (Interviewed)
Univ. of Virginia
Trinity Univ.
Colorado School of Mines
Davidson College
Univ. of Oklahoma

[AJCaliciuri]

Applying to Electrical/Communications Engineering at:

University of Ontario Institute of Technology
Carleton University
York University
Western University

[mickywelther]

Applied to Tufts, UC Davis, UC Berkeley, UC San Diego, UC Santa Cruz, Cal Poly SLO, San Diego State, Purdue, and Humboldt as my super backup.

[Kidney]

Applied and accepted to Missouri S&T, Saint Louis University, and Purdue. I'm pretty set on S&T though.

[rhinobot]

Applied for:
York University
Lakehead University - Thunder Bay Campus
Guelph University

No replies yet and am thinking of also applying to UOIT (University of Ontario, Institute of Technology) tomorrow, not sure though.