Unrelated?

[Beth Sweet]

As others have said, it's hard to find a career where FIRST does not contribute.

My original major in college was Broadcast Journalism with a minor in Spanish. The journalism came from my extensive press release/article writing that I did from robotics, and found myself enjoying that.

After I realized that I wasn't finding as much fulfillment as I wanted from journalism, I switched my major to accounting, a major which, at my school, actually has a higher GPA requirement than any form of engineering. When I started working with 1504, I found myself more in the business dealings of the team, and that I enjoyed that.

Find something you enjoy doing and try that out. Honestly, a FIRST Robotics team is essentially its own business. It runs on a budget, a production schedule, you must promote to be successful, you're trying to expand constantly, you're trying to do the most using the least possible... it's a business.

[jacob07]

I was going for Electrical Engineer, but i changed to Early Childhood Education with a minor in Social Studies last term

[ComradeNikolai]

I still have about a year left to decide, but the major which I will most likely have (something would have to go terribly wrong to change it) is computer science. However, my planned minor(s) is either German or Philosophy, and both are pretty unrelated to robotics. However, FIRST has influenced my work ethic (and my number of friends: x > 0), which will help with any major / minor.

[IdyllsOfLife]

I'll probably minor in East Asian Languages...

[David Noll]

Diplomacy and possibly Global entrepreneurism. Definitely minors in languages, arabic and mandarin most likely...

[Karin1649]

I'm planning on majoring in Primary Education..but I'm only a Junior so it may change within the next year.

[Dancin103]

I'm going to Saint Joe's University in Philly for Accounting. And then I plan on going to law school for Business Law. On our team I worked in the PR/Marketing area and was the president this year. So, being apart of FIRST has helped me decide what I want to do.

Hey is anyone else going to Saint Joe's? Let me know if you are!

[jayjaywalker3]

I plan on dual majoring in Biochem/Biophysics and Chemistry. Both are similar to your (Original poster) major but very unrelated to Robotics. It is related to FIRST though being part of the S in the acronym.

[moojoe]

Originally Posted by Dancin103

I'm going to Saint Joe's University in Philly for Accounting. And then I plan on going to law school for Business Law. On our team I worked in the PR/Marketing area and was the president this year. So, being apart of FIRST has helped me decide what I want to do.

Hey is anyone else going to Saint Joe's? Let me know if you are!

Not going to SJ, but live almost on the campus, like im only a few hundred feet from some of the dorms.

[Dancin103]

Originally Posted by moojoe

Not going to SJ, but live almost on the campus, like im only a few hundred feet from some of the dorms.

Oh thats fun! I have to find some people that are going to SJU that were/are in robotics! lol