[EricH]

Originally Posted by legogeek24

I seem to remember a rule that each student can only participate in FRC for a maximum of 4 years. Though I don't remember where I read that, so don't quote me on it.

Nope, no such rule. If so, I'm in violation--I competed for 5 (8th-12th grade). Might be a team rule.

@293Spike: Nope again. There's an entire team of middle schoolers in Texas. The age ranges that you might see from FIRST are unofficial and typically used in marketing/targeting purposes.

The unofficial/marketing age ranges for the FIRST competitions:
JFLL, 6-10 years.
FLL, 10-14 years.
FTC, high school (I think--that's what I remember offhand)
FRC, high school

Note that these are target ages, except for JFLL and FLL. There is nothing preventing a JFLL-aged student from competing in FRC--though teams are allowed to set their own age limits.