|
|
|
 For me Gracious Professionalism is about helping other teams make their ideas work. We do everything we can to help other teams program, or lend them parts from our pit. On the field we play to win. - Alpha Beta [more] |
 |
|
|||||||
|
||||||||
|
|
Thread Tools | Rate Thread | Display Modes |
|
#22
05-02-2010, 08:51
|
||||
|
||||
|
Re: FIRST for Non-Engineering Students
We try and track our students, and over the past 10 years about 85% of our students go to college with plans to major in a STEM area - mainly engineering, but not all by far. In reality, a lot of these change their majors after a year or two for various reasons. In my experience almost half of all college students end up graduating in a field other than what they had planned with they started. (Okay, my experience in college was a long, long time ago)
One story from our team. We had a student on the team several years ago who had always wanted to study meteorology. He applied early decision to the meteorology department at Penn State and was accepted. In his first conference with his adviser, he was told the main reason he was accepted early was because of his FIRST experience. Colleges want you even for non-engineering majors. Go for what you enjoy. 
|
| Thread Tools | |
| Display Modes | Rate This Thread |
|
|
Similar Threads
|
||||
| Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
| Maryland students: Free Engineering seminars in fall | RoboMom | Math and Science | 0 | 10-09-2009 12:13 |
| EasyC 2.0 Upgrade for NON-FIRST Teams? | Chris_Elston | Programming | 5 | 24-05-2006 05:40 |
| Looking for FIRST and/or vex leagues for college students in chicago | Jkanter | General Forum | 3 | 19-08-2005 02:00 |
| Non-Engineering Majors Who Loved FIRST | tenfour | General Forum | 24 | 14-01-2004 19:17 |
| Students or engineering desingn robot | rcubes85 | Rules/Strategy | 2 | 06-02-2003 01:10 |
Threaded Mode