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However, remember that only high school students can drive the robot.
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Not true. Our drivers and HPs are in 7th and 8th grade. Pre-college - yes. But the two oldest kids on our team are only in 9th grade.
I think if you don't have a major corporate sponsor you'll need serious parental/school support. Also, nearly all the companies we talked to wanted to know a) What's in it for them? and b) What's our track record in this sort of competition? A bit frustrating since it was our first year and we didn't have a track record. Mathcounts, Biology Olympiad, and Science Fairs didn't impress them.