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- January 24th, 2018, 7:18 pm
- Forum: 2018 Invitationals
- Topic: MIT Invitational 2018
- Replies: 260
- Views: 80927
Re: MIT Invitational 2018
Luckily it didn't come to that, but it would be nice to have a few more stations for impound. If getting volunteers is a problem, simply starting the impound process earlier could easily fix the problem. The biggest problem with these are 1) getting the tracks themselves - a group of us had to actu...
- January 22nd, 2018, 8:57 pm
- Forum: 2018 Invitationals
- Topic: MIT Invitational 2018
- Replies: 260
- Views: 80927
Re: MIT Invitational 2018
If anyone has any questions about Fermi (I think I did my best explaining everything in the answer key, although the physical copies I was given in my box were incorrect so you guys might have gotten incorrect ones), feel free to send me an email at [email protected]
- January 22nd, 2018, 6:21 pm
- Forum: 2018 Invitationals
- Topic: MIT Invitational 2018
- Replies: 260
- Views: 80927
Re: MIT Invitational 2018
3long5MITvarunscs11 wrote:What did you think of the rocks exam (I know I asked on the day of the competition)
PS: I made a huge doc with all the score breakdowns and it should hopefully come with the exam when MIT sends those out.
- January 21st, 2018, 10:55 pm
- Forum: 2018 Invitationals
- Topic: MIT Invitational 2018
- Replies: 260
- Views: 80927
Re: MIT Invitational 2018
I think it's unfair that the teams with the most money have access to these resources, and I was really touched by the fact that Princeton became the first to waive invitational registration fees which shows we're slowly taking the steps to make science education more equitable and financially acce...
- December 22nd, 2017, 1:07 am
- Forum: 2018 Study Events
- Topic: Solar System B
- Replies: 134
- Views: 43526
Re: Solar System B
The rules don't explicitly say anything about a calculator. I'd check your supervisors to be safe (I wouldn't be surprised if they said no calculators allowed), and maybe ask for a clarification on the official rules site.Girlpower05 wrote:What are the rules about use of calculators in a test?
- November 13th, 2017, 9:32 pm
- Forum: 2018 Regionals & States
- Topic: Texas 2018
- Replies: 159
- Views: 52065
Re: Texas 2018
The results from UT have been updated due to a scoring error - http://atxscioly.com/competition.html The UT results are: Division B 3. Kealing Middle School 2. AAH (Austin Area Homeschoolers) 1. Beckendorf Junior High Division C 3. AAH (Austin Area Homeschoolers) 2. William P. Clements High School ...
- November 13th, 2017, 7:40 am
- Forum: 2018 Regionals & States
- Topic: Texas 2018
- Replies: 159
- Views: 52065
Re: Texas 2018
UT results: Division B 3. Austin Area Homeschoolers 2. Kealing Middle School 1. Beckendorff Junior High Division C 3. LASA 2. Clements High School 1. Seven Lakes High School Division B scoresheet Division C scoresheet Personal thoughts: UT's been the best run tournament in Texas for the past few ye...
- November 13th, 2017, 7:34 am
- Forum: 2018 Lab Events
- Topic: Optics B/C
- Replies: 195
- Views: 53749
Re: Optics B/C
Hey all, UT Invitational just finished this past weekend so I'm here again with my test. Optics Key Optics Test Some notes: 1. I wrote this at like 3am, please forgive me if the questions aren't that great :( 2. Almost all questions were pulled from Wikipedia, in either pages directly listed as topi...
- September 11th, 2017, 10:26 pm
- Forum: 2018 Study Events
- Topic: Fermi Questions C
- Replies: 70
- Views: 27933
Re: Fermi Questions C
You, sir, are the person that doesn't allow me to sleep soundly at night (look at my signature!). Double irony twist M Night twist alliteration- I don't know anymore What makes you say that? The fact that I called Fermi "best event," or that I proctored it at MIT? Do you guys have any ide...
- September 11th, 2017, 9:04 pm
- Forum: 2018 Question Marathons
- Topic: Fermi Questions C
- Replies: 175
- Views: 77894
Re: Fermi Questions C
If a 6-pack of Monster got converted into pure energy based on its caloric content, how long could it keep a 60-watt lightbulb on for? Answer|5 ~200 Calories in monster (16 oz). 1 Calorie is ~4200 joules, 840000 joules per can, 60 W/6 pack -> ~ 84000 seconds. Putting it in fermi, 5. If we took all ...