Texas A&M University College Station, Texas

FIRST Scholarship
Scholarship Description
In support of the FIRST mission, the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas is offering one (1) merit-based scholarship, for $1,500, to high school seniors who have participated on a FIRST team during their school career. This scholarship must be utilized for an undergraduate course of study in either Computer Science or Computer Engineering in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas. Each recipient must meet the regular academic requirements for admission to Texas A&M University and the College of Engineering.

Eligibility
To be eligible for this scholarship, you must: Be a senior in high school Have participated on a FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) team or a FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) team. Apply and be admitted to Texas A&M University at College Station, Texas as a full time student. (However, you do not need to have already been admitted at the time you apply for this scholarship. Please note that the College of Engineering has a cap so students need to apply as early as possible.) This scholarship must be utilized for an undergraduate course of study in either Computer Science or Computer Engineering in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas. Have a combined SAT score of at least 1000 and a GPA of at least 3.0 (on a scale of 4.0).

Scholarship Application Package Contents

To apply for the Texas A&M University at College Station, Texas FIRST Scholarship, complete the application package, including: A completed Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas FIRST Scholarship Application A 500 word essay regarding how your FIRST experience has affected your career goals A letter of recommendation from an adult mentor/coach on your FIRST team

Submission of Scholarship Application

The completed FIRST Scholarship application package must be submitted, no later than January 15, to:
Ms. Theresa E. Roberts Program Coordinator for Recruiting and Outreach Department of Computer Science and Engineering Texas A&M University 3112 TAMU College Station, TX 77843-3112 The completed FIRST scholarship application can also be submitted by email to Theresa E. Roberts at theresa@cse.tamu.edu.

About Texas A&M University at College Station, Texas

From humble beginnings in 1876 as Texas' first public institution of higher learning, to a bustling 5,000-acre campus with a nationally recognized faculty, Texas A&M University is one of a select few universities with land-grant, sea-grant and space-grant designations. With an enrollment of about half men and half women, 25 percent of the freshman class are the first in their family to attend college. Here, 38,000-plus undergraduates and more than 9,000 graduate students have access to world-class research programs and award-winning faculty. Texas A&M has two branch campuses, one in Galveston, Texas, and one in the Middle Eastern country of Qatar. This research-intensive flagship university with 10 colleges was recently ranked first in the nation by The Washington Monthly for "tangible contributions to the public interest." U.S. News and World Report ranked Texas A&M third nationally as a "best value" among public universities. Many degree programs are ranked among the top 10 in the country. The Department of Computer Science and Engineerings mission is to develop the human and intellectual resources needed to meet the future technological challenges in the field of computing. This includes developing computer scientists and computer engineers for positions of leadership in industry, government, and academia. We take pride in being a home for high quality education and research and, as always, a home for our computer science and computer engineering students. Being part of the Texas A&M family is more than life in a classroom. Computer Science and Computer Engineering undergraduates follow an exciting curriculum designed to give students a solid foundation of fundamental concepts and more flexibility in upper level courses. The CS curriculum underwent a significant redesign in 2005-2006, and a pilot group of undergraduates began the new curriculum in Fall of 2006. As of Fall 2007, all incoming Computer Science and Computer Engineering undergraduates follow the redesign.

If you want to go somewhere, consider coming to the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University!