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<span style="color:#00AA00">'''pikachu4919'''</span> is a current [[Scioly.org History#Staffing|Global Moderator]] of the forums and a proud alumna of the [[Carmel High School]] Science Olympiad team, located in Carmel, IN. She served as a team captain for two years in the 2015 and 2016 seasons. She competed from 9th to 12th grade. Over her years of experience, she has participated in [[Forensics]], [[Designer Genes]], [[Forestry]], [[Anatomy and Physiology]], [[Rocks and Minerals]], [[GeoLogic Mapping]], [[Entomology]], [[Protein Modeling]], [[Fossils]], [[Cell Biology]], and [[Dynamic Planet]]. Of those she has participated in, she mostly enjoys biology events with the exception of Forensics and GeoLogic Mapping—in fact, her crowning achievement is her 4th place medal in Forensics at the 2016 National Tournament at UW-Stout. But she often gets frustrated that she usually always has event conflicts that prevent her from competing in all her favorite events. | <span style="color:#00AA00">'''pikachu4919'''</span> is a current [[Scioly.org History#Staffing|Global Moderator]] of the forums and a proud alumna of the [[Carmel High School]] Science Olympiad team, located in Carmel, IN. She served as a team captain for two years in the 2015 and 2016 seasons. She competed from 9th to 12th grade. Over her years of experience, she has participated in [[Forensics]], [[Designer Genes]], [[Forestry]], [[Anatomy and Physiology]], [[Rocks and Minerals]], [[GeoLogic Mapping]], [[Entomology]], [[Protein Modeling]], [[Fossils]], [[Cell Biology]], and [[Dynamic Planet]]. Of those she has participated in, she mostly enjoys biology events with the exception of Forensics and GeoLogic Mapping—in fact, her crowning achievement is her 4th place medal in Forensics at the 2016 National Tournament at UW-Stout. But she often gets frustrated that she usually always has event conflicts that prevent her from competing in all her favorite events. | ||
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Not related to Science Olympiad career achievements - she was the Assassinator of SciOly Assassinations #113: Friday the 13th and #135: A Series of Unfortunate Non-Harmless April Fool's Day Pranks. | Not related to Science Olympiad career achievements - she was the Assassinator of SciOly Assassinations #113: Friday the 13th and #135: A Series of Unfortunate Non-Harmless April Fool's Day Pranks. | ||
| − | pikachu4919 | + | pikachu4919 was previously at Purdue University in West Lafayette, IN, majoring in Biological Engineering with a concentration in Cellular and Biomolecular Engineering and a minor in Psychology. Her family, however, moved to TX (the Houston area) before she started college and then moved again to the suburbs of Philadelphia halfway through her college career. She is currently taking a potentially permanent break from actually finishing school due to mental health reasons. |
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===Division D Adventures=== | ===Division D Adventures=== | ||
| − | '''pikachu4919''' is still very involved in Science Olympiad to the extent that she can be, mostly throughout the midwestern U.S., especially IN, but sometimes in other states too, such as MA and NJ in recent times. | + | '''pikachu4919''' is still very involved in Science Olympiad to the extent that she can be (keyword being "to the extent that she can be," since her personal life has not exactly been in the happiest of places for quite a few years now), mostly throughout the midwestern U.S., especially IN, but sometimes in other states too, such as MA and NJ in recent times. |
"There's a million things I haven't done, but just you wait! Just you waaaaaaaaaait!": | "There's a million things I haven't done, but just you wait! Just you waaaaaaaaaait!": | ||
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| <s>[[Florida]] State Tournament</s> || <s>UF, Gainesville, FL</s> || <s>March 21, 2020</s> || <s>Food Science B Writer</s><sup>1</sup> | | <s>[[Florida]] State Tournament</s> || <s>UF, Gainesville, FL</s> || <s>March 21, 2020</s> || <s>Food Science B Writer</s><sup>1</sup> | ||
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| − | ! ! rowspan=" | + | ! ! rowspan="4"|2021 and beyond |
| + | | [[University of Texas at Austin Invitational|UT Austin Invitational]] || Online || October 23-24, 2020 || Exam contributor - Forensics, Designer Genes, Heredity | ||
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| + | | [[MIT Invitational]] || Online || January 22-23, 2021 || Forensics C Co-Supervisor | ||
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| + | | [[Solon Invitational|Solon High School Invitational]] || Online || January 23, 2021 || Forensics C Co-Supervisor | ||
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| We shall see about others...time to fill out those event supervisor applications and/or flex connections! || TBD || TBD || TBD | | We shall see about others...time to fill out those event supervisor applications and/or flex connections! || TBD || TBD || TBD | ||
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*Note: This seems self explanatory, but in case it needs clarification, "writer" means I wrote the exam but wasn't able to be at the tournament on site to proctor | *Note: This seems self explanatory, but in case it needs clarification, "writer" means I wrote the exam but wasn't able to be at the tournament on site to proctor | ||
<sup>1</sup>This tournament was cancelled due to the [[2019-20 Coronavirus outbreak|coronavirus outbreak]]. | <sup>1</sup>This tournament was cancelled due to the [[2019-20 Coronavirus outbreak|coronavirus outbreak]]. | ||
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| + | Yeah, I'm not one of those writers who can churn out a billion tests a year. I thoroughly believe that is not a sustainable way to operate at all. It's honestly fine by me to only write a few a year but make them good (or at least I'd like to think I make them good) rather than write a lot yet sacrifice overall quality. Also BURNOUT IS REAL. DO NOT IGNORE SIGNS OF IT. IT IS 100% OK TO TURN DOWN AN ES OFFER IF IT WILL PREVENT YOU FROM TORPEDOING YOUR OVERALL HEALTH. | ||
====[[CB4N6-Team]] (Forensics/Crime Busters Writing Team)==== | ====[[CB4N6-Team]] (Forensics/Crime Busters Writing Team)==== | ||
| − | pikachu4919 created a team of writers following her successful collaboration with other alums in the 2019 season to write even better forensics (and crime busters) tests. Feel free to inquire about | + | pikachu4919 created a team of writers following her successful collaboration with other alums in the 2019 season to write even better forensics (and crime busters) tests. Feel free to inquire about getting connected via pm on scioly.org! |
===Besides SciOly ...=== | ===Besides SciOly ...=== | ||
'''pikachu4919''' enjoys other things as much as she enjoys science. While a member of the Science Olympiad team, she was also a violinist in the well-known Carmel High School Symphony Orchestra, and was a part of the Symphony Orchestra when they attended the 2014 Midwest Clinic and has been in two recording projects (Dvorak's 8th Symphony and Beethoven's 5th Symphony). Additionally, she has made it to the Indiana All-State Orchestra three times consecutively in 2014, 2015 and 2016, and she has also made it to the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra Side-By-Side program for 2015 and 2016. She also served as an op/ed editor for her school newspaper, the ''HiLite''. She also ran cross country for all three years of middle school and all four years of high school. Some people ask how she does all of that and somehow still survives. She doesn't even know the answer to that. | '''pikachu4919''' enjoys other things as much as she enjoys science. While a member of the Science Olympiad team, she was also a violinist in the well-known Carmel High School Symphony Orchestra, and was a part of the Symphony Orchestra when they attended the 2014 Midwest Clinic and has been in two recording projects (Dvorak's 8th Symphony and Beethoven's 5th Symphony). Additionally, she has made it to the Indiana All-State Orchestra three times consecutively in 2014, 2015 and 2016, and she has also made it to the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra Side-By-Side program for 2015 and 2016. She also served as an op/ed editor for her school newspaper, the ''HiLite''. She also ran cross country for all three years of middle school and all four years of high school. Some people ask how she does all of that and somehow still survives. She doesn't even know the answer to that. | ||
| − | In college, in addition to being an active participant in Division D, pikachu4919 also plays in the Purdue Philharmonic Orchestra (and | + | In college, in addition to being an active participant in Division D, pikachu4919 also plays in the Purdue Philharmonic Orchestra (and also played for the Lafayette Symphony Orchestra a couple times) and served as a member of the Purdue iGEM (International Genetically Engineered Machine) competition research team. |
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| + | Hobbies include wasting ridiculous amounts of time re-watching Avatar: The Last Airbender, Legend of Korra, and Stranger Things episodes despite having finished ALL the episodes of all the seasons of all of those franchises, listening to Broadway soundtracks, taking photos (she would love to shoot a senior/LinkedIn photo session someday!), making crafts, stress cooking (or attempts at cooking), sleeping, procrastinating, chatting with people about life, playing violin or piano, surfing the Internet (esp YouTube), playing video games with Scioly.org folks and others, and writing SciOly exams (refer to the "Division D Adventures" section for more info on that). | ||
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| + | She is also the proud mother of three cats, a dog, and her own custom-built gaming PC (constructed with the help of Nydauron). She has found that she actually quite enjoys building computers now. She actually also built a budget friendly workstation that the rest of her family uses. | ||
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| + | {{SpoilerBoxBegin}} '''Gaming PC Specs''' {{SpoilerBoxContent}} | ||
| + | '''CPU:''' AMD Ryzen 9 5900x <br> | ||
| + | '''GPU:''' Gainward NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti <br> | ||
| + | '''Mobo:''' ASUS TUF Gaming AMD B550-PLUS (WiFi) <br> | ||
| + | '''RAM:''' G.Skill Trident Z Neo Series RGB DDR4-3600MHz CL16 Model no. F4-3600C16D-16GTZNC 8GBx4<br> | ||
| + | '''SSD:''' Samsung 970 EVO 500GB, Samsung 970 EVO 1TB (both M.2 NVMe) <br> | ||
| + | '''iHDD:''' Seagate Barracuda 2TB <br> | ||
| + | '''PSU:''' EVGA SuperNOVA 850 GA, 80 Plus Gold 850W, Fully Modular<br> | ||
| + | '''CPU Cooler:''' Corsair iCUE H100i Elite Capellix AIO <br> | ||
| + | '''Case fans:''' Corsair ML120 RGB PRO x 5 <br> | ||
| + | '''Case:''' Segotep Phoenix ATX Mid-Tower <br> | ||
| + | <br> | ||
| + | '''Headphones:''' HyperX Cloud II <br> | ||
| + | '''Keyboard:''' Razer BlackWidow TE Chroma v2, TKL w/ orange key switches <br> | ||
| + | '''Mouse:''' Razer DeathAdder V2 <br> | ||
| + | '''Monitor 1:''' AOC 24G2E 23.8" 144hz 1ms with AMD FreeSync <br> | ||
| + | '''Monitor 2:''' Acer Nitro XF243Y Pbmiiprx 23.8" 144hz <br> | ||
| + | {{SpoilerBoxEnd}} | ||
| − | + | {{SpoilerBoxBegin}} '''Budget Workstation PC Specs''' {{SpoilerBoxContent}} | |
| + | '''CPU:''' AMD Ryzen 3 3200G Picasso <br> | ||
| + | '''GPU:''' None! (R 3200G has integrated Radeon Vega 8 graphics and that's enough for a productivity workstation) <br> | ||
| + | '''Mobo:''' ASRock B450M/AC AM4 (WiFi) <br> | ||
| + | '''RAM:''' G.Skill Ripjaws V Series DDR4-3200MHz CL16 Model no. F4-3200C16D-8GVKB 4GBx2<br> | ||
| + | '''SSD:''' Inland Professional M.2 NVMe 256GB <br> | ||
| + | '''iHDD:''' Seagate Barracuda 2TB <br> | ||
| + | '''PSU:''' EVGA 500W 80 Plus <br> | ||
| + | '''CPU Cooler:''' DEEPCOOL GAMMAXX 400 V2 BLUE <br> | ||
| + | '''Case fans:''' Arctic BioniX P120 A-RGB x 5 <br> | ||
| + | '''Case:''' Thermaltake Core V21 microATX <br> | ||
| + | {{SpoilerBoxEnd}} | ||
[[Category:User Pages]] | [[Category:User Pages]] | ||
Latest revision as of 04:22, 6 September 2022
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| General Information | |
| Years in SO | 4 |
| Past Team(s) | Carmel High School ('16) |
| State | Indiana |
| Division | D |
| Scioly.org Information | |
| Forum profile | pikachu4919 |
| Staff Position | Global Moderator |
| Exalted | 1x
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| Medals | |
| Total medals | 34
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| Competitor Info | |
| Competitions attended | 15
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| Events competed in | 11 |
| Volunteering | |
| Years volunteered | 4 |
| Number of competitions | 20 |
| Number of tests written | 21 |
pikachu4919 is a current Global Moderator of the forums and a proud alumna of the Carmel High School Science Olympiad team, located in Carmel, IN. She served as a team captain for two years in the 2015 and 2016 seasons. She competed from 9th to 12th grade. Over her years of experience, she has participated in Forensics, Designer Genes, Forestry, Anatomy and Physiology, Rocks and Minerals, GeoLogic Mapping, Entomology, Protein Modeling, Fossils, Cell Biology, and Dynamic Planet. Of those she has participated in, she mostly enjoys biology events with the exception of Forensics and GeoLogic Mapping—in fact, her crowning achievement is her 4th place medal in Forensics at the 2016 National Tournament at UW-Stout. But she often gets frustrated that she usually always has event conflicts that prevent her from competing in all her favorite events.
Not related to Science Olympiad career achievements - she was the Assassinator of SciOly Assassinations #113: Friday the 13th and #135: A Series of Unfortunate Non-Harmless April Fool's Day Pranks.
pikachu4919 was previously at Purdue University in West Lafayette, IN, majoring in Biological Engineering with a concentration in Cellular and Biomolecular Engineering and a minor in Psychology. Her family, however, moved to TX (the Houston area) before she started college and then moved again to the suburbs of Philadelphia halfway through her college career. She is currently taking a potentially permanent break from actually finishing school due to mental health reasons.
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Pikachu4919 competed for Carmel High School. |
Sandboxes/Projects
Because this 2020 pandemic combined with really bad college senioritis has me looking for something else do to besides watch YouTube, I'm gonna start some sandboxes. I'll see what this turns into.
User:Pikachu4919/WikiLove Sandbox
Username Origin
pikachu4919 has really loved pokémon for quite a chunk of her life. The exact start of that phase is unknown even to her. Her favorite pokémon by far is pikachu. She freaking loves pikachu. She finds it to be a super cute and even OP pokémon. Most noticeably, her scioly.org avatar is a pikachu, and if you've ever met her you might notice that her primary phone and computer desktop wallpapers are also of pikachus. Occasionally she will change it to an APOD that she finds super pretty but most of the time, it's a pikachu. A lot of her friends and even one of her previous SciOly coaches can say that she is a huge fangirl of pikachu (however much she attempts to deny that) and that her personality basically embodies that of a pikachu too. So there's part one of the nickname.
Now the number. pikachu4919 's favorite number is 19 for some strange reason. She claims that it doesn't have anything to do with the fact that Indiana was the 19th state. She also likes squares of prime numbers, which is also quite odd. She's not sure where that comes from either, but somehow it tends to draw her in. Seven is a lucky number and a prime number, you know? And 7^2 is 49. Put those two together, 4919. It's strange but somehow it worked out that way.
So there you have it.
Medal Summary
2012-2013 (9th grade)
| 4th | Pikachu4919 has received a 4th place medal in Forestry at Whiting Invitational. |
| Bronze | Pikachu4919 has received a Bronze medal in Designer Genes at Northridge Invitational. |
| 5th | Pikachu4919 has received a 5th place medal in Forestry at Northridge Invitational. |
| Gold | Pikachu4919 has received a Gold medal in Forensics at IUN Regionals. |
| Silver | Pikachu4919 has received a Silver medal in Forestry at IUN Regionals. |
| Silver | Pikachu4919 has received a Silver medal in Designer Genes at IUN Regionals. |
| Gold | Pikachu4919 has received a Gold medal in Forestry at Indiana State Tournament. |
| Bronze | Pikachu4919 has received a Bronze medal in Forensics at Indiana State Tournament. |
2013-2014 (10th grade)
| Bronze | Pikachu4919 has received a Bronze medal in Designer Genes at Whiting Invitational. |
| 5th | Pikachu4919 has received a 5th place medal in GeoLogic Mapping at Whiting Invitational. |
| 4th | Pikachu4919 has received a 4th place medal in Forensics at Northridge Invitational. |
| Bronze | Pikachu4919 has received a Bronze medal in Designer Genes at Northridge Invitational. |
| Gold | Pikachu4919 has received a Gold medal in Designer Genes at Ivy Tech Lafayette Regionals. |
| Silver | Pikachu4919 has received a Silver medal in Entomology at Ivy Tech Lafayette Regionals. |
| Gold | Pikachu4919 has received a Gold medal in GeoLogic Mapping at Ivy Tech Lafayette Regionals. |
| Silver | Pikachu4919 has received a Silver medal in Entomology at Indiana State Tournament. |
| Bronze | Pikachu4919 has received a Bronze medal in Designer Genes at Indiana State Tournament. |
| 5th | Pikachu4919 has received a 5th place medal in Forensics at Indiana State Tournament. |
2014-2015 (11th grade)
| Bronze | Pikachu4919 has received a Bronze medal in Forensics at Whiting Invitational. |
| Bronze | Pikachu4919 has received a Bronze medal in Protein Modeling at Whiting Invitational. |
| 4th | Pikachu4919 has received a 4th place medal in Entomology at Whiting Invitational. |
| 4th | Pikachu4919 has received a 4th place medal in Fossils at Whiting Invitational. |
| Gold | Pikachu4919 has received a Gold medal in Protein Modeling at Butler Regionals. |
| Bronze | Pikachu4919 has received a Bronze medal in Forensics at Butler Regionals. |
| Bronze | Pikachu4919 has received a Bronze medal in Forensics at Indiana State Tournament. |
| Silver | Pikachu4919 has received a Silver medal in Team at Indiana State Tournament. |
2015-2016 (12th grade)
| 4th | Pikachu4919 has received a 4th place medal in GeoLogic Mapping at Wright State Invitational. |
| Gold | Pikachu4919 has received a Gold medal in Protein Modeling at Butler Regional. |
| Gold | Pikachu4919 has received a Gold medal in Forensics at Butler Regional. |
| Gold | Pikachu4919 has received a Gold medal in Cell Biology at Butler Regional. |
| Gold | Pikachu4919 has received a Gold medal in Forensics at Indiana State Tournament. |
| 4th | Pikachu4919 has received a 4th place medal in Cell Biology at Indiana State Tournament. |
| Gold | Pikachu4919 has received a Gold medal in Team at Indiana State Tournament. |
| 4th | Pikachu4919 has received a 4th place medal in Forensics at National Tournament. |
Division D Adventures
pikachu4919 is still very involved in Science Olympiad to the extent that she can be (keyword being "to the extent that she can be," since her personal life has not exactly been in the happiest of places for quite a few years now), mostly throughout the midwestern U.S., especially IN, but sometimes in other states too, such as MA and NJ in recent times.
"There's a million things I haven't done, but just you wait! Just you waaaaaaaaaait!":
| Season | Tournament | Location | Date | Role |
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| 2017 | Whiting High School Invitational | Whiting, IN | December 3, 2016 | Invasive Species C Writer |
| Northridge High School Invitational | Northridge, IN | January 21, 2017 | Anatomy and Physiology B and C Event Supervisor | |
| Wright State University Invitational | Dayton, OH | January 28, 2017 | Forensics C Event Supervisor | |
| Purdue University Regional | West Lafayette, IN | February 4, 2017 | Forensics C and Crime Busters B Event Supervisor | |
| Indiana State Tournament | IU, Bloomington, IN | March 18, 2017 | Microbe Mission B and C General Volunteer | |
| 2018 | MIT Invitational | Cambridge, MA | January 20, 2018 | Forensics C Event Supervisor |
| Centerville High School Invitational | Centerville, OH | January 27, 2018 | Materials Science C General Volunteer | |
| Purdue University Regional | West Lafayette, IN | February 3, 2018 | Tournament Executive | |
| Princeton University Invitational | Princeton, NJ | February 10, 2018 | Forensics C Event Supervisor | |
| University of Michigan Invitational | Ann Arbor, MI | February 17, 2018 | Anatomy and Physiology C Event Supervisor | |
| Indiana State Tournament | IU, Bloomington, IN | March 17, 2018 | Thermodynamics B and C Event Supervisor | |
| National Tournament | Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO | May 18-19, 2018 | Code Busters C (Trial) and Thermodynamics B General Volunteer | |
| 2019 | Raymond Park Middle School Invitational | Indianapolis, IN | December 8, 2018 | Thermodynamics B Writer |
| MIT Invitational | Cambridge, MA | January 12, 2019 | Forensics C Event Supervisor (one of two) | |
| Centerville High School Invitational | Centerville, OH | January 12, 2019 | Herpetology C Writer (see above) | |
| Solon High School Invitational | Solon, OH | February 2, 2019 | Forensics C Writer (one of three) | |
| Purdue University Regional | West Lafayette, IN | February 9, 2019 | Tournament Executive | |
| Indiana State Tournament | IU, Bloomington, IN | March 16, 2019 | Thermodynamics B and C Event Supervisor | |
| Ohio State Tournament | OSU, Columbus, OH | April 27, 2019 | Photographer | |
| National Tournament | Cornell University, Ithaca, NY | May 31-June 1, 2019 | Forensics C General Volunteer | |
| 2020 | UT Austin Invitational | Austin, TX | October 26, 2019 | Exam Review Committee |
| Raymond Park Middle School Invitational | Indianapolis, IN | December 14, 2019 | Heredity B Writer | |
| MIT Invitational | Cambridge, MA | January 25, 2020 | Forensics C Supervisor (one of four) | |
| Solon High School Invitational | Solon, OH | February 1, 2020 | Forensics C Supervisor | |
| Golden Gate Invitational | Berkeley, CA | February 22, 2020 | Exam Review Committee | |
| 2021 and beyond | UT Austin Invitational | Online | October 23-24, 2020 | Exam contributor - Forensics, Designer Genes, Heredity |
| MIT Invitational | Online | January 22-23, 2021 | Forensics C Co-Supervisor | |
| Solon High School Invitational | Online | January 23, 2021 | Forensics C Co-Supervisor | |
| We shall see about others...time to fill out those event supervisor applications and/or flex connections! | TBD | TBD | TBD |
- Note: This seems self explanatory, but in case it needs clarification, "writer" means I wrote the exam but wasn't able to be at the tournament on site to proctor
1This tournament was cancelled due to the coronavirus outbreak.
Yeah, I'm not one of those writers who can churn out a billion tests a year. I thoroughly believe that is not a sustainable way to operate at all. It's honestly fine by me to only write a few a year but make them good (or at least I'd like to think I make them good) rather than write a lot yet sacrifice overall quality. Also BURNOUT IS REAL. DO NOT IGNORE SIGNS OF IT. IT IS 100% OK TO TURN DOWN AN ES OFFER IF IT WILL PREVENT YOU FROM TORPEDOING YOUR OVERALL HEALTH.
CB4N6-Team (Forensics/Crime Busters Writing Team)
pikachu4919 created a team of writers following her successful collaboration with other alums in the 2019 season to write even better forensics (and crime busters) tests. Feel free to inquire about getting connected via pm on scioly.org!
Besides SciOly ...
pikachu4919 enjoys other things as much as she enjoys science. While a member of the Science Olympiad team, she was also a violinist in the well-known Carmel High School Symphony Orchestra, and was a part of the Symphony Orchestra when they attended the 2014 Midwest Clinic and has been in two recording projects (Dvorak's 8th Symphony and Beethoven's 5th Symphony). Additionally, she has made it to the Indiana All-State Orchestra three times consecutively in 2014, 2015 and 2016, and she has also made it to the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra Side-By-Side program for 2015 and 2016. She also served as an op/ed editor for her school newspaper, the HiLite. She also ran cross country for all three years of middle school and all four years of high school. Some people ask how she does all of that and somehow still survives. She doesn't even know the answer to that.
In college, in addition to being an active participant in Division D, pikachu4919 also plays in the Purdue Philharmonic Orchestra (and also played for the Lafayette Symphony Orchestra a couple times) and served as a member of the Purdue iGEM (International Genetically Engineered Machine) competition research team.
Hobbies include wasting ridiculous amounts of time re-watching Avatar: The Last Airbender, Legend of Korra, and Stranger Things episodes despite having finished ALL the episodes of all the seasons of all of those franchises, listening to Broadway soundtracks, taking photos (she would love to shoot a senior/LinkedIn photo session someday!), making crafts, stress cooking (or attempts at cooking), sleeping, procrastinating, chatting with people about life, playing violin or piano, surfing the Internet (esp YouTube), playing video games with Scioly.org folks and others, and writing SciOly exams (refer to the "Division D Adventures" section for more info on that).
She is also the proud mother of three cats, a dog, and her own custom-built gaming PC (constructed with the help of Nydauron). She has found that she actually quite enjoys building computers now. She actually also built a budget friendly workstation that the rest of her family uses.
Gaming PC Specs
CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5900x |
Budget Workstation PC Specs
CPU: AMD Ryzen 3 3200G Picasso |