FIRST Scholarships

[Kiwi_queen]

I don't think the scholarships are pointless - they *do* help out a lot of FIRSTers, but I also wish that there would be more open scholarships and more scholarships for FIRST alumni already out of high school when needing to apply.

When I graduated in '03, I was heading to a university that did not (and still does not) offer scholarships to FIRST students (I went there 'cuz I couldn't afford any of the other colleges I got accepted to..*hint: that means scholarships from FIRST would have reeeaaaly helped*), and since I wasn't going into a technological field, I didn't qualify for any of the corporate scholarships offered through FIRST. As luck would have it, I later on realized that I would really like to work in a technologocial field and switched to a technological school the next year. But alas, this university only offers a scholarship to FIRST highschoolers, and I only found one corporate sponsor offering a scholarship to FIRSTers already in college.

So while I do think it is marvelous that there are scholarships offered to students in FIRST, I wouldn't mind seeing sponsors/colleges opening their arms a little further to embrace FIRSTers besides juniors/seniors in HS.