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Re: FIRST Class of 2014, Where are we going?

Hey guys, I have an update:
Accepted:
Purdue University
Villanova University
and....
THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME!

I can't even tell y'all how excited I am.
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Re: FIRST Class of 2014, Where are we going?

Applied and Accepted:
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities College of Science and Engineering
University of St. Thomas
St. Catherine University

I was dead set on University of Minnesota, but being the research institution it is, I found out the hard way this semester through PSEO that math and science teachers don't really care about their students and aren't all that willing to help out...I'm transferring back to community college for PSEO and am about 95% sure I'm headed to St. Thomas for Electrical or Mechanical Engineering.
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Re: FIRST Class of 2014, Where are we going?

Applied:
RPI
SUNY Binghamton
Hofstra
Manhattan College
RIT
SUNY New Paltz

Accepted so far:
Hofstra
Manhattan
New Paltz

Waiting for:
RIT
RPI
Binghamton
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Re: FIRST Class of 2014, Where are we going?

Great idea!

I applied to Carnegie Mellon, Boston U, Santa Clara, RIT and CU Boulder. I haven't received anything back yet
Good luck to everyone on their college acceptance process.
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Re: FIRST Class of 2014, Where are we going?

So far, accepted to WPI, GATech, and hearing from Olin next week.
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Re: FIRST Class of 2014, Where are we going?

Finally saw this. Applied to one school in August, accepted in October. Attending the University of Central Florida in the Fall! Anyone else looking at or planning on joining me?
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Re: FIRST Class of 2014, Where are we going?

Applied and Accepted to Missouri University of Science and Technology (otherwise known as Rolla, S&T, etc)
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Re: FIRST Class of 2014, Where are we going?

I'm glad to see a few Kettering University applicants. It is a great school with a co-op program that is unique and outstanding.
I saw some concern about pricing since it is a private school. Because of this, Kettering is paired up with some of the best engineering companies in the nation (especially the automotive industry) in order to provide scholarships and financial aid. Almost every student that attends Kettering wins a merit scholarship. Kettering also has a fixed tuition guarantee, what you pay your first freshman term is what you pay your last term.

http://www.kettering.edu/admissions/...hip-calculator

If you have any questions about Kettering University, feel free to pm me.
Background: Mechanical Engineering Senior at Kettering University, employed at TRW Occupant Safety Systems as a Seatbelt Hardware Engineer.

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Re: FIRST Class of 2014, Where are we going?

Applied and accepted to Georgia Tech, Auburn and University of Georgia. As of now it looks like I am going to be a Rambling Wreck from Georgia Tech!
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Re: FIRST Class of 2014, Where are we going?

I'll be going to Oklahoma State, hopefully doing marching band as well. Don't have a roommate yet.
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Re: FIRST Class of 2014, Where are we going?

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I applied to Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Sacramento State University, San Jose State University, and UC Merced. All for Computer Engineering. I know for sure that I'm going to apply to Embry-Riddle as well.

I'm strongly considering applying to WPI, I'm just not sure yet. Any insight from anybody that knows a lot about it and/or has been able to visit the campus?
I took plane from Boston (2 degrees) to San Diego (60 degrees) today and had a lot of time to think about this question.
Disclosure: Graduated from WPI with an MS in Mechanical Engineering and WPI Robotics Advisory Board Member. I am humbled to be on this board with member from Rethink Robotics, iRobot, Deka and other industrial members in the New England area.
WPI is the first school to offer an undergraduate degree. I spend time with college students from their Masters program. They also have a new PhD program. Here the robots and research projects have a DARPA or NASA influence, competitions and awards. There are also humanoid robots – some of my favorites.
WPI’s K-12 robotics outreach has grown to be recognized throughout the country on different platforms, FRC, FLL and VEX.
As other members have stated, the fact that you are a member of a FIRST team is not what college admissions or employers want to hear. We want to hear, what you did and how did FIRST make a difference to you and those around you. Can you work independently and in a team – give me examples? Describe a major problem you had in FIRST and how did you solve it?
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I have been to 80% of the schools or worked with students, professors and researchers at schools mentioned above. They all have great outreach, at Purdue, it’s EPICS program is known throughout the country. At MIT, look up the Edgerton Center.
I have never been to an engineering school that wasn’t great. Northeastern has one of the best co-op departments in the world. San Diego State University Baja team works harder than any team I know to prepare for competition with a small team. A few years ago, Texas A&M students challenged themselves to go to Formula Hybrid – even though they were doing great in Formula SAE.
At Rutgers, where I got my undergraduate in mechanical engineering, I found activates that interested me outside the classroom, designing in 3D CAD that introduced solid geometry, a new field at the time, and communicating to a small robot through the microprocessor on an Apple IIe. It was revolutionary!

It’s all what you make of your school and the opportunities at that school. If all things are equal to you, then I look to the finances. Everyone on CD knows math. Interest rates on loans, not matter how low, are tough to pay back – even on an engineer’s starting salary.

If you are going for a college interview, know the school’s outreach just as much as you review their engineering departments. Outreach is our life responsibility as engineers.

Many engineering colleges mentor robot teams. Last month, I was at UNLV engineering department only to run into a VEX robot team on the way to visit an SAE team.

If you are fortunate to visit a campus once, even twice – may three times if it is close. Stand in an engineering building close your eyes and picture yourself there 8 months from now. How do you feel? Marie
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Re: FIRST Class of 2014, Where are we going?

I'm not a senior, but this is my third and last year of doing FIRST (as a student). I've been accepted to a boarding school in Switzerland with an awesome scholarship. They were impressed with my experience in robotics and my interest in STEM. Being on a FIRST Robotics team definitely pays off!
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Re: FIRST Class of 2014, Where are we going?

Next year I will be attending Washington University in St. Louis (BME/PreMed). Couldn't be happier! Now for a great last season of FRC as a student participant. Good luck y'all!
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Re: FIRST Class of 2014, Where are we going?

I've applied to the University of Washington, as well as The University of Advancing Technologies which is down in Arizona (my first choice!!). I'm really excited to go into Roboticsa Engineering!!
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Re: FIRST Class of 2014, Where are we going?

Accepted
University of Missouri Science and Technology
Mizzou

Applied and waiting
Harvey Mudd
MIT
Rose Hulman
Rice
Washington University in St Louis

Preference order:
Mudd
Wash U
Rolla
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