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I couldnt tell you how many hours me or my teammates put into the robots, however I think our team has a wonderful system of dealing with grades, which I think the hour limit may have been put for fear of Homework neglect

Grades: You MUST have a C+ [about 79%] or better to participate, and either a high B- or better [84+%] to go on trips depending on how far and how long we are leaving for. If you drop below the participation grade you must go to study hall and get your grade up to come back, or we assume you think Robotics is not worth the efforts to be in. [If you dont come to study hall when your grade drops and/or dont get your grades up in a time period to be decided by the coach you get kicked]

It works really well... After starting this, our avg team GPA came up almost .5! Its a huge difference than before when during build season when all our grades got ignored and dropped far below what collages would look for.

Yes, robotics is a good thing, a good way to learn, and a good thing on applacations for Collage and work, but grades are far more important than saying "I was in robotics and neglected my grades..." on collage Apps.