MIT Invitational

[RestingDoll]

Congratulations to all who competed at MIT! It was a ton of fun and there were lots of great tests.

[kenniky]

Got a medal in WGYN which I suggested :^) playing the system

Our two teams got a combined seven 7th places :/ which is almost as many medals as we got

Such is life

[winchesetr]

And Harriton still up after losing what many say is their best SO class in several years?

Yeah Harriton will definitely take a hard hit this year

Harriton's back down to their "4th to 8th" placing?

[Unome]

And Harriton still up after losing what many say is their best SO class in several years?

Yeah Harriton will definitely take a hard hit this year

Harriton's back down to their "4th to 8th" placing?

Yeah, I was planning on revising my predictions (which would have been 1. 7L 2. Troy 3. Solon 4. Harriton) after Valley Forge. I guess I should have just followed the trend from 3 years ago (I'll be rooting for Stoga to win state though)

I managed a 2nd in Dynamic Planet, which was nice. 14th in Astro was annoying because it was the exact same place as last year... somehow got 11th in Microbes by guessing a lot though I already knew I had a lot I needed to prepare, but the reminder was definitely helpful. Next nine seventeen weeks I can hopefully actually concentrate (and not enter Microbes with a notesheet containing info on exactly ten diseases...)

[antoine_ego]

Any idea what the top score for hovercraft test portion was? By my calculations from comparing our two teams, I think it's 35 which is what we got on the test. Is there any other score higher than this? That moment when you have perfect mass score but your hovercraft is still too fast and gets destroyed on time. Such is life.

[kenniky]

Any idea what the top score for hovercraft test portion was? By my calculations from comparing our two teams, I think it's 35 which is what we got on the test. Is there any other score higher than this? That moment when you have perfect mass score but your hovercraft is still too fast and gets destroyed on time. Such is life.

That moment when you have perfect time score but your physics skills are garbage and gets destroyed on math. Such is life.

get rekt :^)

[yang573]

Going through the rankings of the A/B teams, it seems like the overall rankings are:

1. Troy (nothing of note)
2. Seven Lakes (2nd & 25th)
3. Solon (82 total point dif. for those B did better)
4. Harriton (47 point dif. from Solon A)
5. LASA (55th in WIDI?)
6. New Trier (6th & 45th)
7. Chattahoochee (8th & 36th)
8. Acton-Boxborough (60th in WIDI?)
8. Columbia (54th in WIDI?)
10. Mentor (128 total point dif. for those B did better)

The two Solon teams may not synthesis nicely, but I think they have what it takes to beat Harrition. I'm not so sure about Acton-Boxborough, and those WIDI results are odd. I have no idea about Mentor, because they have huge point gaps between their teams (eg. Chem Lab and R&M).

EDIT: I forgot LASA. I've removed Boca Raton, which would be 11th overall.

[kenniky]

Going through the rankings of the A/B teams, it seems like the overall rankings are:

1. Troy (nothing of note)
2. Seven Lakes (2nd & 25th)
3. Solon (82 total point dif. for those B did better)
4. Harriton (47 point dif. from Solon A)
5. New Trier (6th & 45th)
6. Chattahoochee (8th & 36th)
7. Acton-Boxborough (60th in WIDI?)
7. Columbia (54th in WIDI?)
9. Mentor (128 total point dif. for those B did better)
10. Boca Raton (11th and 26th)

The two Solon teams may not synthesis nicely, but I think they have what it takes to beat Harrition. I'm not so sure about Acton-Boxborough, and those WIDI results are odd. I have no idea about Mentor, because they have huge point gaps between their teams (eg. Chem Lab and R&M).

WIDI is always a tossup, and for invitationals we just put on people that didn't have enough events - evidently it didn't go so hot.

such is life I guess

[Private Wang Fire]

Going through the rankings of the A/B teams, it seems like the overall rankings are:

1. Troy (nothing of note)
2. Seven Lakes (2nd & 25th)
3. Solon (82 total point dif. for those B did better)
4. Harriton (47 point dif. from Solon A)
5. New Trier (6th & 45th)
6. Chattahoochee (8th & 36th)
7. Acton-Boxborough (60th in WIDI?)
7. Columbia (54th in WIDI?)
9. Mentor (128 total point dif. for those B did better)
10. Boca Raton (11th and 26th)

The two Solon teams may not synthesis nicely, but I think they have what it takes to beat Harrition. I'm not so sure about Acton-Boxborough, and those WIDI results are odd. I have no idea about Mentor, because they have huge point gaps between their teams (eg. Chem Lab and R&M).

Erm I think you left LASA out.

55th in WIDI and still got 5th. Lotso fives!

[EastStroudsburg13]

(I'll be rooting for Stoga to win state though)

Not sure how far you'll get with that one... Harriton's been on a different level from any other PA C team this invitational season. I'll give you that their chances at 2nd are reasonable.