Most colleges have shops and facilities for students to make their own projects. All it takes is interest and get-up-and-go from the students. BTW, Caltech pla

Most colleges have shops and facilities for students to make their own projects. All it takes is interest and get-up-and-go from the students. BTW, Caltech places emphasis on get-up-and-go in their student selections. I was a marginal candidate, and I found out years later that my projects I worked on in my spare time made the difference. I was always building things in the garage and in the high school shop. (But I didn't tell them about the flame thrower I made from a lawnmower.)