User:Entomology

The user Entomology currently competes in Div B in Southern California for Carmel Valley Middle School, in addition to being co-president of the Scioly Student Committee there. She specializes in earth science and life science events (especially taxonomy events) and tends to avoid events that involve equations and math, as numbers make her head dizzy. Entomology is a proud member of teh ento cult and the coprolite crew.

For all those concerned, her profile picture is Pyrops candelaria, an insect beloning to the family Fulgoridae and the order Hemiptera.

2013-2014: Solana Pacific Elementary School
In the 2013-2014 season, I received events that I didn't particularily care for. I hated bugs- who wants to learn about Belostomatidae's anatomy or Fulgoridae's classification? I didn't take Scioly very seriously, and I regret it as ento is now one of my favorite events-what was 6th grade me thinking? Wheeled Vehicle was one of my better events. However, on the day of competition, me and my partner were so jittery that we forgot to set the brake. This would result in a hate and fear of build events for the rest of my life, and I avoided builds until my 2nd year of scioly at CVMS, where taking on a build was almost necessary to make the state team.

2014-2015: Carmel Valley Middle School
Sometime over the summer, I realized that if I wanted a chance at CVMS, I would have to be more serious about scioly- the CVMS program is pretty competitive, and it was "each man for himself", so to speak. After arguing with the head coordinator for about an hour, I was placed in Entomology again, along with my other top choices. Sorry that I had not taken ento seriously the first time it was an event, I poured all my time and energy into it-- which did result in a gold medal-- but my other events lacked, especially fossils.

2015-2016: Carmel Valley Middle School
This year, I was determined to find a healthy balance between all my events. I took on the classic study/study/lab/build format, despite my dislike toward builds, and began going into full on "scioly mode", kicking it up a notch. I went to my first invitational this year-- and unexpectedly, my team took home the first place trophy, beating not only the major powerhouses in our region, but the one in Norcal, too. Many of my teammates saw the opportunity I did; we finally had a realistic shot at making Nats.

I made state this year, and began to study endlessly in hopes of getting gold, medal-wise and trophy-wise. I also found out that fossils was not an event next year- It was ento 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, but everything else fell apart for my team members. An uncalibrated vehicle, a forgotten station- all petty mistakes, 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 10 years, we took home the 4th.

* bridge had cracks in wood before testing:(

Events
It is Entomology's personal goal to have done at least 20 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