2018 UT Austin Science Olympiad Invitational Tournament - October 27, 2018
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2018 UT Austin Science Olympiad Invitational Tournament - October 27, 2018
Hi everyone!
UTSOAA is hosting its annual invitational tournament on October 27th, 2018. Our invitational is one of the, if not most, prestigious and well-run Science Olympiad tournaments in the state of Texas.
- Our invitational tournament is open to both B and C divisions.
- We will be running all 23 national events and 5 Texas trial events.
- Our tests are written by experienced Science Olympiad alumni (including many who have also competed at the national level), graduate students, and professors. We also have numerous volunteers who help make the tournament run smoothly, which means that coaches can sit back, relax, and focus on their team, instead of writing or running events.
Our registration is already open! The registration fee is $120 per team. Registration is on a first come, first serve basis, and we guarantee two teams per school, with the option to bring an additional team if capacity allows. To register or find out more information about our tournament, visit us at http://www.atxscioly.com
If you have any additional questions, feel free to post below or contact us at [email protected].
Hook 'em and see you in Austin on October 27!
UTSOAA
[email protected]
http://www.atxscioly.com
UTSOAA is hosting its annual invitational tournament on October 27th, 2018. Our invitational is one of the, if not most, prestigious and well-run Science Olympiad tournaments in the state of Texas.
- Our invitational tournament is open to both B and C divisions.
- We will be running all 23 national events and 5 Texas trial events.
- Our tests are written by experienced Science Olympiad alumni (including many who have also competed at the national level), graduate students, and professors. We also have numerous volunteers who help make the tournament run smoothly, which means that coaches can sit back, relax, and focus on their team, instead of writing or running events.
Our registration is already open! The registration fee is $120 per team. Registration is on a first come, first serve basis, and we guarantee two teams per school, with the option to bring an additional team if capacity allows. To register or find out more information about our tournament, visit us at http://www.atxscioly.com
If you have any additional questions, feel free to post below or contact us at [email protected].
Hook 'em and see you in Austin on October 27!
UTSOAA
[email protected]
http://www.atxscioly.com
University of Texas at Austin
ATX Science Olympiad
hook 'em
ATX Science Olympiad
hook 'em
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Thank you very much!! Was Circuit lab not part of the Div B invitational? I don't see the test in there.Adi1008 wrote:Hi all,
The tests and keys from our tournament have been publicly released and are available here!
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Sorry for the late response! We've added Circuit Lab B/C to the folder now.GPRSTEM wrote:Thank you very much!! Was Circuit lab not part of the Div B invitational? I don't see the test in there.Adi1008 wrote:Hi all,
The tests and keys from our tournament have been publicly released and are available here!
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Also what about code, forensics, geomap, and protien (for C)Adi1008 wrote:Sorry for the late response! We've added Circuit Lab B/C to the folder now.GPRSTEM wrote:Thank you very much!! Was Circuit lab not part of the Div B invitational? I don't see the test in there.Adi1008 wrote:Hi all,
The tests and keys from our tournament have been publicly released and are available here!
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Name wrote:Also what about code, forensics, geomap, and protien (for C)Adi1008 wrote:Sorry for the late response! We've added Circuit Lab B/C to the folder now.GPRSTEM wrote:
Thank you very much!! Was Circuit lab not part of the Div B invitational? I don't see the test in there.
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- Geomapping was written by the national event supervisor, Enrica Quartini, and will not be released as of now
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I find this a little strange. What was the rationale?Adi1008 wrote:Geomapping was written by the national event supervisor, Enrica Quartini, and will not be released as of now
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I know sometimes supervisors withhold their tests if they're writing for multiple competitions and don't want people to focus on memorizing their test writing style over actually studying the content (I think reefownage did this for MIT DP last year), but I wouldn't be sure that's her (not sure I got the gender right?) motive for the test not being released immediatelyUnome wrote:I find this a little strange. What was the rationale?Adi1008 wrote:Geomapping was written by the national event supervisor, Enrica Quartini, and will not be released as of now
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That's an interesting rationale, since it just ensures that attending teams are better able to adapt to the test style than others. Wouldn't it be simpler to just change style?pikachu4919 wrote:I know sometimes supervisors withhold their tests if they're writing for multiple competitions and don't want people to focus on memorizing their test writing style over actually studying the content (I think reefownage did this for MIT DP last year), but I wouldn't be sure that's her (not sure I got the gender right?) motive for the test not being released immediatelyUnome wrote:I find this a little strange. What was the rationale?Adi1008 wrote:Geomapping was written by the national event supervisor, Enrica Quartini, and will not be released as of now
Edit: and yes, you got the gender right.
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Speaking as a test writer, sometimes changing your writing style can be much harder than people think it to be. I mean maybe that’s just me since I find it difficult to come up with new questions for forensics as the rules barely ever change, making it tougher to come up with new things to ask about. But I can see that it does have the potential to be easier to change writing style for an event in which the content always has a fair amount of changes.Unome wrote:That's an interesting rationale, since it just ensures that attending teams are better able to adapt to the test style than others. Wouldn't it be simpler to just change style?pikachu4919 wrote:I know sometimes supervisors withhold their tests if they're writing for multiple competitions and don't want people to focus on memorizing their test writing style over actually studying the content (I think reefownage did this for MIT DP last year), but I wouldn't be sure that's her (not sure I got the gender right?) motive for the test not being released immediatelyUnome wrote: I find this a little strange. What was the rationale?
Edit: and yes, you got the gender right.
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