User:Entomology

The user Entomology currently competes in Div C in Southern California for Canyon Crest Academy. She was the first co-president (and co-founder!) of the Scioly Student Committee at Carmel Valley Middle School, and has since stayed regularly involved with the Science Olympiad program there as a coach.

Contrary to popular belief, her favorite event is actually fossils, not entomology.

Notable Achievements
For a more complete description of my placings, please see the section "History".

2015
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2013-2014: Solana Pacific Elementary School
This season, as a 6th grader, I received a mere ribbon-- 15th in entomology out of 130 teams.

2014-2015: Carmel Valley Middle School
This was when Science Olympiad became a larger part of my life. I landed myself on the team, and didn't do terrible, but nothing stellar either. The highlight of my season was winning gold at regionals in Entomology.

2015-2016: Carmel Valley Middle School
Entering my last year at CVMS, I was determined to find a healthy balance between all my events. I took on a build event, despite my dislike toward builds, and began my fondest year of Science Olympiad. I went to my first invitational this year-- and unexpectedly, my team took home the first place trophy, beating not only the powerhouses in our region, but the major one in Norcal, too. Many of my teammates saw the opportunity I did; we finally had a realistic shot at making nationals this year.

I made the state team, and began to study endlessly in hopes of getting gold, medal-wise and trophy-wise. During this time, I also found out that fossils was not an event next year- It was "the ento situation" all over again, and as I realized that this might be my last year in fossils, I began to lay it on thick. 5 hour practices and frequent quizzing dominated my schedule. I had taken all fossils tests on the test exchange, div b *and* div c. I ended up getting a gold in fossils at state, and a 6th in Invasive Species. Unfortunately, everything else fell apart for my team. An uncalibrated vehicle, a forgotten station-- all petty mistakes that had never happened before, but mistakes nonetheless. Our shot at nats was gone, and instead of at least taking home the 2nd place trophy, which we had done for 7 years, we took home the 4th. I still look back on this year rather fondly, despite all the mishaps that happened.

* bridge had cracks in wood before testing:(

Events
It is Entomology's personal goal to have competed in at least 15 different events by the time she graduates from highschool. She has currently done the following events:


 * Bridge Building
 * Disease Detectives
 * Entomology
 * Experimental Design
 * Fossils
 * Green Generation
 * Invasive Species
 * Picture This
 * Wheeled Vehicle