Newsgroups: comp.robotics
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From: fculpepp@norfolk.vak12ed.edu (Fred W. Culpepper)
Subject: Re: College...
Message-ID: <1992Oct23.191213.11058@norfolk.vak12ed.edu>
Organization: Virginia's Public Education Network (Norfolk)
References: <92296.211247MDSQC@CUNYVM.BITNET>
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 92 19:12:13 GMT
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<MDSQC@CUNYVM.BITNET> writes:
> Hi there. I've been reading this group for a while, and made a few
> posts a while back. It's been an incredibly informative group, just
> reading things. But I was wondering.
> 
> This year, i'm a senior in high school and I will soon be applying to
> that upper echelon of education, college. In any case, I'm interested
> in getting into robitics (and/or AI) as a career and college major. I have
> read many catalogs, etc, and have found few courses. The basic theme of
> my questions are:
> 
> What course of undergraduate study should I follow?
> Where should I get this type of education?
> What colleges will allow me to work in the robotics lab as an undergraduate?
> Where is the best research that I (hopefully as a freshman or sophomore)
>     could get in on?
> Can any of you get me into college? :-) Just kidding.
> 
> Don't worry about academic qualifications, I think (I hope) I can swing
> those. I just need a feel for things. I realize that people may be biased,
> but that's the fun of the whole thing. And I'm stuck in the NE U.S.
> 
> Thanks very much. Btw if this is a no-no for the group, kindly ignore this
> message. I don't mean to offend, but it seemed like a good place for info.
> Again, if this is against norms, I humbly apologize for wasting both band
> width, and your time.
> 
> -- Sal Desiano

Sal,

	Your post is certainly in the proper place.  Where else
are you going to get many opinions on what to take and which
college to attend.  You will also get many views as different
persons will think that their background is the best - or the
pits as far as formal education is concerned.

	AI, Robotics are rather new topics as far as the "halls
of ivy" are concerned and you may have to look long and far for
a school that offers what you want as a degree program.  They
are out there, and I would suggest that you ask you high school
counselor to let you see the material available on what schools
are offering what.

	Lacking a proper concentration which would lead to a
degree program, I would suggest that you look for a school
which can offer strong programs in both Computer Science and
Computer Engineering.

Fred W. Culpepper
OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY (Retired)
fculpepp@norfolk.vak12ed.edu
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