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From my experience as a student to mentor right after highschool, I would recommend that students interested in doing this either take a year off or if you are so dedicated to robotics that you can't take a year off you don't go to champs or any events that would interfere with school. I went to champs this year and coming back to school was a struggle and I ended up dropping one of my classes but was able to rebound on my other classes.