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hc1220 wrote:

kentuckyfan1001 wrote:

hc1220 wrote:Does Solon not let ninth graders in?

9th graders are only on the Division B team. It's been a policy to not allow 9th graders on Division C, just as basically a "non-compete" between B & C.

So the class of 2017 is in ninth grade right now, so they didn't graduate yet from div b, like said in a previous post?

That would be correct.

Oh I can't math. I meant to say that the class of 2016 (current sophomores/rising juniors) is extremely talented. Although I do expect a bit of drop-off in terms of performance compared to last year, I'm confident the div B team will still do well at Nats.

Okay, so this is my top 30 prediction. I didn't want to go for top 60 because the bottom half is impossible to guess. Let me know if you see any glaring mistakes.

1. Daniel Wright Junior High School B10
2. Solon Middle School B11
3. Winston Churchill Middle School B2
4. Meads Mill Middle School B5
5. Science and Arts Academy B9
6. Muscatel Middle School B1
7. Paul J. Gelinas Junior High School B7
8. Beckendorff Junior High School B16
9. J. C. Booth Middle School B19
10. Shady Side Academy B13
11. Magsig Middle School B12
12. Eagle Hill Middle School B8
13. Dodgen Middle School B20
14. Piedmont Middle School B3
15. Longfellow Middle School B34
16. Thomas Jefferson Middle School B23
17. Bearden Middle School B36
18. Riverwood Middle School B15
19. Auburn Jr. High School B27
20. West Windsor-Plainsboro Community Middle School B37
21. Pembroke Hill Middle School B18
22. Springhouse Middle School B14
23. Hamilton Middle School B31
24. Ladue Middle School B17
25. Jay M. Robinson Middle School B4
26. Lakeshore Middle School B6
27. Preston Middle School B28
28. Orlando Science School B21
29. Albuquerque Area Home Schoolers B32
30. Henry B. du Pont Middle School B35

Mine:
1. Solon
2. Daniel Wright
3. Meads Mill
4. Winston Churchill
5. Beckendorff
6. Muscatel
7. Gelinas
8. Booth
9. Shady Side
10. Magsig

mrburrito wrote:Okay, so this is my top 30 prediction. I didn't want to go for top 60 because the bottom half is impossible to guess. Let me know if you see any glaring mistakes.

1. Daniel Wright Junior High School B10
2. Solon Middle School B11
3. Winston Churchill Middle School B2
4. Meads Mill Middle School B5
5. Science and Arts Academy B9
6. Muscatel Middle School B1
7. Paul J. Gelinas Junior High School B7
8. Beckendorff Junior High School B16
9. J. C. Booth Middle School B19
10. Shady Side Academy B13
11. Magsig Middle School B12
12. Eagle Hill Middle School B8
13. Dodgen Middle School B20
14. Piedmont Middle School B3
15. Longfellow Middle School B34
16. Thomas Jefferson Middle School B23
17. Bearden Middle School B36
18. Riverwood Middle School B15
19. Auburn Jr. High School B27
20. West Windsor-Plainsboro Community Middle School B37
21. Pembroke Hill Middle School B18
22. Springhouse Middle School B14
23. Hamilton Middle School B31
24. Ladue Middle School B17
25. Jay M. Robinson Middle School B4
26. Lakeshore Middle School B6
27. Preston Middle School B28
28. Orlando Science School B21
29. Albuquerque Area Home Schoolers B32
30. Henry B. du Pont Middle School B35

Top 30 I feel is too hard to comment on because 15-30 could go any way, but i feel magsig should definitely be in top 10

Edit: but I do congratulate you on creating a list that in most areas seems to be quite accurate

While I do concur that top 30 is hard to do, I nevertheless congratulate you and commend you for trying

Now, I do have to ask why Community MS is 20th? I ask not because I have NJ bias, but because historically speaking, they are 2-time national champions and while they may not be as consistently strong as they were before, they're still a team to be reckoned with. And in between the two times they did actually win nationals, they had a twelfth place finish at nationals one year.

I'm assuming you think they're going to do worse rather than improve?

also, SOLON is most probobly going to win. also, magsig and springhouse probs be top ten. Also Beckendorff... they got 2nd at their state so even if they do get top ten, the people who beat them will too.

While I think Springhouse will perform admirably, no PA B team has placed in the top 10 since 2008 (Sewickley placed 6th). I find it a bit of a stretch for Springhouse to place top 10 in their first year of nationals...

Bazinga+ wrote:also, SOLON is most probobly going to win. also, magsig and springhouse probs be top ten. Also Beckendorff... they got 2nd at their state so even if they do get top ten, the people who beat them will too.

Eh. You have to keep in mind that Riverwood, the team that beat Beckendorff, dropped a few events that are official events. On the other hand, Beckendorff dropped the non official events, doing only the national Science Olympiad events. Take a look for yourself.

http://outreach.science.tamu.edu/tso/20 ... n_2014.pdf

oh sry, i confused springhouse and SAA cuz they are both new teams. Sry abut that. I think your placements for them are close to correct. but i still think magsig should be up there.