QotW 08-31-03: Making the cut.

[Jeff Waegelin]

We used an application, but it was mainly just a broad screening to see if people were really interested. We had a few short-answer questions, and required a teacher recommendation. Basically, with that, we could find out if the applicant was a serious student and good worker (from the recommendation) and also see why they were interested. It culled the people who were really not interested, and just in it for college apps, and screened out a few people who should have been spending more time on school than robotics. All in all, I think we only ever rejected 3 people or so through apps.