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.

She was the Assassinator in Game 108: Another Wright State gone wrong.

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 an elementary schooler competing in division B, I received a mere ribbon-- 15th in entomology out of 130 teams. As an alternate for state, I placed 7th in the trial event Green Generation at Southern California State.

2014-2015: Carmel Valley Middle School
This was when Science Olympiad became a larger part of my life. I landed myself on the A team, and didn't do terrible, but nothing stellar either. The highlight of my season was winning gold at regionals in Entomology. Even though I despised insects (and still do), for some reason I enjoyed learning about them. To this day, I still do not know why, but I attribute it to having an immense passion for scientific names and all things taxonomy, which would never leave me in the following years.

2015-2016: Carmel Valley Middle School
Entering my last year in Division B, I was determined to find a healthy balance between all my events. I took on a build event, despite my uneasiness toward builds, and began my fondest year of Science Olympiad to date. 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 finally 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.

You can read my after state thoughts on motivation here: https://scioly.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=1897&start=150#p290953

* bridge had cracks in wood before testing:(

2016-2017: Canyon Crest Academy
I made the transition from Division B to Division C this year. It was rough at first, but I eventually got the hang of it. By some miracle, my hours of studying paid off and I managed to be one of 4 freshmen on the State team. After state selection, I was taken out of my 2 favorite events (coincidentally, the taxonomy ones) and instructed to learn 2 new ones in a month. I wasn't devastated, because being on a team means you make sacrifices for the good of the team, but I was a little disheartened to be going a competition in which I was not competing in the two events I had poured everything into. Despite me messing up majorly in all 3 of my new events, my team managed to get a second place trophy at state, first being Troy.

* Indicates that I did not compete in that event at that competition.

Events
It is Entomology's personal goal to have competed in at least 20 different events by the time she graduates from highschool. Feel free to ask her for help! She has currently done the following events:


 * Anatomy and Physiology
 * Bridge Building
 * Disease Detectives
 * Ecology
 * Entomology
 * Experimental Design
 * Fossils
 * Green Generation
 * Herpetology
 * Invasive Species
 * Mousetrap Vehicle
 * Picture This
 * Rocks and Minerals
 * Wheeled Vehicle
 * Write it Do it