Will/Did you make it to nationals?

[quizbowl]

Well unless by chance almost the rest of the state of Colorado gets bombed there is no chance that my school will ever go to nats. We would have to compete against a team that has won state for about the past 11 years and with the exception of 2 or 3 years have finished top 15 at Nats, No gonna happen.

Kinda the same here. The top team is always top 10, and often top 5. The next team is right underneath, and besides them, two other high caliber teams miss out. And there is my team, wishing that we lived in a less competitive state.

[Bubba1960]

Like I am. MD has barly any teams, and even less good ones :3

[M-E-T-H-O-D MAN]

Heck, I'm just hoping we get to nats. I'm fine with any placement there, I just want to go.

Hope is futile. I don't hope to go to nats, I work to go there.

[IdahoSciGuy]

Heck, I'm just hoping we get to nats. I'm fine with any placement there, I just want to go.

Hope is futile. I don't hope to go to nats, I work to go there.

Not as futile as Resistence, mind you.

I think working hard towards your goals is important, but so is the thought that it might not happen. Whether someone uses that for motivation or not is up to them, but the possibility of defeat is always present, no matter the scenario. The key to overcoming it is, as i said before, Using that feeling to further your motivation.

[3nv1r0nm3ntal ch3m]

Im hopeing my school gets 40th-50th if we go to nats.

...but what are you hoping for if your team does not go to nats...

[zyzzyva980]

Is that a question you really have to ask? Really? Think about that question for a second.

[3nv1r0nm3ntal ch3m]

Haha, I was just kidding

[cvmsrocksyoursocks]

the really weird thing is that my school has never made it to the nationals even though we have a full 6 teams and 15 members and we have unlimited funding (pretty much) and we have never made it to the nationals...for us if coaches need money all they have to do it ask...(oh wait, part of the problem is that one of the schools next to us includes SO in their curriculum)

[zyzzyva980]

That's not the problem. You can have all the money in the world, but if you aren't passionate and you aren't working, you aren't going to win. You can beat anyone with those two tools. A passion for Science Olympiad, and a work ethic second to none. How do I know this? Because I medaled in all my events last year in states and regionals, over schools that DO offer scioly in the curriculum and DO have unlimited funding (we have none) and DO have extremely large teams (ratio of 40:9 between some schools and us at some points). Work hard, be passionate, and there's nothing you can't do individually. Instill that passion and work ethic in your team and you can be the best.

[Bubba1960]

See, zy, you can bribe juges.