60 questions -> 500 points?Fermi Questions
This test was rather long, with 60 questions and 500 points in total—the first half would probably have been a fine test on its own. When writing, I estimated my score to be around 50-60% (with a partner), and anything above 75% to be nigh impossible; in contrast I think we scored over 90% on the Nationals test back in 2013. Other than a few unreasonable questions, it was pretty standard, so the event was fine. There were a few references to video games (BotW and DotA 2), so I guess you can use this as an excuse to play video games? Scheduling-wise, we were following the Nationals schedule. We were pretty confused as to why there was a need to put Fermi during impound, but for scheduling consistency we followed suit. Also, Fermi may be useful for job interviews later on (if you go into quant trading or something similar).
I'm looking at the 2013 Nationals test right now and it is rather underwhelming. Only 33 questions and many of them are fairly simple (mass of Sun, Neptune, and proton are all in here)Also very surprised to hear of a 90% score on Fermi - how easy was the test? I would imagine even on a fairly easy test, the top scores wouldn't reach over 80% due to the near-impossibility of consistently keeping a high 5 to 3 ratio.Fermi Questions
in contrast I think we scored over 90% on the Nationals test back in 2013
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Digital copies of tests and keys will be released hopefully in the next day or two. Some supervisors needed time to recover and then make minor edits to their keys. We apologize for the delay!Any ideas when we'll be getting our tests back?
Am i allowed to ask for the theme for game on and the materials for experimental design?My reviews:
Remote Sensing: a solid test overall; it covered all topics well and had an appropriate difficulty level. The math was a bit easier than I was expecting, but I liked how some of the math questions were really creative (#methaneCowsFTW).
Dynamic Planet: easily the most tragic test I've ever taken, out of Science Olympiad, out of regular classes, out of anything I've found online...it had so many random and tough concepts from geology that we ended up guessing on pretty much everything past the first page, and I didn't even realize that there was a guessing penalty on the multiple choice... I'm surprised that we did so well (20th!)
Experimental Design: well-run, interesting topic, not much to say here.
Game On: the topic was a little silly, to say the least. I felt pretty iced after that event. Nice touch with having two people grade the game then averaging the scores! I haven't seen this done at any tournament so far, but I would imagine that having two people grade substantially reduces the randomness involved in grading this event.
Hovercraft: the test was a little short/easy for 40 minutes, but it was a solid test that covered most of the mechanics event topics well. The last question in particular was really interesting and we spent most of the time working on that question, although I thought Scioly wasn't supposed to ask questions that require Calculus? I wish there had been a bit more fluid dynamics questions, but it was a fine test overall. Kudos to the really nice scratch paper the supervisor provided!
All the exams have been publicly released on their website. You can find them there.Am i allowed to ask for the theme for game on and the materials for experimental design?My reviews:
Remote Sensing: a solid test overall; it covered all topics well and had an appropriate difficulty level. The math was a bit easier than I was expecting, but I liked how some of the math questions were really creative (#methaneCowsFTW).
Dynamic Planet: easily the most tragic test I've ever taken, out of Science Olympiad, out of regular classes, out of anything I've found online...it had so many random and tough concepts from geology that we ended up guessing on pretty much everything past the first page, and I didn't even realize that there was a guessing penalty on the multiple choice... I'm surprised that we did so well (20th!)
Experimental Design: well-run, interesting topic, not much to say here.
Game On: the topic was a little silly, to say the least. I felt pretty iced after that event. Nice touch with having two people grade the game then averaging the scores! I haven't seen this done at any tournament so far, but I would imagine that having two people grade substantially reduces the randomness involved in grading this event.
Hovercraft: the test was a little short/easy for 40 minutes, but it was a solid test that covered most of the mechanics event topics well. The last question in particular was really interesting and we spent most of the time working on that question, although I thought Scioly wasn't supposed to ask questions that require Calculus? I wish there had been a bit more fluid dynamics questions, but it was a fine test overall. Kudos to the really nice scratch paper the supervisor provided!
Honestly I don't think I could've guessed based only on username lol heh, but then again we never met last weekend so...ye.As you might guess from my username, I was the 'supervisor' for Fermi Questions and Dynamic Planet;
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