FIRST Scholarships

[naskie18]

Originally Posted by AJ Quick

Does anyone else find the FIRST scholarships pointless?

Definately not. Being one of the recipients of the Kettering University's FIRST scholarship in 2001 is a huge part of how I've been able to afford to attend Kettering, without it I don't know if I'd be able to pay the tuition.

Yes, many of the scholarships are very specific to engineering, but that's most of what FIRST was founded for was to get people intersted in engineering and using the sciences and math in their carreers and everyday life. Trying to get students to see the importance and the fun of engineering.

I, for one, would love to see more schools offer scholarships for those people who particicpate in FIRST, regardless of whether they restrict the scholarships to those who are going into engineering.

Originally Posted by AJ Quick

My point was, how many of you out there are planning on applying to the schools that give scholarships?

Kettering was one of two schools I was looking at, the other being the University of Michigan.