2015/16 College Help Thread

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Originally Posted by jajabinx124

Anybody have any info for Purdue, U of Wisconsin- Madison, U of IL- Urbana/Champaign, Iowa State, or Rose Hulman?

I graduated in 2013 with a B.S in Computer Science from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Ended up doing tons of FIRST stuff in College, and now live in Chicago. I'm pretty sure the CS program has changed slightly (as far as requirements/courses) but feel free to ask and I'll do my best answering or at least directing you to good sources.

There's a robotics centered RSO that competed in CARD (FIRST College demo), and competes in Battlebots, VEX, JSDC, and others. It's called iRobotics they also volunteer in FIRST things....

For FIRST-y things, there's a FRC team that loves college mentors Ctrl-Z, FLL Qualifier, and FLL State Champ. Plus numerous FLL teams (including a class at UIUC you can take to mentor teams), and a rookie 2015 FTC team.

Ask questions if you've got any specifics.


Also for Purdue FIRST-y things (since I was there this weekend), they have one of the most well-established FIRST college orgs I've ever seen that we tried hard to emulate called Purdue FIRST