Graduation Science Olympiad Seniors

[C4]

As weird as it is, it happens to everyone in science olympiad: graduation.

Its my senior year and we just had our state competition. Not getting to nationals was a huge upset, but it happens.

But the point of the topic is what do you do once you graduate? Do you take your notes with you? Archive them? Destroy your building events? Save them for a later year? Any of your alumni come back and help once graduation? Any traditions? I'm from a school with the first graduating seniors, so I'd like to hear what others do.

[chalker]

As weird as it is, it happens to everyone in science olympiad: graduation.

Its my senior year and we just had our state competition. Not getting to nationals was a huge upset, but it happens.

But the point of the topic is what do you do once you graduate? Do you take your notes with you? Archive them? Destroy your building events? Save them for a later year? Any of your alumni come back and help once graduation? Any traditions? I'm from a school with the first graduating seniors, so I'd like to hear what others do.

The best thing you can do is volunteer to help run events at tournaments

[Dark Sabre]

And the second best thing would obviously be to take pictures of all of your building events and upload them to the gallery!

[winneratlife]

And the second best thing would obviously be to take pictures of all of your building events and upload them to the gallery!

I thought that tied with posting your notes to the wiki

[Littleboy]

Yea well the wiki is a little behind because it has more info than the image gallery has pics. We need both but pictures more.

[fishman100]

Would it be legal for a Division C person to help write/write a Div B test?

[space scientist]

Would it be legal for a Division C person to help write/write a Div B test?

I don't see a reason why you wouldn't be able to, but I don't know the rules for who can make tests for tournaments (although invitational and regional tournaments sometimes use practice tests from here, scioly.org). Chalker and chalker7 should be able to clarify, for they are on the event board.

[chalker]

Would it be legal for a Division C person to help write/write a Div B test?

I don't see a reason why you wouldn't be able to, but I don't know the rules for who can make tests for tournaments (although invitational and regional tournaments sometimes use practice tests from here, scioly.org). Chalker and chalker7 should be able to clarify, for they are on the event board.

Yes, there is no prohibition against that. As I've emphasized many times, volunteers are always needed at all levels.

[C4]

I definitely want to become an event proctor if possible. How does one get on the event board things anyways? They seem really interesting in my opinion.

[chalker]

I definitely want to become an event proctor if possible. How does one get on the event board things anyways? They seem really interesting in my opinion.

The first thing to do is to contact your state SO director and volunteer to help out (http://soinc.org/state_directors_list). You can also volunteer to help at the national tournament each year by going to the national tournament website (it changes each year.. check soinc.org). Once you've helped out for a couple years you'll end up meeting various people on the committee and hopefully will be invited back to help out some more. At some point you just kind of get invited to the rules meetings. It's all about networking and continuing to volunteer and make your presence known.