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. Entomology 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. She is a proud member of "teh ento cult" and the coprolite crew.

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
In the 2013-2014 season, I received events that I didn't particularily care for. I didn't take Scioly very seriously, and I regret it-what was I thinking? On the day of competition, my partner and I were so jittery that we forgot to set the brake of our vehicle, ruining our chances of placing. This would result in a hate and fear of build events for the rest of my life, and I avoided builds until two years later. This season, I recieved a single ribbon, 15th in entomology out of 130 teams.

2014-2015: Carmel Valley Middle School
Sometime over the summer, I realized that if I wanted to actually do well, I would have to try harder (Surprising, right?) After arguing with the head coordinator for a bit, I was placed in Entomology again, along with my other top choices (Our school does not have tryouts). 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 were not nearly as good, especially fossils. Due to this, I did not make the state team this season.

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 things that happened.

* bridge had cracks in wood before testing:(

2016-2017: Canyon Crest Academy
In progress!!

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