<p>if there haven’t been reports from excited finalists in the last few days on this forum about just having received the notification, then I’d say most if not all winners have been notified. It seems like the “notification day” was last Wednesday.</p>
<p>okay, i KNOW that i got them all right - i was the state geography bee champion in 8th grade (also, i looked up the couple questions that I was unsure of after the test). and…i haven’t heard anything from AAA. I am from Florida though, so perhaps I somehow lost in a ‘tiebreaker’?</p>
<p>Sounds like you might have indeed lost in a tiebreaker. Your one hope is that one of the 5 finalists doesn’t respond in the allotted time period and they go on to the other perfect scorers. Don’t count on it though, it’s a pretty slim chance. Once they post on the website, they’ve gotten replies from everybody. Somehow I wouldn’t be surprised if they need a little extra time this year (past Feb. 1), but I could be mistaken…</p>
<p>sigh - just my luck 
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<p>thanks for the response!</p>
<p>i emailed them and they replied: “Per the website, state finalists have been notified by email and upon
their acceptance will be listed on the website in Feb.”</p>
<p>ya florida had a tie breaker b/c 7 people had perfect scores</p>
<p>What is the time breaker…a random drawing or an additional contest?</p>
<p>I suppose I should have cheated and used google</p>
<p>^^amen</p>
<p>google should become a sponsor of the event just for irony’s sake.</p>
<p>its a random drawing. ya most people do that anyways. maybe they should just make the time shorter or give more questions, b/c its definitely possible to look up all the answers in 20 minutes. thats a long time.</p>
<p>My son was just notified in HI the other day & we just received “official” package from DHL yesterday & sent it back today (son hadn’t been checking the e-mail mailbox he listed when he entered). He’s one of HI’s 5 state finalists.</p>
<p>I’m so glad that this year, FOR A CHANGE, they made the finals in Florida on dates that don’t conflict with AP exams. The two years prior, the finals always conflicted with AP exams, which didn’t make much sense since a lot of the finalists would also be taking AP exams. Here’s hoping everyone does well on the written exam in March & we all meet in Florida.</p>
<p>Sadly they conflict with IB, so If I make it, I will forfeit one of my $80 tests.</p>
<p>If you are the state finalist from your state, you should check to see if they have alternate dates or if they’ll allow you to take one exam in Florida. That is what I read that some contestants did for AP exams in prior years–either took them in at a school in Florida near the contest site or took the make up when they returned to their home schools. You might want to check with your registrar to figure out what your options are & find out when you need to make arrangements so can take the exam if it’s important to you & your school.</p>