[EricH]

Originally Posted by Nimmy

so let me get this straight...when you do FIRST, it's not part of your classes? I mean, you diploma\GPA whatever has nothing to do with FIRST? (except for it affecting it in a bad manner due to lack of sleep of course )?

For us, it's what's known as an Extracurricular Acitvity. Maybe an elective, if you're lucky. As such, it has little to no effect on the grade. Some schools have it as a class, so those students get credit for doing robotics, but that's not common.