Illinois 2014

[mrsteven]

Hey guys, its a new season!
Welcome back and I hope its a good one, feel free to chat amongst yourselves and the like. some good resources:

illinoisolympiad.org to find all of your state-ly needs.
soinc.org for new rules and clarifications
I'm always a fan of going to the local hobby shop, they'll give you wacky ideas

And feel free to PM me builders if you want some assistance, you guys know what I do and what I'm good at.

- Paraphrasing stolen from Miss Chia Pet, dweller of the night and supreme overlord of the Smurfs -

[chia]

As the aforementioned "Chia Pet" I'll post a few important dates: regionals!

College of DuPage - 3/8
College of Lake County - 3/8
IMSA - 3/1
Malcolm X - 3/15
Oakton College - 3/22
Parkland College - 3/8
Rock Valley College - 3/15
SIUE - 2/15
WIU - 2/8

And of course the state competition, which will be held on April 12th.

[mrsteven]

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[ We've all taken standardized testing, so you all know why this is here ]

[Skink]

What happened to the infamous 2011 thread with 2-3x the number of posts of the next closest state?

It's right here. It's the 2012 one you won't be able to find There was some entertaining stuff in there. Make no mistake, though. There's some amusing stuff at the end of the 2011 one if memory serves me.

Anyway, you're free to steal my template from the last topic if you want...or just do some copy and pasting from the ISO site Or not even do that and just write something super cheesy at the top.

[chia]

Anyway, welcome (back)! Even though I've defected to Connecticut I'm still excited for the new season!

[tuftedtitmouse12]

What happened to the infamous 2011 thread with 2-3x the number of posts of the next closest state?

It's right here. It's the 2012 one you won't be able to find There was some entertaining stuff in there. Make no mistake, though. There's some amusing stuff at the end of the 2011 one if memory serves me.

Anyway, you're free to steal my template from the last topic if you want...or just do some copy and pasting from the ISO site Or not even do that and just write something super cheesy at the top.

Right, we'll let that slide

Welcome back guys! Good luck in college to both of you, Chia and Steven

EDIT: And a very happy birthday to Chia

[thsom]

How do you guys think the difficulty is different between the COD regionals and IMSA regionals considering last year's results? I've got a huge band trip the weekend of the 8th :/

[Makeithappen]

I don't follow Division C very well, but I think all three of the valleys and IMSA were there. As for B, I dont know if the Math and Science academy or south are going, but if they were, it would be tough

[Skink]

How do you guys think the difficulty is different between the COD regionals and IMSA regionals considering last year's results? I've got a huge band trip the weekend of the 8th :/

I'm usually pretty good with score analyses, but I don't follow C that closely. A quick look at the old results tells me...

COD seems competitive given that all of the scores are near each other meaning some teams that may have deserved State bids may have not gotten them due to it being close. Your team is in the lower of the upper echelon of teams, however, so I wouldn't worry that much, frankly. Based on the State results, LT and LHS (IMSA last season) are stronger teams while the Valley teams all trail to a degree. The impression I get from last season's IMSA results, too, is 'close', but that's among State bid-earning teams. I doubt you'd happen to have such a drop so as to miss a State bid entirely, if that's your concern. Follow?

[nomynameisnotkevin]

Hey guys! Can't wait for a great year here in Thrillinois!

Regarding IMSA (previously Plank Jr. High), it seems like top 6 make it to state pretty much every year (at least in my two years here).

How many did they accept last year @ COD?

Last year's are here for IMSA: http://avogadro.ws/hosted/il-imsa-vc/public/results