National Ready Regional

The National Ready Regional or National Ready Tournament (NRT/NRD) is a special tournament for North Carolina teams that placed among the top teams at the previous year's state tournament. Teams that choose to compete in National Ready forego their local tournament and automatically receive a bid to that year's state tournament. A team that attends National Ready in a given season must place in the top percentile again at the state tournament in order to receive another invitation the following season.

History
North Carolina Science Olympiad introduced the National Ready Tournament in the 2014 season to "better prepare [their] students to compete at the highest level". Some teams, like the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, had received byes to the state tournament in the past, but the implementation of the National Ready policy allowed more teams to gain a competitive edge in the state. In 2014, the top 5 percent of teams (teams that placed in the top 7) at the 2013 state tournament were invited to National Ready. As of 2018, the top 10 teams in each division are invited to compete in National Ready.

Division B
The last time the National Ready Tournament was hosted for Division B was during the 2016 season. Since most of the participants were from the Charlotte area, the tournament was hosted concurrently with the Charlotte Regional on March 12th, 2016.

Eligible teams for 2016 tournament in order of placement at 2015 state tournament:
 * 1) Piedmont IB Middle School
 * 2) J.M. Alexander Middle School
 * 3) Fred J. Carnage Middle School
 * 4) Jay M. Robinson Middle School
 * 5) Wilmington Academy of Arts & Sciences
 * 6) South Charlotte Middle School
 * 7) Arendell Parrott Academy
 * 8) Smith Middle School
 * 9) 71st Classical Middle School
 * 10) Mills Park Middle School


 * % indicates the team advanced to nationals

[[Media:2016CharlotteDivBScoresAllTeams.pdf|Charlotte Regional and National Ready results combined]]

2016
Eligible teams for 2016 tournament in order of placement at 2015 state tournament:
 * 1) William G. Enloe High School
 * 2) North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics
 * 3) Raleigh Charter High School
 * 4) Durham Academy
 * 5) Cardinal Gibbons High School
 * 6) Ardrey Kell High School
 * 7) Northern Guilford High School
 * 8) East Chapel Hill High School
 * 9) North Mecklenburg High School
 * 10) John T. Hoggard High School


 * % indicates the team advanced to nationals

[[Media:2016RaleighNationalReadySplit.pdf|2016 National Ready Results]]

2017
Eligible teams for 2017 tournament in order of placement at 2016 state tournament:
 * 1) William G. Enloe High School
 * 2) Raleigh Charter High School
 * 3) East Chapel Hill High School
 * 4) North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics
 * 5) Ardrey Kell High School
 * 6) North Mecklenburg High School
 * 7) Apex High School
 * 8) Mallard Creek High School
 * 9) Smoky Mountain High School
 * 10) John T. Hoggard High School


 * % indicates the team advanced to nationals

2018
Eligible teams for 2018 tournament in order of placement at 2017 state tournament:
 * 1) North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics
 * 2) William G. Enloe High School
 * 3) North Mecklenburg High School
 * 4) Ardrey Kell High School
 * 5) Raleigh Charter High School
 * 6) Cardinal Gibbons High School
 * 7) John T. Hoggard High School
 * 8) Northern Guilford High School
 * 9) East Chapel Hill High School
 * 10) Smoky Mountain High School


 * % indicates the team advanced to nationals

2019
Eligible teams for 2019 tournament in order of placement at 2018 state tournament:
 * 1) William G. Enloe High School
 * 2) Raleigh Charter High School
 * 3) North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics
 * 4) North Mecklenburg High School
 * 5) Ardrey Kell High School
 * 6) John T. Hoggard High School
 * 7) Cardinal Gibbons High School
 * 8) Green Hope High School
 * 9) East Chapel Hill High School
 * 10) Atkins Academic and Technology High School