Limits on Team Hours

[Andrew Schreiber]

Originally Posted by Chris27

Grades do matter but they are definitely not the most important thing. Frankly a ton of kids leave high school with a 4.0 GPA. Having high grades doesn't make a person special, however, the leadership skills and the experiences that can be gained through the FIRST program definitely can. While job hunting having FIRST on my resume gathered much more attention than my GPA. I found that a lot of the younger recruiters were FIRSTers themselves.

No, not the most important thing they are not something that can be ignored. For me it made the difference between not paying anything for college and 8-10 grand a year. Because I slacked off and thought grades weren't important. Yes extracurriculars are important but having a ton of them and poor grades just shows an utter lack of time management skills. Realize though, we are talking about two different things now. College scholarships and job applications are drastically different things.