<p>Those First Robotics Scholarships are hard to get at most schools. S1 was a NMF, 35 ACT, Val of his engineering hs, had great recs. from his First coach and teachers, but did not get the $10,000 scholarship at the school he applied to which offered it. There was only one scholarship at that school and many applicants. Now if his team came in one of the top places in nationals (maybe even regionals) and the school didn’t have many applicants, there might be a chance. (One of the kids in the year before my son was in First was noticed by an engineering professor at the competition which did lead to a scholarship.) I would definitely encourage your son to apply but my advice is not to count on it too much.</p>