<p>I'm in a bit of a predicament right now. Recently, I found out that the Stanford Math Competition and Science Bowl are on the same day. Which competition should I go to? I've been in Science Bowl for 3 years, and I'm the president this year. However, based on our performance last year, we definitely aren't going to win. </p>
<p>There's a chance that the team for the Stanford Math Competition could win.</p>
<p>Taken from an entirely moralistic standpoint, I really cannot let my science bowl team down, and I'm going to put this as one of my ECs. But I don't have many awards, and the Stanford Math Competition could offer me a great opportunity. Nonetheless, ECs>Awards (unless it's something asdfspectacular)</p>
<p>Wow, I think I just talked myself out of the Stanford event, but any advice?</p>
<p>i wouldnt be very confident on the stanford math comp. university competitions tend to be much harder and seem to attract many great math students all across the country. im speaking from some experiences with HMMT and PUMaC.
consider this thoroughly. if you abandon your team in science bowl, you'd better not ask for a rec from your sponsor.</p>
<p>I think you've already answered the question. The Stanford Math Competition involves tests in algebra, geometry, and calculus. If you're looking for an award in that sort of competition, you can just enroll in the Mu Alpha Theta tests and in some of the other local mathematics contests in the Bay Area. But I hope you're involved in high-school activities because you really enjoy then, not because you're hoping to rack up awards for college applications.</p>
<p>You feel a moral/ethical obligation to your science bowl team, so you should do that. All you're giving up is a chance to do do well in the other competition, and even if you did do well, which is far from assured, it wouldn't make much a difference in your application.</p>