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Hey everyone! Here's some updates for the 2021 GGSO Invitational!

The invitational will be taking place on February 13, 2021 in a miniSO format.

Registration
Official team registration opens on Scilympiad on Monday, October 5th at Noon PDT on a first-come first-served basis at this link. The registration fee will be $50, due by November 20, 2020. Please contact us if the registration fee poses a challenge for your team.

The tournament will have a maximum of 100 competing teams, and a maximum of 2 teams allowed per school.

Format
We will be holding all Division C events allowed in the MiniSO model following regional-level rules. All tests will be administered in a synchronous form according to the PDT time zone. Students residing in other time zones are also welcome to participate, but will need to adhere to these times.

Events will be held on the Scilympiad platform, which allows partners to work simultaneously on tests. We also encourage partners to work together through other virtual platforms (ex. Phone call, video conferencing, etc.) but teams will not be allowed to gather in-person.

Event Supervisor and Test Committee Applications
The ES and TC application is now live and is open to any high school graduate. Applications are due October 16th at 11:59 PDT.

For more detailed information, please visit our website goldengateso.com and feel free to email goldengatescioly@gmail.com with any questions!

GGSO sign-up filled up fast!
Noteworthy teams signed up include:
Boca Raton
Canyon Crest
Clark
Fairfax
Harriton
Iolani
Mason
Mira Loma
Mounds View
Mountain View
Palo Alto
Seven Lakes
Solon
Troy
WWPN
WWPS
Clements

and on the waitlist there are:
Bothell
Brookwood
Camas
Carmel
LASA
Lower Merion

Looking very stacked!

Should be a fun tournament!

I am just wondering, why are there waitlists if it says 100 teams can compete? It seemed like the waitlist started before 100 teams registered.

eagerlearner102 wrote: ↑October 7th, 2020, 9:36 pm I am just wondering, why are there waitlists if it says 100 teams can compete? It seemed like the waitlist started before 100 teams registered.

What makes you say that? According to scilympiad, there are 100 teams registered and 50 teams on the waitlist (if you look at the bottom row, you can see the counts).

There are only 93 schools registered total (including waitlist) but many of those schools have multiple teams, bringing the total team count to 150.

I am so sorry. I read the spreadsheet and I noticed that 100 teams registered.

Quite an interesting list of teams for sure, notable ones include:
Clements, American, Boca, CCA, Clark, Fairfax, Harriton, Io, Mason, Lynbrook, Milpitas, Mira, MSJ, Mounds View, Mountain View, Palo, 7l, Solon, Troy, WWPN, WWPS.

Waitlisted teams include:
Stevenson, Bothell, Brookwood, Camas, Carmel, LASA, LM, Monta Vista, Northville (MI), OSS, Syosset

The team cap seems to now be raised to 150 on Scilympiad, so all those notable waitlisted teams now join the notable registered teams!

l0lit wrote: ↑October 11th, 2020, 7:46 pm The team cap seems to now be raised to 150 on Scilympiad, so all those notable waitlisted teams now join the notable registered teams!

glhf

If you are interested in volunteering for the Golden Gate Invitational, please fill out the form here! The form is due by January 3rd at 11:59 PM PST. Please note that only high school graduates are allowed to volunteer. We are running a virtual tournament so volunteers from any location are welcome to join! If you have any questions, feel free to email us at goldengatescioly@gmail.com