Hi!
Almost all Icahn Scholars are on a full ride. One of my friends pays a couple thousand, but I’d say the vast majority of us pay nothing.
I did indeed choose ARC! It has been a wonderful experience so far. We are beginning our build season right now. The coaches are very kind and fun to work with; they make ARC a great team to be on. The ARC classes are supremely interesting: Robotics Fabrication and Design is the fall term course, and it teaches you basically everything you need to know about entering FIRST. Competition Robotics is also great; we’ve just been working through all of the FIRST challenges as a team. I haven’t taken Autonomous Robotics yet (next term), but I’m very excited for it. If you have more questions, feel free to PM me!