Club vs Team Approach

[WynS]

Our team is a bit of both. It is technically a school club but we are more and more often telling students that we are really like a team. On a sports team, you wouldn't expect to perform well if you didn't show up to practices. The same goes with a robotics team. With that said, we like to keep the bar for entry fairly low because some of our best students probably would not have gotten in if we were too rigorous in our selection process - some of them kicked into gear during or after their first year.

The team aspect comes into play because realistically, the students don't get as much out of the program if they don't show up regularly and often drop out anyway. With that said, we don't restrict those who just come a little. We just try and set realistic expectations.