Will/Did you make it to nationals?

[fishman100]

Well, that's one month of studying

[sciencegeek100]

yes, and last Saturday we made it, by a larger margin than expected...

[prelude to death]

sciencegeek100, aren't you from Troy High School? I saw the Division C results, and you had like, 60 points, while North Hollywood had 150 or something. *sigh* I wish my team was the good.... How'd you guys do it? I mean, Troy's like.... magic.

[Tramsarran]

I wish my team could have had a whole lot more practices and some time to actually test our stuff before going there. We dominated NYC Regionals but were dominated by the rest of NY at states. Maybe that can change next year but I don't think it will considering that we only have meetings for an hour for 4 out of the 5 weekdays and a lot of the time the meetings are cancelled. Still, for all the teams that made it to Nationals, how much time do you guys spend on sci oly stuff? I know a few of my teamates who had worked really hard outside of school but didn't get anything to show for their efforts.

[soccerisforlosers]

my team meets 7 days a week. but each event does not meet every day. each event has a different coach so the coach sets up the meeting to whatever time he/she wants. and we meet from 1 hour to 4 hours, depending on the event and what day it is.

[lolliexdd]

my team meets 7 days a week. but each event does not meet every day. each event has a different coach so the coach sets up the meeting to whatever time he/she wants. and we meet from 1 hour to 4 hours, depending on the event and what day it is.

Wow, that's really interesting. If only we had enough coaches for that..

I wish my team could have had a whole lot more practices and some time to actually test our stuff before going there. We dominated NYC Regionals but were dominated by the rest of NY at states. Maybe that can change next year but I don't think it will considering that we only have meetings for an hour for 4 out of the 5 weekdays and a lot of the time the meetings are cancelled. Still, for all the teams that made it to Nationals, how much time do you guys spend on sci oly stuff? I know a few of my teamates who had worked really hard outside of school but didn't get anything to show for their efforts.

That's more than our team. We used to meet 1-2 days a week and now since states is in about 2 weeks, it's 3 days a week. Meets are 1 hour to 1.5 hours. And most of the team skips because they "work at home". Only about 6 people are at practice at any given time usually. that's probably why we never even reach top ten at states. -____-

[fishman100]

We meet...once a week

But we all do a lot of studying alone and with our partners, so I guess it all evens out!

[Tramsarran]

Only after we realized that we were moving on to states did we start having meetings more than on Monday and Tuesday and because the teacher's have meetings on Thursday we moved to Wednesday and the schedule kept changing. I think mostly everyone on my team did more studying on my team the week before Regionals than all the months before. I know I did most of my studying between Regionals and States because of the additon of Awesome Aquifers, Compute This and Bottle Rocket and because I wasn't really serious before. Doesn't it seem like most of the people who have Scioly accounts are the pros? If you're reading this you probably have what it takes to make it to Nationals or you already have, right? Maybe I'll be there next year.

[Kokonilly]

Doesn't it seem like most of the people who have Scioly accounts are the pros? If you're reading this you probably have what it takes to make it to Nationals or you already have, right? Maybe I'll be there next year.

Haha, that does seem to be the trend, but many people on here don't make it to nationals. Or even state. So yes, though many deserve to go to nats, they don't. C'est la vie.

[aubrey048]

Doesn't it seem like most of the people who have Scioly accounts are the pros? If you're reading this you probably have what it takes to make it to Nationals or you already have, right? Maybe I'll be there next year.

Haha, that does seem to be the trend, but many people on here don't make it to nationals. Or even state.

For those of you who don't know, I'm one of the above. My team is SUPER TINY (as in 10 people, 4 of which actually belong in division B), but I care a lot. Maybe we'll make it to state one day. (Hah!)
So we're not all from pro teams.

So yes, though many deserve to go to nats, they don't. C'est la vie.

Aww, thanks! SYMPATHY! (I'd kill to get to go to Nats)