<p>I'm not familiar with these. Can someone please explain these to me in brief paragraphs? (I don't want to read Great Walls of texts on Wiki)</p>
<p>Academic Decathlon - team of 9. Each participates in 10 areas (thus Decathlon) - Math, Science, Social Studies, Art, Music, Literature, Economics, Essay, Interview, Speech. All events other than the last 3 are multiple choice tests. There is a featured theme every year, and they try to model the tests based off of the theme (this year’s theme is the Great Depression, so the history would be the Great Depression, and the novel is Grapes of Wrath). </p>
<p>That’s basically the gist of it. There’s a regional competition, state, and then national.</p>
<p>How to enter (regional, state, national)? How to prepare (regional, state, national)? When and Where (regional, state, national)?</p>
<p>How about the Quiz Bowl?</p>
<p>I’m not entirely sure (ask your counselor or whoever), but I think you go to your state’s academic decathlon website and register there. My school has been doing this for so long now that we don’t worry about registration. To prepare, we read the materials and do individual research, take practice scrimmage tests. Regional competition is late January to early February, state competition is mid March, and nationals is in April.</p>
<p>No idea about quiz bowl.</p>
<p>Does each school have an “Academic Decathlon Club”? And does the school have to participate or else its students cannot?</p>
<p>well, you need a team of 9, so your school has to participate</p>
<p>no, not all schools participate.</p>
<p>There’s three divisions in Ac Dec, too.</p>
<p>You need three kids with low GPAs, three kids with medium GPAs, and three kids with high GPAs.</p>