QotW 08-31-03: Making the cut.

[Matt_Kaplan1902]

I'm not sure what Dillard does but at our school we accept anyone that wants to join. For the past two years we have had everyone in a robotics class then only take a certain number to attend motorola during the six weeks. The rest are there to work on fundraising and learning about various items. We just use the standard 2.0 GPA that is for anything extra at our school. I'm not to sure what we will be doing now because interest has dimminshed so much they have done away with the class.

FIRST is about inspiring those who never even thought about a career in science and tech. I didnt even plan on going to college until I got involved and now I'm motivated not only to go to college but to become an engineer. If there were grade requirments I wouldnt have been involved and my grades would be nowhere where they are today.