QotW [4-27-03]: Colleges and FIRST Teams

[Kristina]

As great as an impact FIRST had on me, I picked college on other factors. Of course I came to UCLA very idealistic of starting a team but I tried working with engineering clubs and I learned that they are very flaky and I was invovled with many other things (and now amassing a huge pile of schoolwork) so forming a team alone was unrealistic. I kind of gave up hope and just helped out where I could with my old team 691 (1/2 hour away) and found other ways to get involved like ref'ing at SCRFF. At LA I found a old team that has told me that they are falling apart, near LA, and would love help. We'll see I can put something together, I would love to mentor a team in need next year. So that's where I am now.

Moral of the story: Even if forming a team because your college doesn't have one is a lot harder than it appeared to be, you can still find other ways to help out and things usually fall into place in the long run so don't lose hope!