Hey guys my official schedule is:
Chemistry
Algebra 2
Pre- Calc
World history
English
Gym
And Spanish
However, my Spanish class doesn’t have a teacher so they said to just treat it as study hall. We’ve all been informed that we may not get a teacher until January!! I’m not sure what to do about that…
@Potter3846 what spanish do you take? Will you have an exam at the end, because if so that’s kinda worrying…
@CavsFan2003 congrats on the score! I plan on taking the SAT for the first time nov. 3
@Potter3846 what level of Spanish? If I were you I wouldn’t worry and just take the extra time to do some studying or homework. Good luck!
@zombiekid @itachasuke yea there is a final exam ? and I’ll try I’m not really good at self studying
Also I got a 80 on my first test really bummed me out. And an extra curricular that I was going to take, I may not be able to take it…
Personally what I’d end up doing in your scenario is make a bunch of quizlets because quizlets are great and create a study group depending on if your friends are highly motivated and would work noT goof off but no more than 3 people because that could get distracting fast. Good luck!!
Anyone have tips for recruiting for a Science Olympiad team? I have myself right now, hopefully an advisor and my school’s principal on board.
@destinedforND First, get the logistics of your club sorted out (get a definite advisor and get your club paperwork filled out), then start advertising. Make posters. Print out flyers; hand them out to people and put them in science classrooms. Post on social media, and ask your friends if they’ll repost your advertisements. Submit a short announcement to be read in homeroom over the PA system, if that’s a thing your school does. If your friends are go-getters who are willing to work hard, offer them officer positions in exchange for being on your team.
Make your first meeting fun and entertaining while giving people a sense of what Science Olympiad is all about. Bring free food to your first meeting (pizza, cookies, chips, soda, etc.), and heavily advertise the fact that you have free food. After a brief presentation that explains the gist of Science Olympiad, have some sort of fun icebreaker activity to get people involved. (Pretty sure we had an egg drop competition at our first Sci Oly meeting last year). Make sure to get people’s contact information at the first meeting, and start an email blast and/or REMIND in order to keep in touch and let people know in advance when your next meeting is.
Wishing you the best of luck!
@chrysalism Thanks! I’m meeting with a potential advisor on Monday. Hopefully we get this going, as we do not have any science or math clubs and I really wanted one to get involved with.
@destinedforND Still got that pdf of Campbell’s? 
@wontonandrice Lol I’m not them but I have a PDF of Campbell’s Biology 11th edition. I’ll PM the Google Drive link to you.
@chrysalism Thank you so much! The deadline for making clubs has passed but I can probably make a Bio Olympiad club next year.
Also, I’m curious as to how you all study for it. I don’t think I will do it this year, since it might be too late to study. The idea of memorizing Campbell’s seems pretty intimidating to me.
@wontonandrice No prob! And I mean, you don’t have to have a club for your school to administer the Bio Olympiad exam. If you can get a teacher to proctor it, and you can pony up the school registration fee (pretty sure it’s $95 - which, if you can find 5 or so other people interested in taking the exam that are willing to split the cost with you, is a fairly manageable fee), there’s no reason that you couldn’t just set up one day to administer the test and be done with it.
TBH, it’s never too late to start studying - worst case scenario is that you end up extra prepared for next year. If you read a chapter a day of Campbell’s, that’d only take you a little over two months and would technically teach you all the information you need to know to do well enough to at least make semifinals (of course you’d need to study and re-study the information in order to retain it, but it can be done). Takes some dedication, but it’s by no means impossible.
In order to make finals, you’d probably need to do some reading outside Campbell’s; Raven’s Biology of Plants is a text that’s pretty much universally recommended, and you’d want to learn some extra stuff about biochemistry and anatomy (people recommend Alberts’ Molecular Biology of the Cell, but IMO that’s suuuuuuuper dense and you can find the info presented elsewhere in a more coherent manner). And of course, whether you’re aiming for semifinals, finals, or what have you, taking a lot of practice tests (which can be found online) is always a good idea.
I’m actually copresident of my school’s Bio Oly club if you have any other questions. (There’s also a USABO thread full of people way more qualified to answer your questions than I am lmaooooo)
@chrysalism Usually, one studies for around an hour or a chapter per day right? I’ve heard bad stuff about not having a life from doing USABO and that worries me a lot. Is it a hefty time commitment or is it just 7hrs/wk like I mentioned?
Also, does anybody know if AP BiologyX by RiceX is good?
I’m a little bummed because the results from the MUN tryouts came out today and only my best friend got a spot but not me…
Is anyone doing the International public policy forum? I’m doing for the first time and my team started late.
Anyone take the PSAT today?
Yup. It went pretty well.