Starting a Scioly Team as a Student (kind of)

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Re: Starting a Scioly Team as a Student (kind of)

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foxinni wrote: March 21st, 2023, 8:38 pm
randomdogonapc wrote: March 21st, 2023, 6:37 pm Sometime at the end of a Codebusters test we just know that we don’t have enough time to solve anything else so we just draw things relating to the quotes. Like once there was a hint saying that it was from the Lion King so we just drew Scar and Mufasa. Normally I just bring like 72 sharpened pencils just in case tho.
:") That's codebusters in a nutshell! Honestly, I really wanna meet the people who win the event- they must be absolutely insane at decoding cryptograms.
I'd like to say that I was always bad at cryptograms.org so if I can do well there's hope for everyone LOL just gotta practice a lot
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Re: Starting a Scioly Team as a Student (kind of)

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I'm the reverse of Umaroth. I'd say I'm pretty good at cryptograms(I'm turnip-head for reference, you might see me on the leaderboard monthly for solve time ;)) but I'm absolutely awful in competition. So there ya go!
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and while this is a little late, i was wondering if anyone here had tips for not only starting a team, but also keeping it running- next year, i'm actually leaving the school (going to high school) and as i'm kind of the glue holding the team together, i hoping that i could get a few tips from other students who might undertook similar endeavors.
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I'm not sure how your team does it, but some Div B teams have captains, or a student leader of sorts. If that's how your team is run, maybe have a voting/application process? I don't think most teams do this, though. Stock Market Courses Hubspot agency
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Re: Starting a Scioly Team as a Student (kind of)

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Interest (in anything, including science olympiad) tends to come and go with each school year. If you've got a big school with a big scioly club, it's easier to ride out the normal statistical variations. If you've got a small school, and have problem fielding a full team in a normal year, then it's easy to be left with a scant handful of interested people on a downswing.

My tips - it might be worth making a video pitch aimed at younger students at your school. Show video of builds being tested, because they look cool. A room full of people taking a test will never look exciting. Show video of your team celebrating a victory, or having a pizza party, or goofing off on the bus. You want to send the message "come do science olympiad - you get to do fun things, win prizes, and spend time with nice people." Then get your school's science teachers to show it in science classes.

Assuming you are nice people, of course. If you're not nice people, you could start by working on that ;)
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