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FTC is in no way an activity for "inferior" students. There are some FTC robots that I would consider to be of higher quality than the majority of FRC robots. Does FRC have bigger and more expensive robots and competitions? Yes. Does FRC do a better job of inspiring kids to do STEM? Yes. Unfortunately, not everybody can afford to participate in FRC. FTC's finals aren't anything like Einstein, but the program itself is much larger. There's two programs because FIRST was not willing to compromise on the "varsity" aspect of FRC, but still wanted to get lots of kids involved in FIRST.