<p>Freshman year I was on the Robotics team full time, and sophomore year part time. However it is very time consuming and I have other interests. I want to drop out junior year but it might look bad for colleges if I don't do it all four years. It can be boring and it feels like a waste of time for me because I have other interests in art and I need more time to do my schoolwork rather than go to robotics all the time. I'm thinking of volunteering as an EMT junior year and having a job working somewhere.
One of the reasons for this with Robotics is that I was in charge of the scrapbook committee sophomore year. It was so good that it made the team win chairman's award to go to the world finals. However I couldn't go because I was only part time, despite all the work and effort I put into it to help the team. There is also a lot of drama on the team and it isn't as motivating as it used to be.
However the organization also provides some scholarships for full time seniors with four years and it looks excellent for colleges especially in science and engineering. I'm interested in science like med but not engineering. If you were in this situation what would you do?</p>
<p>If you honestly feel like you cannot contribute to the team and aren’t getting anything out of …definitely don’t stay if college is the only thing keeping you there, as that will not be productive and may hurt the team as well. Maybe you can talk to your team mentor about it.</p>
<p>If you don’t want to continue in FRC/FTC (your post wasn’t clear about which you are involved in), you can always go to FLL or Jr FLL and mentor or coach a team yourself. FRC is a massive time commitment and even though the FLL season is longer, it’s less stressful and equally fulfilling. I was in the same boat as you two years ago and I chose to remain as a coach in FLL. I have not regretted my decision.</p>
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What they see is what you tell them.</p>
<p>Come time to write your apps… did you quit because you were lazy and no longer wanted to put much effort into something, or did you quit to volunteer in emergency medicine because you learned that helping people stay alive and well is more satisfying than mechanical novelty?</p>
<p>Just lower the amount of time you are there. I hated FRC after a year [My leaders literally had a beat stick]. Now, I just go to less meetings and such. It works out well, and I am still getting credit for being on the team.</p>