<p>Anyone in it? How are you preparing?</p>
<p>hm it looks interesting but the website isnt very clear</p>
<p>how do i start a team? do i need a teacher(s) to coach, or can we put together a team and study independently?</p>
<p>when is the test?</p>
<p>can we specialize and have one person do each area or does everyone need to know everything?</p>
<p>and is it way late if we start preparing now?</p>
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<p>You can put together your own team, though you may technically need a sponsor. I don’t really know the process of starting a team. The problem is that you will need study materials, and they cost money.</p>
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<p>Depends on the state.</p>
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<p>There are 9 people per team, 3 for each GPA level. Top two scores per level per subject count. Technically you’ll want people to know everything, but startup teams are unlikely to be competitive so it may be worth deciding to just specialize if you want a better shot at some medals.</p>
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<p>Yeah. Some states have competitions in the fall. Even if competition is in the spring you’ll have needed to register by now. Now’s a good time to start thinking about next year though.</p>
<p>^ Did you do it the year Mexico was the topic?</p>
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<p>The teams that will win probably started preparing this summer. I know here in Maine, one of Scarborough or this other really tiny school have been the only AcademicDeath state champions ever, and they start super early. My high school started in November when I did it, and we were not capable of competing with these hardcore schools (although we posted a - if I may say so myself - respectable 7th place finish)</p>
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<p>That’s an excellent result; congratulations.</p>
<p>There were only 15 teams there, but still, we did not expect to do that well haha</p>
<p>I bleed Academic Decathlon. In fact, that will probably be the cause of my death. Our regional competition is at the end of January, but I don’t feel prepared at all. I’m looking forward to it, nevertheless. The competition is always fun… unless, you know, we lose.
I’m trying to maintain a schedule which would allow me to reread all of the material by January 27th. Except I can’t seem to focus and math always gives me a good kick in the butt.</p>
<p>Math was brutal. I got like 500 in it. Actually, it was probably more like 420</p>
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<p>Civil War the first year, Mexico 2nd</p>
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<p>Team score? Maine’s not a competitive state in terms of AcaDeca. I wonder how many LAUSD schools would win it. My school didn’t finish in the top 30 at LAUSD but would’ve beat out a few teams at nationals.</p>
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<p>The teams that will win started preparing last year. Top players generally have read through the packets once before the summer starts.</p>
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<p>Yeah, they screwed it up last year. It’s usually not so hard. That said, it’s still pretty brutal because of the time constraints. The first time I took it I got about 600 and was shocked at the pace. My best score was 829, though unfortunately I scored lower at the actual competition and didn’t quite get a medal.</p>
<p>So if you win your group in the regional, you go to city right? is the format of the competition the same?
I got gold in 6/7 for Honors and 1st place honors overall,but our group of schools was very weak.
We still have to go back to the 2nd round, but I’m pretty scared since I know our team is very lacking.
Does it have any weight to have won medals in the regional competition?</p>
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<p>The structure of the competition depends on the area you’re in.</p>
<p>A little off topic, but what do current Decathletes here think the theme will be for NEXT YEAR???</p>