List of Invitationals by Region

[2win]

Cypress Falls Invites (Houston, TX) is set for November 21, 2009. The website hasn't been updated yet though.

[robotman]

Cypress Falls Invites (Houston, TX) is set for November 21, 2009. The website hasn't been updated yet though.

Holy Crap thats soon >.>

[sciolykid101]

Cypress Falls Invites (Houston, TX) is set for November 21, 2009. The website hasn't been updated yet though.

Holy Crap thats soon >.>

there's actually a georgia invitational on the 14th of November.

[AlphaTauri]

If you are a B-div team in eastern pa and too far away from any of the OH invites, why not convince your coach that it would be helpful. It sounds like there would be enough demand based on previous posts.

I wish there was a B invitational in PA though, so teams don't have to go all the way to Solon. I wonder if there have been plans anywhere to organize one, because that would be really nice.

Yeah, it would be nice if they organized a B invitational around Reading, because then it wouldn't be too far for teams from NE, SE or Central, which usually can't go to Solon. (For me, the Solon invite would be about 5 and a half hours away, way longer than I want to spend on a bus.)

[scienceolympiadist]

but long bus rides are fun!

[sciolykid101]

but long bus rides are fun!

Very true, except it gets really weary when it goes over 5 hours.

[AlphaTauri]

Long bus ride? Fun?

Not with my SO team, especially at 5 in the morning. Basically, half the people are somehow incredibly awake and then there's the rest of us who just want to sleep. The fully-awake people talk loudly and the half-asleep people tell them to shut up (nicely). And then by the time we get to competition, everyone is annoyed and some people are like this but we all manage to cooperate in events. (The bus ride home is much nicer.)

[SOninja]

we wake each other up.
upon sight of my fellow science olympians i feel much better/awake/happier.
i then proceed to wake them up with my hyperness.

[sciolykid101]

we wake each other up.
upon sight of my fellow science olympians i feel much better/awake/happier.
i then proceed to wake them up with my hyperness.

afternoons are much better

[EastStroudsburg13]

but long bus rides are fun!

Not if you're in a creaky regular school bus that really isn't that great in the first place that also has pretty poor shock absorbers and you're going over countless hills and potholes. Meanwhile the seats are really uncomfortable too, and the people are squashed together so everyone fits. Although the time we had our bus break down on I-80 was fun.

However, I can't honestly say that I think long bus rides are fun. If it's shorter than I'm okay with that, and it could be potentially fun at some points, but unless you're riding in a charter bus I can't agree with you.