Proudest Moments

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One of my proudest moments was my freshman year (wow, was it that long ago?) when I got second in WIDI at state. I ran so fast up to the stage that I nearly tripped and fell, because I really didn't expect to do that well. I think the thing that keeps this from being my actual Proudest Moment is that I know exactly what I messed up that kept us from getting first.... but second is good too.

I think my proudest moment overall though was placing first in Designer Genes this year at regionals this year. I'd been prepping for the event pretty religiously, since I had gotten carried pretty hard last year and the exam at regionals was really difficult. Since this is something that I'm really passionate about, I wanted to be sure that if I did it again, I did well. The same proctor ran the event again this year, and while the test wasn't the same it was still really hard and I wasn't sure we were going to do that well (especially since we were one of the last teams out of the room). I was really nervous as they read off the teams that placed, especially around third place because I hadn't been called yet and I really had pretty low confidence about the event. However, before they even finished reading our team name for first place I had sprinted across the auditorium for my award. It was such a proud moment for me because it had meant that all my studying had paid off, and I was really glad that I could take home a first place medal for that.

That little victory also got me super pumped up for states. Oh, how the turns have tabled.

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Proudest moment was by far getting Fourth in Gravity Vehicle. I mean it's not great by all means but it made me pretty proud to see that my work paid off, I was only 7cm away to be fair, and the competition in my region is ridiculous.