<p>USAD</p>
<p>How many hours per day do people who make it to nationals study during the summer/school year?</p>
<p>Hey, I'm doing Ac Dec, too. But I don't know anything about it.</p>
<p>My coach suggests in the summer we study atleast 2 hours a week. Our Ac Dec is constantly winning, so I don't know if we do things differently.</p>
<p>In the summer, we meet atleast 3 times and study all day long.</p>
<p>In the school year, you must learn the material so you can teach it to the rest of the team.</p>
<p>We will both find out just how much studying is needed when school starts. ;D</p>
<p>you guys go to nationals? impressive!
it seems impossible to get to nationals in MA unelss you're on the Acton-Boxboro team</p>
<p>Yes, we've gone to nationals I think. >_< Okay I really shouldn't have fallen asleep during that meeting. But I'm going to say we go to nationals for now because they take off a whole TWO FRIGGIN WEEKS from school. If THAT'S not nationals, then I'm very scared. Haha.</p>
<p>Seems impossible? Well then I'll tell you right now that you won't see me there. We have 15 people on the team, so we can pick and choose who goes to contests.</p>
<p>I hate aca deca. I dont like the tests. they dont require any thinking just regurgitation of material. then again I'm a little bitter cuz I was the only one who studied on my team ( a hell of a lot too and I didn't even have the class. ) and didn't even medal in anything. </p>
<p>and I'm being stupid and taking the class next year. I need to work on my communication skills (oral and written) and this phenomenal girl (academically) who's my friend is taking the class. so I might learn something for her</p>
<p>sorry 4 the rant and a minor hijack of the thread. What would yall recommend for self study on your own this summer? How can you make any of this interesting?</p>
<p>though the science is anatomy and physiology. yay something fun. But the music................. hymns <em>shudder</em>. Such a downgrading form the awesome classical last year.</p>
<p>yikes the music is hymns? geez, that sucks. i medal at lot at aca deca but my team sucks so we never even get to state.</p>
<p>i wish we had a USAD class, that'd let us get to nationals a lottt easier</p>
<p>yeah i'm psyched about the science this time since i actually have an itnerest in it</p>
<p>watch the straight to HBO movie "Cheaters"</p>
<p>I'm doing academic decathlon next year. I know close to nothing about it :D</p>
<p>Do you know if the study materials are available yet?</p>
<p>How can I get this started up in my school?</p>
<p><a href="http://www.usad.org/%5B/url%5D">http://www.usad.org/</a> . the official website. if it helps..</p>
<p>how about this question...</p>
<p>HOW do you study?</p>
<p>Hey, sorry to hear that your team sucks. I wouldn't join ac dec if I didn't see that we get some medals and MONEY.</p>
<p>I don't know how we study yet. Ask me next month when I get a taste of it. Have you joined, as well? :)</p>
<p>We don't even have one!! GAH. This is one of the moments I absolutely loathe and detest living overseas.</p>
<p>yeah i did it last year, but we blew... our coach has no clue, and our team was ragged. i didn't do to well, i think you need to read teh basic packets not just the resource guides -_-</p>
<p>well tell me what you guys do hehe =] keep me posted quitejaded...</p>
<p>I am doing AcaDec next year too... We have summer school all summer, meet over breaks, have our class, and work from 4-7:30... I think its 7:30. I live in California, so its really lame because to be able to go to Nationals we have to beat El Camino Real... The school that actually wins nationals... It becomes our lives, pretty much. We are a very competitive school when it comes to these types of things. I am rather fond of the suibjects this year, even music which i thought i would detest but its actually quite nice.</p>
<p>what county are you coming from?
that sounds pretty tough... tell me about the study methods when you guys start though.</p>
<p>I'm doing it next year as well!</p>
<p>I've gotten my study guide and reading to do over the summer...then my life really goes to hell when school starts. At least 3 hours a day doing it...it's a good thing I don't have a full school schedule next year.</p>
<p>why do yall care enough to study?</p>
<p>I dont mind studying. I live for competitive academics... I am from LA county by the way, whoever asked. Real doesnt go to our county comp but we would meet them at state</p>