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Re: Doing FIRST in College

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One counter point may be that starting some of these teams can prove to be rather difficult if they are not in place already. Gaining funding is always tough as we know from FIRST, and many of these organizations do not have the undying need to expand like FIRST does. As such, the infrastructure to support new teams, while certainly existent, is not as in depth as FIRSTs.

That being said, starting a new competition team seems like a challenge any active FIRST student could handle when getting to college.
Your point is valid, and my feeling is that "if i can do it, so can you"

I was a founding member of Cooper's FSAE team my freshman year, and a founding member of the AIChE Chem-E car team my Sophmore year. Both teams were fairly low-budget for their respective competitions, yet very successful. I've found that fundraising for a college organization is much easier than fundraising for FIRST because of the alumni network, and most sponsors recognize colleges more so that high schools. Schools will also supply a good bit of money to professional organizations, like FSAE, by directly funding them or through purchasing equipment, paying for travel, etc.
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