User:Willpan99

Willpan99 is a Science Olympiad competitor attending Ladue High School, Missouri. He is a rising sophomore and competed for Ladue Middle School in Division B in the 2015-2016, 2016-2017, and 2017-2018 seasons. He plans to compete in Science Olympiad for Ladue High School until his graduation in 2021.

Competition History
Willpan99 has participated in numerous competitions since 3rd grade, when he started competing in the state math competition program and in his chess school's tournaments. Taking 7th place overall in the state math competition in 4th grade motivated him to continue to find new subjects to compete in and to improve himself to become a much better competitor.

Luckily, entering middle school opened up many more opportunities for his competition career. He, along with some other friends, represented Crestview Middle School (a historically prominent Science Olympiad competitor, which now does not have a program for it; however, it feeds into Marquette High School) in numerous math competitions such as continuing the state math competition program, MATHCOUNTS, and even the AMCs. However, there was always the one school that kept beating them at, well, pretty much everything: Ladue. No matter how hard they tried, they just could not beat those four people who stole the top spots at what seemed like every math competition in Missouri.

Alas, one day, Willpan99 felt like he needed a new group of friends; to him, he just didn't get enough attention from his current group. His parents had him apply to a couple of private schools: the prestigious John Burroughs and MICDS. Both of them rejected him, and where did he have to go now? He was now in the boundaries of Ladue Middle School, and on the first day at his new school, aspired to meet the people who always beat him. He met lots of other people there who also had prodigious talents, and it seemed like everyone was smarter than him. What did he do? He took all the numerous new opportunities that this school had to offer, and eventually rose up to the level of the competitors that he had wondered over in the past.

That's the story of how Willpan99 ended up in Science Olympiad. He now competes in most of the educational competitions offered that include but are not limited to: Science Olympiad, Science Bowl, math competitions, and swimming. In the future, Willpan99 also plans to become a competitor in some of the International Science Olympiads, piano, Quiz Bowl, and maybe even Speech and Debate.

My Practice Tests
Road Scholar:
 * [[Media:TheLouisAndBarkExpeditionRoadScholarSampleTest.pdf|"The Louis and Bark Expedition" Test]] (medium)
 * "The Louis and Bark Expedition" Topographic and Highway Maps (PDF in .ZIP Archive via Google Drive)
 * [[Media:BetweenTwoSeasonsRoadScholarSampleTest.pdf|"Between Two Seasons" Test and Key]] (hard)
 * "Between Two Seasons" Topographic Maps (PDF in .ZIP Archive via Google Drive) (NOTE: Highway map not included)
 * [[Media:TheLastSeasonRoadScholarSampleTest.pdf|"The Last Season" Sequel Test and Key]] (very hard) (NOTE: Test has not been revised, key is incomplete, and some questions are unanswerable without the full Bryce Canyon NPS Map.)
 * "The Last Season" Topographic and NPS Maps (PDF in .ZIP Archive via Google Drive) (NOTE: Highway map not included)

Event Placings
All regional competitions took place in the St. Louis Region 6 Tournament at Lindenwood University (Main Campus), St. Charles. All state competitions took place in the Missouri State Tournament at Westminster College, Fulton.

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 * Air Trajectory
 * bgcolor="lightgreen"| 5th
 * bgcolor="lightgreen"| 5th
 * bgcolor="lightblue"| 8th
 * Road Scholar
 * bgcolor="yellow"| 1st
 * bgcolor="yellow"| 1st
 * 13th
 * The Team
 * bgcolor="yellow"| 1st
 * bgcolor="yellow"| 1st (72)
 * 14th (431)
 * bgcolor="yellow"| 1st
 * bgcolor="yellow"| 1st (72)
 * 14th (431)

2016 - 7th grade, Division B
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 * Road Scholar
 * bgcolor="yellow"| 1st
 * bgcolor="yellow"| 1st
 * bgcolor="yellow"| 1st
 * Write It Do It
 * bgcolor="yellow"| 1st
 * 9th
 * 36th
 * Anatomy and Physiology
 * bgcolor="yellow"| 1st
 * Wright Stuff
 * bgcolor="brown"| 3rd
 * The Team
 * bgcolor="yellow"| 1st
 * bgcolor="yellow"| 1st (65)
 * 14th (438)
 * Wright Stuff
 * bgcolor="brown"| 3rd
 * The Team
 * bgcolor="yellow"| 1st
 * bgcolor="yellow"| 1st (65)
 * 14th (438)
 * bgcolor="yellow"| 1st
 * bgcolor="yellow"| 1st (65)
 * 14th (438)

2017 - 8th grade, Division B
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 * Anatomy and Physiology
 * bgcolor="yellow"| 1st
 * bgcolor="yellow"| 1st
 * Road Scholar
 * bgcolor="yellow"| 1st
 * bgcolor="yellow"| 1st
 * Write It Do It
 * bgcolor="gray"| 2nd
 * 18th
 * Optics
 * bgcolor="gray"| 2nd
 * The Team
 * bgcolor="yellow"| 1st (39)
 * bgcolor="gray"| 2nd (70)
 * bgcolor="gray"| 2nd
 * The Team
 * bgcolor="yellow"| 1st (39)
 * bgcolor="gray"| 2nd (70)
 * bgcolor="yellow"| 1st (39)
 * bgcolor="gray"| 2nd (70)