FIRST Class of 2015: Where are we going?

[starbound1332]

Applied:
Stony Brook
Farmingdale State

Stony Brook seems to be the better option

[~Cory~]

Im currently a sophomore studying ECE at WPI and love it. I would be happy to answer questions via PM!

[SeanKwobot141]

Originally Posted by ~Cory~

Im currently a sophomore studying ECE at WPI and love it. I would be happy to answer questions via PM!

Hi Cory! Im a 2014 Deans List finalist from Holland Michigan team 141, and I recently was accepted by WPI , I've never been to WPI ,but at Worlds this last year, I met with a rep and I really appreciated what WPI had to offer. I wondered if you could please give me me a perspective on what the robotics labs are like and how easy it is to find co-op opportunities through WPI. I'm interested in majoring in bio-medical engineering. Thank You!

[tStano]

Waiting to hear from:
Cal-poly SLO
RIT
Case-Western Reserve

Accepted to
UW-Madison
Purdue
Iowa State

Still planning to apply to
MIT
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

I don't have a top choice, we'll see where the money ends up and stuff.

[chmorroni]

Accepted:
Colorado School of Mines
Washington State University

Yet to apply:
MIT
Santa Clara
Gonzaga
University of Colorado Boulder
Colorado State University

I'd love, obviously, to go to MIT, but money is a big issue. I'll probably end up at one of the 2 Jesuit schools or CU.

[zsm150]

Accepted
Purdue

Differed
University of Michigan

Waiting
Kettering
Western Michigan
University of Illinois Chicago

[JorgeReyes]

MIT(deferred)

Applied:
Stanford
Berkeley
UCLA
UCI
UCSD
UCSB
USC
Cal Poly SLO

Applying
Caltech
Maybe Columbia and Cornell

[Andrew Schreiber]

Originally Posted by Mr. Lim

Yes.

In order:
-Scholarships/Grants
-Co-Op earnings
-Loans

Here is a post that details my experience at Kettering many years ago:
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...&postcount=116

Some things may have changed since then, but I am sure a lot is still very much the same.

Cheers!

Hmm, didn't know you were a Kettering Alum... learn something new.

Another anecdotal story about affording Kettering:

Scholarships are wonderful, between them and a chunk of my coop earnings I paid for Kettering with 0 student loans. There's also less fear of student loans having a fairly good chance of graduating with employment. I walked at Kettering with an employment offer already accepted. They paid to move me across the country 3 days later.

This was SLIGHTLY more recent than Mr Lim. My brother graduated in 2013 and has a similar story. So, basically, I'd say it's possible to make it affordable.

[Keegbot]

Accepted:
Loyola Marymount University
University of Portland
Univeristy of Hawaii Manoa

Waiting:
USC
University of San Diego

Yet to apply:
Santa Clara University

Doesn't look like many people are applying to these schools (except Santa Clara)

[tcallan]

Applied to:
Georgia Tech
Virginia Tech
Stanford
Harvard
Yale
Princeton
Dartmouth
Cornell
Brown
U Penn
Columbia
Penn State
and Auburn
I just realized how many schools that was

[Whippet]

For those of you at WPI, what is the financial aid like over there? Does the accelerated BS/MS in Robotics Engineering qualify you for grad school fellowships in addition to undergrad scholarships? I've been looking at the program since last year as a sophomore, but I'm not sure I can afford 4 years, let alone 5, at a university where tuition is over 2/3 of my family's annual income.

[jruppel]

Accepted:
Louisiana Tech University
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Ole Miss
Mississippi State

Applying:
Texas Tech University

[Courtneyc303]

Applied and accepted to the University of Arkansas. Woo Pig Sooie!

[wasayanwer97]

Applied:
UC Berkeley
UC Davis
UC Irvine
UCLA
UCSD
UCSB
San Jose State
Cal Poly SLO
Santa Clara University
Cornell
Columbia
Caltech
Carnegie Mellon
Harvard
Stanford
Rice
Vanderbilt

Deferred:
MIT

I guess I'll just update as I hear back.

[JustbeingJFK]

Originally Posted by JustbeingJFK

Applied:
WPI
RIT
Florida Tech
Philadelphia Tech
Wentworth
Syracuse
RPI
Lawrence Tech
University of Hartford

Accepted
Lawrence Tech
University of Hartford