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gryphaea1635 wrote:Does anyone have any idea of what next month's WSSL events are going to be?
Nope, we're slightly panicking about it. My guess is that it'll be Mission Possible, Disease Detectives, and two other hard to predict events (Wind Power and Mat Sci?). WSSL is known for bringing events out of retirement a lot though, so ton of things are up for grabs.

Good luck at next meet!
Well, it looks like you were right for Mission Possible. Now let's see if you predicted the others correctly lol
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gryphaea1635 wrote:
antoine_ego wrote:
gryphaea1635 wrote:Does anyone have any idea of what next month's WSSL events are going to be?
Nope, we're slightly panicking about it. My guess is that it'll be Mission Possible, Disease Detectives, and two other hard to predict events (Wind Power and Mat Sci?). WSSL is known for bringing events out of retirement a lot though, so ton of things are up for grabs.

Good luck at next meet!
Well, it looks like you were right for Mission Possible. Now let's see if you predicted the others correctly lol
Disease is confirmed as well.
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gryphaea1635 wrote:
antoine_ego wrote:
gryphaea1635 wrote:Does anyone have any idea of what next month's WSSL events are going to be?
Nope, we're slightly panicking about it. My guess is that it'll be Mission Possible, Disease Detectives, and two other hard to predict events (Wind Power and Mat Sci?). WSSL is known for bringing events out of retirement a lot though, so ton of things are up for grabs.

Good luck at next meet!
Well, it looks like you were right for Mission Possible. Now let's see if you predicted the others correctly lol
Darn 2/4. Mission, Disease, Thermo, and Chem Lab.
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antoine_ego wrote:
gryphaea1635 wrote:
antoine_ego wrote:
Nope, we're slightly panicking about it. My guess is that it'll be Mission Possible, Disease Detectives, and two other hard to predict events (Wind Power and Mat Sci?). WSSL is known for bringing events out of retirement a lot though, so ton of things are up for grabs.

Good luck at next meet!
Well, it looks like you were right for Mission Possible. Now let's see if you predicted the others correctly lol
Darn 2/4. Mission, Disease, Thermo, and Chem Lab.
Ya. TBH I'm kinda salty because they chose two thermodynamics-based events. Like why. :roll:
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gryphaea1635 wrote:
antoine_ego wrote:
gryphaea1635 wrote:
Well, it looks like you were right for Mission Possible. Now let's see if you predicted the others correctly lol
Darn 2/4. Mission, Disease, Thermo, and Chem Lab.
Ya. TBH I'm kinda salty because they chose two thermodynamics-based events. Like why. :roll:
Yeah, this is not a beginner-friendly meet tbh
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*looks up WSSL*

*is instantly jealous of Massachusetts SO*
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Alex-RCHS wrote:*looks up WSSL*

*is instantly jealous of Massachusetts SO*
Yea, WSSL is pretty great haha. Everyone sits together in a cafeteria so we can find our rivals and start beef with them (jk jk).
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Alex-RCHS wrote:*looks up WSSL*

*is instantly jealous of Massachusetts SO*
It's not as amazing as it sounds tbh. The test quality can be highly variable. But the build testing is often very well done.
gryphaea1635 wrote:
Alex-RCHS wrote:*looks up WSSL*

*is instantly jealous of Massachusetts SO*
Yea, WSSL is pretty great haha. Everyone sits together in a cafeteria so we can find our rivals and start beef with them (jk jk).
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antoine_ego wrote:
Alex-RCHS wrote:*looks up WSSL*

*is instantly jealous of Massachusetts SO*
It's not as amazing as it sounds tbh. The test quality can be highly variable. But the build testing is often very well done.
WSSL is so great for getting newcomers involved and interested in science olympiad. It's a small commitment: just by going to one meet you can tell whether scioly is something you want to put time into or leave behind.

That being said, as a newish (3rd year) team which, until this year, attended no invitationals before states besides WSSL, it's not too helpful for preparing for regular scioly competitions. Many of the events aren't the official 23, and as antoine_ego mentioned, the quality of tests (I can't speak for builds) is pretty inconsistent (though there are very solid ones)
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fizzle wrote:
antoine_ego wrote:
Alex-RCHS wrote:*looks up WSSL*

*is instantly jealous of Massachusetts SO*
It's not as amazing as it sounds tbh. The test quality can be highly variable. But the build testing is often very well done.
WSSL is so great for getting newcomers involved and interested in science olympiad. It's a small commitment: just by going to one meet you can tell whether scioly is something you want to put time into or leave behind.

That being said, as a newish (3rd year) team which, until this year, attended no invitationals before states besides WSSL, it's not too helpful for preparing for regular scioly competitions. Many of the events aren't the official 23, and as antoine_ego mentioned, the quality of tests (I can't speak for builds) is pretty inconsistent (though there are very solid ones)
I agree with the idea of it helping newcomers. The biggest thing that perturbs me is most definitely the test quality though. I know that runners want to make a test nice and accessible for everyone to enjoy, but it'd definitely be nice if they were invitational length at least. I'd also love it if they posted blank tests after the competition, so our teams could review and discuss. Or at least so that there's greater accountability for the writers on their test quality.

At least from what I've seen, the builds are run very solidly. Often times, they're run by the State ESs, who are good (Robot Arm last year and Mousetrap Vehicle come to mind).

I'm very excited to see the results of the next meet, good luck to everyone!
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