College Admissions - Please Read

[Greg Marra]

That was posted by Ben Jones, right?

I read Ben's article, and it is extremely wise and insightful. (Ben Jones is a really cool guy, if you ever go to any of the MIT roaming presentations and get a chance to talk to him, do so). There are plenty of opportunities in life, and if one doesn't work out for you, you just have to look around and find something else.

FIRST has really shown me this. When I joined my school's team last year, it was because I heard they needed a new programmer. What I found was so much more than that. I became interested in lots of different aspects of the team, and I learned a lot about how science and technology are used in the "real world" that I never would have gotten out of my high school education otherwise.

Because of FIRST, I applied to a number of engineering schools (and it certainly didn't hurt my odds of getting in). Who knows where each of us would be if we hadn't been affected by this program?

Life isn't a set track: you have to go out and make your own path.