Every year we attend tournaments in our area and beyond! We try to go to as many tournaments as our budget allows, and any we go to will be in 2nd semester. This upcoming year, we are planning for a combination of in-person and virtual tournaments. Here are a few of the competitions we regularly attend:
BARSO (Bay Area Regional Science Olympiad)
BARSO is the regional (and most important) tournament for us, typically held at CSU East Bay in March. If our school places around the top 4-5 out of the 30+ high school teams attending, we move onto the state tournament!
GGSO (Golden Gate Science Olympiad)
GGSO is one of the hardest Science Olympiad tournaments in the nation. We use this tournament to get familiar with participating in a competition and to help prepare for BARSO. With 200+ participating in 2020, it was definitely a fun, memorable, and tough experience!
Aggies
Aggies is an invitational event at UC Davis, and it's usually held in mid January. As it is usually the first competition of each season, we use this tournament to acquaint ourselves to each event. Our first time going was in 2023.
BirdSO
BirdSO is a nationwide invitational, typically held in mid-February with about 230 teams participating. We attend every year, participating in the Satellite tournament. Its challenging and longer tests are great practice for BARSO, which usually comes in a few weeks.
NorCal States
If our school places around the top 4-5 at BARSO, we advance to NorCal States, which is usually held at CSU Stanislaus or Mira Loma High School. We have made it to states in 2023, 2022, and 2014.
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