[JayLopez191]

Our team is comprised of more than 50% IB students. CAS hours are not one of the main selling points because we recruit 9th and 10th graders in large auditorium demonstrations (IB starts officially in 11th) and IB only makes up about 15% of the student body. We do not recruit more IB students but through word of mouth in the IB program many more IB students seem to join.

Many IB students on our team use FIRST for Creativity or Action(It was my creativity.) I don't know if anyone has used it for both. We have team service requirements and a no "double dipping" policy so it is harder to use team service events for service hours. However, if someone goes beyond their team service requirements they can use the rest for hours.

For the at least the last 5 or 6 years, the drives team and many of the most committed students have been IB students. However, we have had a number of very committed Non-IB students as well.

As for IB and FIRST together, engineers are just about the best people you can get to help with IB Physics or Calculus, and the students around you in a similar situation help with the sometimes rigorous workload. Also, tell them about $9 million in scholarships!