@desideratum In Science Bowl (and Ocean Science Bowl), you have a team of five people (four + one alternate), and you have to be able to rapidly respond to questions on pretty much any topic in science. In essence, you have 20-question rounds with multiple choice buzzer questions that anyone on either of the two teams competing can buzz into and short answer team questions where teams have 20 seconds to confer on the answer to a question. You’re not allowed to have any notes whatsoever, and teams tend to be really buzzer happy with multiple choice. (//can you tell I’m kind of salty here? I’m kind of salty here about the team that we lost to during elims at our regionals because they managed to get buzzer-happy af two rounds after we beat them oops.)
@ambitiousgeek Hahahaha that is going to be me and my partner!
I remember last year at the state competition–we stayed overnight at a hotel and basically pulled a group all-nighter. It was super fun though…around 2 am we were yodeling to Triohatala (Youtube it!) and eating Pizza hut amongst science flashcards and robots. If that isn’t the nerdiest thing you’ve ever heard, then idk what is lol
@desideratum Thanks so much!! It’s my favorite event aside from anatomy, and I’m taking a break from that this year. Wow it’s so cool to see so many people in scioly/science bowl!!
GROUP QUESTION: What was/is your favorite scioly event and why?
Mine is Write it do it–it’s so fun and creative. Plus I’m a procrastinator (lol that’s why I’m on this site instead of doing AP Bio) so I don’t really have to prepare and can still place in it.
Ahh I wish I were doing SciOly. I did it in sixth grade and fell in love… and then I never had time for it. I always have another competition on the day of our regionals 
Either way, our team never makes it past states because of a certain team in our area that does really well in both SciOly and Science Bowl.
Wait, what’s the difference between SciOly and the olympiads with “US” in the front of their name, like USAMO, USAPHO, USNCO, USAAAO (what I’m doing hehe)?
@neoking SciOly is a school club/team and the Olympiads are individual tests not related to a club.
What is science bowl? That sounds like a super fun idea, I mean I love quiz bowl and science Olympiad lol
SciOly is solely American.
@coffeeaddicted It’s like quiz bowl, but only science questions. Rules may be different than what you’re used to (I’ve never had a penalty in academic team before and rules are so different).
Is anyone else taking AP Art History?
@eyrar99 I’m in that class right now. We entered Realism today.
Has anyone self studied for an AP?
I am trying to study for AP psych since I heard it’s not that hard…but I have no idea what I’m doing
@QueenOfBohemia AGH I’m doing it as an independent study & I’m only at the Colonial Americas…
I’m so dead. XP
@eyrar99 It’s cool. My teacher hasn’t even touched Asia nor Africa.
@SugarSmarts Did you buy a review book? It helps if you have one!
@SugarSmarts Also the whole AP Psych test is basically based on you knowing the vocab, so find a good Quizlet & know it perfectly! You could also use Barron’s flashcards (that’s what I did). Practice with the FRQ format – define and apply!
I’m working on my Questbridge application right now, but it seems hopeless… My family income is over their usual 60,000 and I have been lucky enough to not have had any huge struggles in life, but that being said, I don’t think Questbridge would want me. My English teacher is forcing me to do this anyway because she thinks I have a chance. I just want to rant though because I feel like it’s a waste of time.
Anyone else doing Questbridge this year?
@eyrar99 Awesome–so mostly memorization? Haha, oh how I love FRQs…The AP Macro ones absolutely killed me last semester.
ALSOO I just signed up for AP tests! I guess I’m doing five this year…really not looking forward for those two weeks in May.
Ok.
Can you believe that we are nearly in college?
???
I just kind of sat down and put it into perspective…like wow…soon we’re going to be all alone in (possibly) another state doing adult things like laundry and scheduling our own doctors appointments, all in just a little over a year. Once all the tests and essays and applications are completed (hopefully this fall!) it’s all done. This whole huge journey that probably defined quite a few of our lives for the majority of our teenage years is almost over, and it’s so, so crazy.
On a different note, are graham crackers a type of cookie? I am in an eternal debate with myself rn.
Ack I know I can’t believe it either… It’s so weird. It’s already starting to end. While I was taking the ACT yesterday, I was like, “Wow. I’ve been prepping for this test since freshman year, and now it’s HAPPENING!” It’s so odd.
& graham crackers aren’t a cookie in my opinion…
@SockandBoots I’m doing Questbridge! I don’t feel like I’ve had any huge struggles, either, but I come from a very large family with a relatively low income. I’m not a minority, though, so I don’t know if that will make my chances go down a lot.
I got an email from them yesterday saying I should finish because I’m a “very good candidate”… Can they see the parts of the application I’ve filled out so far? Did everyone who’s applying get this email?
@eyrar99 honestly I think I’ve been scaring myself by looking through the results thread on this website. Apparently they look at each case individually, so it works in our favor. It’s just that it seems they heavily emphasize the income aspect of it, which makes sense, but doesn’t help me.
I didn’t get that email, but that might be because I haven’t really filled much out yet since I’ve been working on it offline. I don’t know if they can see exactly what you finished, but I doubt they would read it before you finished.
@SockandBoots @eyrar99 What’s the benefit of applying to the College Prep Questbridge program? I was gonna end up applying for the national college match later this year (I think it’s in August/September?), but I didn’t want to waste time on this part.