Science Olympiad at UPenn 2018 Invitational

[UPenn]

We are excited to announce the upcoming second annual University of Pennsylvania Division C Science Olympiad Invitational on Saturday, February 17, 2018.



Registration opens soon on Friday, September 15 at 4 PM and is filling up fast. We already have 22 teams preregistered and would love to see yours come as well! The registration fee for each competing team starts at $60. Additional teams after the first will be $50 each.

For more information see: http://www.pennscienceolympiad.org/

Please comment below if you have any questions or feel free to contact pennscienceolympiad@gmail.com.

We hope to see you in February!

[UPenn]

Registration for SOUP's 2018 Invitational is now closed! If you are still interested in trying to join our invitational, please register through our normal link to join our waitlist.

We are excited to announce the list of attendees:
New Trier High School, IL
North Penn High School, PA
North Pocono High School, PA
Parkland High School, PA
Penncrest High School, PA
Princeton High School, NJ
Shady Side Academy, PA
South Brunswick High School, NJ
Strath Haven, PA
Sun Valley, PA
Syosset High School, NY
The Shipley School, PA
Ward Melville High School, NY
West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North, NJ
West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South, NJ
Whitehall-Coplay High School, PA
William G. Enloe HS, NC
William P. Clements High School, TX
Mountain View, CA
National Cathedral School, DC
Bayard Rustin High School, PA
Chaminade High School, NY
Cherry Hill High School East, NJ
Columbia High School, NY
Conestoga, PA
Division Avenue High School, NY
East Brunswick High School, NJ
Fairfax High School, VA
Garnet Valley High School, PA
Harriton High School, PA
John Jay High School (Hopewell Junction), NY
Langley High School, VA
LASA, TX
Lower Merion High School, PA
Masterman High School, PA
Merrimack High School, NH
Montgomery High School, NJ

See you in February!

[kenniky]

Stacked lineup with New Trier, Penncrest, Ward Melville, the WWPs, Enloe, Clements, Mountain View, Bayard Rustin, Columbia, Fairfax, Harriton, LASA, and Montgomery

Gonna be interesting to see who comes out on top. Will Harriton defend their home turf? Can Clements keep up their momentum from Nats? Will LASA win? Or will there be an underdog taking 1st?

[WhatScience?]

That was an insanely fast sign up.

[Unome]

Stacked lineup with New Trier, Penncrest, Ward Melville, the WWPs, Enloe, Clements, Mountain View, Bayard Rustin, Columbia, Fairfax, Harriton, LASA, and Montgomery

Gonna be interesting to see who comes out on top. Will Harriton defend their home turf? Can Clements keep up their momentum from Nats? Will LASA win? Or will there be an underdog taking 1st?

Conestoga is sad that you omitted them

Here's my predictions, not accounting for split teams:
1. Harriton
2. LASA
3. Clements
4. Mountain View
5. New Trier
6. Bayard Rustin
7. Columbia
8. Conestoga
9. WW-P South
10. WW-P North
11. Penncrest
12. Lower Merion
13. Ward Melville
14. Enloe
15. Shady Side
16. Fairfax

That was an insanely fast sign up.

Rustin (Div B) was two hours and MIT was apparently four minutes.

Edit: rip I omitted Conestoga

[Raleway]

More predictions:

1. Harriton
2. Clements
3. Mountain View
4. LASA
5. New Trier
6. Columbia
7. West Windsor Plainsboro South
8. Montgomery
9. Bayard Rustin
10. Conestoga

[EastStroudsburg13]

I would be cautious about ranking SEPA teams super high. It's in their home area, true, but it's also going to be not much more than one week before regionals; it is entirely possible that teams will want to keep their cards held tighter to their chests than normal. I would expect to see several of them employ unstacked teams.

[Raleway]

I would be cautious about ranking SEPA teams super high. It's in their home area, true, but it's also going to be not much more than one week before regionals; it is entirely possible that teams will want to keep their cards held tighter to their chests than normal. I would expect to see several of them employ unstacked teams.

I would say few would unstack when approaching states- this is quite possibly the last "Big" invitational for PA teams. I wouldn't be surprised for teams to be using this invitational as a states-team trial run to make sure that the team composition works out (I also don't know if SOUP is running Nationals/PA/whatever schedule). Also, below the big teams, the rest are a bunch of good teams too- not too many separating characteristics which wouldn't allow for game-day game-changers (I tried something literary).

[EastStroudsburg13]

I would be cautious about ranking SEPA teams super high. It's in their home area, true, but it's also going to be not much more than one week before regionals; it is entirely possible that teams will want to keep their cards held tighter to their chests than normal. I would expect to see several of them employ unstacked teams.

I would say few would unstack when approaching states- this is quite possibly the last "Big" invitational for PA teams. I wouldn't be surprised for teams to be using this invitational as a states-team trial run to make sure that the team composition works out (I also don't know if SOUP is running Nationals/PA/whatever schedule). Also, below the big teams, the rest are a bunch of good teams too- not too many separating characteristics which wouldn't allow for game-day game-changers (I tried something literary).

I am only speaking from what happened last year; Harriton in particular had two teams that were essentially exactly matched. Also, all of the big five teams in the region are essentially assured of making states; perhaps the bubble teams such as North Penn and Strath Haven will use the invitational as a regionals-team trial run, but I don't know that the established contenders will be as directly concerned.

[Unome]

bubble teams such as ... Strath Haven

I agree with East here, the major SE PA teams (those that do typically split) will probably all just use regionals as their states-team trial (since they're only allowed one team anyway). Plenty of high-level teams don't stack at all until state (e.g. Solon).

[lumosityfan]

Hey just wondering are the awards going to be livestreamed again like last year?

[lumosityfan]

Hey just wondering are the awards going to be livestreamed again like last year?

Actually never mind: SOUP emailed me saying that the awards are going to be livestreamed again this year on Facebook.

[lumosityfan]

Also SOUP put out an information document here: http://pennscienceolympiad.org/docs/SOUP%20InfoDoc.pdf

[DarthBuilder]

Anyone know the forecast? I’m too lazy haha

[Ashernoel]

I'm excited for this Saturday! Any predictions?