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Re: Grades and Student Travel, Etc
Our school itself, if I remember correctly, has a minimum grade to be in ANY extracurricular activity- 1676 doesn't have one. However, before any long trips (Ohio, Atlanta, etc...- we live in NJ), we have to get a HW form signed by all our teachers with the HW we're required to/should do, and then we have team study sessions on the bus or in a room at the hotel- something like that.
As much as being in FIRST is great for the hands-on experience, I feel it's still important to maintain at least a B/B+ GPA, because of a chain of events sequence. Even with FIRST, with a bad GPA, you won't necessarily get into a good college/university, and if you don't get into the school you want, you won't necessarily get the job you want, so it still is important.
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