Massachusetts 2017

[Unome]

Ed W. Clark High School. We are really upping our game and we need a higher level of competition so we are planning on Golden Gate and MIT for next year.

Do they open a website with information beforehand?

Thanks again

Hope to see you there next year! It was pretty fun to see your team do well at Nationals this year - which I (sort of) predicted #humblebrag

[sluelway1973]

Thanks we appreciate it. The goal is much higher. What school are you from?

[Unome]

Thanks we appreciate it. The goal is much higher. What school are you from?

I'm from Chattahoochee (as in my sig). Sadly we didn't do as well as we were aiming for

[kenniky]

Ed W. Clark High School. We are really upping our game and we need a higher level of competition so we are planning on Golden Gate and MIT for next year.

Do they open a website with information beforehand?

Thanks again

Generally an MIT thread will pop up on its own, separate from the MA thread, so just keep an eye out for that I suppose

[Magikarpmaster629]

Ed W. Clark High School. We are really upping our game and we need a higher level of competition so we are planning on Golden Gate and MIT for next year.

Do they open a website with information beforehand?

Thanks again

I'd recommend against going to MIT. Looking at the top 11 teams at nationals this year, 5 did not go to MIT. The resources spent going to MIT could probably be spent going to two closer, slightly less competitive invitationals such as Rice, Troy, Mira Loma, and probably others I can't think of right now, or on materials for events. My team, Ladue, only went to one very noncompetitive invitational this year (Northland in Missouri) and placed 11th at nationals, so invitationals are by no means necessary to do well in the first place, let alone invitationals on the opposite side of the country.

[nicholasmaurer]

Ed W. Clark High School. We are really upping our game and we need a higher level of competition so we are planning on Golden Gate and MIT for next year.

Do they open a website with information beforehand?

Thanks again

I'd recommend against going to MIT. Looking at the top 11 teams at nationals this year, 5 did not go to MIT. The resources spent going to MIT could probably be spent going to two closer, slightly less competitive invitationals such as Rice, Troy, Mira Loma, and probably others I can't think of right now, or on materials for events. My team, Ladue, only went to one very noncompetitive invitational this year (Northland in Missouri) and placed 11th at nationals, so invitationals are by no means necessary to do well in the first place, let alone invitationals on the opposite side of the country.

MIT is still by far the most competitive invitational in the country, especially next year since Wright State will not be hosting a "pre-nationals" practice run.

[MIScioly1]

Ed W. Clark High School. We are really upping our game and we need a higher level of competition so we are planning on Golden Gate and MIT for next year.

Do they open a website with information beforehand?

Thanks again

I'd recommend against going to MIT. Looking at the top 11 teams at nationals this year, 5 did not go to MIT. The resources spent going to MIT could probably be spent going to two closer, slightly less competitive invitationals such as Rice, Troy, Mira Loma, and probably others I can't think of right now, or on materials for events. My team, Ladue, only went to one very noncompetitive invitational this year (Northland in Missouri) and placed 11th at nationals, so invitationals are by no means necessary to do well in the first place, let alone invitationals on the opposite side of the country.

MIT is still by far the most competitive invitational in the country, especially next year since Wright State will not be hosting a "pre-nationals" practice run.

MIT is, has always been, and probably will always be the best invitational in the country. I don't think Wright State will lose many teams from last year, though, since most of the teams that go there are from the Midwest anyway. All the top teams that went there last year probably will again.

[Unome]

I'd recommend against going to MIT. Looking at the top 11 teams at nationals this year, 5 did not go to MIT. The resources spent going to MIT could probably be spent going to two closer, slightly less competitive invitationals such as Rice, Troy, Mira Loma, and probably others I can't think of right now, or on materials for events. My team, Ladue, only went to one very noncompetitive invitational this year (Northland in Missouri) and placed 11th at nationals, so invitationals are by no means necessary to do well in the first place, let alone invitationals on the opposite side of the country.

MIT is still by far the most competitive invitational in the country, especially next year since Wright State will not be hosting a "pre-nationals" practice run.

MIT is, has always been, and probably will always be the best invitational in the country. I don't think Wright State will lose many teams from last year, though, since most of the teams that go there are from the Midwest anyway. All the top teams that went there last year probably will again.

While I agree that MIT is currently far and away the most competitive, and probably equal with Golden Gate in quality, I wouldn't make any judgements as to "always". Several tournaments have rose and fell in popularity (relatively speaking) since the dawn of long-distance invitational travel.

[Magikarpmaster629]

So this isn't anything official (yet, at least) but I'd like to get the word out that the Five College Science Olympiad Invitational is in the early planning stage! The tournament will be hosted at UMass Amherst, and the date we're going for is January 27th or February 3rd. Considering the number of division C tournaments popping up in the region, we've decided to make this a division B only tournament, and we plan on having 20-30 teams attend.

If your team is interested in attending, please send me a PM.

[Unome]

So this isn't anything official (yet, at least) but I'd like to get the word out that the Five College Science Olympiad Invitational is in the early planning stage! The tournament will be hosted at UMass Amherst, and the date we're going for is January 27th or February 3rd. Considering the number of division C tournaments popping up in the region, we've decided to make this a division B only tournament, and we plan on having 20-30 teams attend.

If your team is interested in attending, please send me a PM.

You've got people involved from the other four as well? (or is it in preparation?)