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sbar114 wrote: ↑September 23rd, 2020, 2:01 pm I know the title sounds bad, but hear me out. My school's SO is pretty good and requires us to rank events, and we'll be assigned four each. This is my first year doing Science Olympiad and I'm a sophomore. My top choices so far would probably be Designer Genes, Disease Detectives, and Forensics, which are all pretty competitive at my school. I'm also kind of busy besides Science Olympiad, so I'd like some of my events to be relatively easier. (Obviously, if I need to do something for the benefit of the team, I'll do it.) So, which of the test events aren't as hard/competitive?

Efesa wrote: ↑September 23rd, 2020, 5:16 pm For Division B: Road Scholar, Meteorology (I guess)

RiverWalker88 wrote: ↑September 23rd, 2020, 5:51 pm The easiest/most difficult event is more a function of what you like/dislike (although there are some notorious events).
Some general statements about event preparation:
- Inquiry events are very low-study, but require a lot of practice (with your team, if applicable (please don't meet with your team if it'll be risky)) for best results.
- Physics events generally require less studying (this is all over the place, but generally) than the rest of the test events, but they require lots of application and some practice, so mastering what you study is really helpful.
- Chem events I can't speak for as well, but I think they are kind of similar to physics events in that they require less studying, and more application and practice.
- Earth Sci events are kind of in the middle. You want to master some stuff so that you can apply it and work with it, but you will also probably see random stuff that you want to account for too.
- Bio events and fossils are (I would say) a lot heavier on the studying piece. You will see a lot of "What is" or "Identify" on them, but you are less likely to actually really need to intensely apply the knowledge like in physics or chem events.
- Engineering/Tech Events are what you put into them, I think. I'm not super certain on these.

Disclaimer: I am making broad statements about groups of very different events. This may not reflect what you see or are given in a particular event. Additionally, these statements are based on my own experience and impressions, and may not be an accurate representation of the event.

Efesa wrote: ↑September 23rd, 2020, 5:59 pm

RiverWalker88 wrote: ↑September 23rd, 2020, 5:51 pm The easiest/most difficult event is more a function of what you like/dislike (although there are some notorious events).
Some general statements about event preparation:
- Inquiry events are very low-study, but require a lot of practice (with your team, if applicable (please don't meet with your team if it'll be risky)) for best results.
- Physics events generally require less studying (this is all over the place, but generally) than the rest of the test events, but they require lots of application and some practice, so mastering what you study is really helpful.
- Chem events I can't speak for as well, but I think they are kind of similar to physics events in that they require less studying, and more application and practice.
- Earth Sci events are kind of in the middle. You want to master some stuff so that you can apply it and work with it, but you will also probably see random stuff that you want to account for too.
- Bio events and fossils are (I would say) a lot heavier on the studying piece. You will see a lot of "What is" or "Identify" on them, but you are less likely to actually really need to intensely apply the knowledge like in physics or chem events.
- Engineering/Tech Events are what you put into them, I think. I'm not super certain on these.

Disclaimer: I am making broad statements about groups of very different events. This may not reflect what you see or are given in a particular event. Additionally, these statements are based on my own experience and impressions, and may not be an accurate representation of the event.

Fossils seems more like a bio event than an earth event. Why do they put Fossils as earth anyway?

EwwPhysics wrote: ↑September 23rd, 2020, 6:04 pm

Efesa wrote: ↑September 23rd, 2020, 5:59 pm

RiverWalker88 wrote: ↑September 23rd, 2020, 5:51 pm The easiest/most difficult event is more a function of what you like/dislike (although there are some notorious events).
Some general statements about event preparation:
- Inquiry events are very low-study, but require a lot of practice (with your team, if applicable (please don't meet with your team if it'll be risky)) for best results.
- Physics events generally require less studying (this is all over the place, but generally) than the rest of the test events, but they require lots of application and some practice, so mastering what you study is really helpful.
- Chem events I can't speak for as well, but I think they are kind of similar to physics events in that they require less studying, and more application and practice.
- Earth Sci events are kind of in the middle. You want to master some stuff so that you can apply it and work with it, but you will also probably see random stuff that you want to account for too.
- Bio events and fossils are (I would say) a lot heavier on the studying piece. You will see a lot of "What is" or "Identify" on them, but you are less likely to actually really need to intensely apply the knowledge like in physics or chem events.
- Engineering/Tech Events are what you put into them, I think. I'm not super certain on these.

Disclaimer: I am making broad statements about groups of very different events. This may not reflect what you see or are given in a particular event. Additionally, these statements are based on my own experience and impressions, and may not be an accurate representation of the event.

Fossils seems more like a bio event than an earth event. Why do they put Fossils as earth anyway?

It’s in rotation with rocks&minerals which is definitely earth science. I agree that it seems more like a bio event, but a lot of people seem to disagree with me so idk. Also, they don’t want to seem too biased against earth science
Also keep in mind that ID events are sort of their own thing, not really conforming too much to any category.