FIRST Class of 2014, Where are we going?

[c.shu]

Originally Posted by Kimmeh

I've found Kettering to be far more affordable that I expected when I started. On the day of move in, the first thing I did was sit down with financial aid, explained my situation (my dad had been injured my senior year) and frankly asked if financially it made sense for me to attend. Fast forward a bit and I start my 8th term in January. (YIKES! When did this happen!?) I'll be honest, I've had a few terms where I haven't been able to register for classes until the day of class because I've needed money from work term to pay off my previous term. But as it stands now, I've paid less than $7,000 out of pocket, and have no private loans, only federal.

There's something nice to be said about only being in class for 22 weeks and watching your friends complain about finals when you finished yours weeks and weeks ago. (If you're on A-section that is.) What did I do last night? Went swing dancing. What's everyone else doing? Finishing finals. I'm pretty sure I had more fun. =D

Not to mention if you are B-section it aligns almost perfect with competition season for FIRST! I just have to decide between class on Friday or MSC...

[Robotmmm]

Just heard that two students on FRC 11 MORT both found out they were accepted to Yale while they were at the Hawaii Regional. What a great place to receive such wonderful news!

[safiq10]

Our engineering captain was just accepted into RICE, Cornell, and Stanford.

[April_robo]

University of Alabama
Central Michigan University
Indiana State University
Harding University
Michigan Tech University
U of M Dearborn
Oakland University

Applied and accepted to all. Debating Alabama and Indiana state

[jmcrawford45]

Applied and Accepted:
MIT
Princeton
Stanford
Vanderbilt
University of Alabama

Has anyone visited any of the first three listed? I'm making visits to those schools this month, and I would love to hear any of your opinions on them.

[jmcrawford45]

Originally Posted by April_robo

Applied and accepted to all. Debating Alabama and Indiana state

Although I can't speak for Indiana State, I have visited Alabama at least 5 times. I was impressed by the new engineering buildings and computer labs. That's definitely something to take into account. However, you can't really make a wrong college decision with that list.

[kghaemi96]

Originally Posted by jmcrawford45

Applied and Accepted:
MIT
Princeton
Stanford
Vanderbilt
University of Alabama

Has anyone visited any of the first three listed? I'm making visits to those schools this month, and I would love to hear any of your opinions on them.

Though i did not apply to any of those (waayyy out of my league) I have had the opportunity to visit Stanford several times (for camps and sports stuff). It is a BEAUTIFUL campus. I absolutely adore it and the area over all is just amazing. It still is opinion based, but if one of your major factors is the feel and look of the campus, then Stanford is a good choice.

[Libby K]

Originally Posted by jmcrawford45

Applied and Accepted:
MIT
Princeton
Stanford
Vanderbilt
University of Alabama

Has anyone visited any of the first three listed? I'm making visits to those schools this month, and I would love to hear any of your opinions on them.

I grew up in the Princeton area. Great town, wonderful school! 1923 has a mentor who worked with us when he was a Princeton student. I'll see if he'd be able to get in touch with you re: any questions you may have.

[DEacho]

Proud to be going to Duke University's Pratt School of Engineering!

[Kevin Leonard]

I applied to 7 schools, got into 6 (pfff Cornell whatever).
I'm likely going to either RPI, WPI, or RIT.
Anyone else going there? I'm pretty torn between the three right now. One is currently ten grand per year less than the other two so I'll likely end up there if more money doesn't come through.

[S.P.A.M.er]

Originally Posted by S.P.A.M.er

I applied to University of South Florida, University of Florida, Georgia Military College and Florida Gulf Coast University. (in order of preference)

Accepted at USF and GMC.

Acceptance Update:
CORNELL! With possible softball spot (My other half applied for me without telling me)
USF Honors and Civil Engineering
GMC
FGCU Honors

Rejected at U of Florida

Still attending USF

[pmangels17]

Proud to say that I will be attending the University of Notre Dame for Mechanical Engineering in the fall! I can't wait. It's great to see how many FIRST-ers are getting into really fantastic schools, I am honored to be among your company.

[Monochron]

Originally Posted by DEacho

Proud to be going to Duke University's Pratt School of Engineering!

You should come mentor with team 4561 then We are just a couple miles south of Duke.

[evanatch]

Looks like I'll probably be headed to Harvey Mudd next year! Other options right now are CU-Boulder and URochester, but I think I like Harvey Mudd the best right now (the fact that it's the cheapest helps too). Pretty happy about it.

[Skyehawk]

Only needed to apply to one college

Major:
Mechanical engineering

Applied:
University of North Dakota (accepted)