User:Axolotl

Open to writing Rocks and/or Ornithology for 2021-2022 season, based in PA for supervising/proctoring.

Graduated '20 after competing in Ohio for 6 years and running CSE for 3 years, now running the Pitt Invitational! When I supervise, I try to post histos and an ES review if there is a forum page. Otherwise, I update the scilympiad introduction with the histos after awards. Message me on Discord Axolotl#5248 to talk about ID events or exchange fossils memes!

Event Supervising for 2023-2023 Season:

Name + Position	Average/Total Score (%)	Event	Takeaways
SOAPS Invitational Co-Event Supervisor	Div C	Rocks & Minerals
SOAPS Invitational Co-Event Supervisor	Div C	Experimental Design

Event Supervising for 2021-2022 Season:

Name + Position	Average/Total Score (%)	Event	Takeaways
ATX Science Olympiad (UT Austin) Co-Event Supervisor	Div B/C	Rocks & Minerals	Message me on Discord with any feedback from the test. I wasn't able to go in-person, but still had the opportunity to co-write the test with Rebecca L.
Dick Smith Memorial Invitational Event Supervisor	Div B: 41.40/180 (23.00%) Div C: 48.37/234 (20.67%)	Rocks & Minerals	Thank you to Carolyn Kunze from Garnet for writing this with me. Exciting to start off the season strong for lots of teams in and out of PA.
SOAPS Invitational Event Supervisor	Div C: 89.47/160 (55.92%) Div C: 65.74/170.5 (38.53%)	Experimental Design Rocks + Minerals	First in-person invitational! Thank you to Milap and Aaron for co-ESing, Zoe for hosting me, and to all the CV alum for good company; glad to finally get back to EXPD since 2019 Nats.
Pitt Invitational President	Div C	N/A	First time directing an invitational...shoutout to my E-Board! Although it was online (probably for the best with the snowstorm), still exciting to see so many schools attend.
BirdSO Invitational Event Supervisor	Div B: 40.67/231 (18%) Div C: 57.29/244.5 (23%)	Ornithology	Thank you to kaela, chopsuey, and scacacia (orni squad <3) for carrying me in test writing. It was so much grading but couldn't have asked for better people to endure it with.
Ohio Regionals Volunteer	Div C	It's About Time	Certainly a Saturday on Spring Break well spent! Sorry I couldn't convince the ES he was running the build portion incorrectly ://
Pennsylvania Regionals Event Supervisor	Div C	Rocks & Minerals	Thank you to Ms. Kunze for supervising and co-writing. Hope all the competitors enjoyed Station 11 and see y'all at States soon!
Pennsylvania States Event Supervisor	Div C: 68.01/~150 (45%)	Rocks & Minerals	So many thanks to Ms. Kunze for writing the test during my finals week, to Tracy for volunteering, and PASO Board Members for helping grade. Congrats to PA Champions Cumberland Valley...excited to see some new players at Nats!!!
2022 National Tournament ES Assistant	Div C	Trajectory	Certainly a long day, but thank you to Jerry for a smooth event and it was awesome to see some of you over Zoom! Congrats to Mason and see y'all next year (hopefully in person)!!

Event Supervising for 2020-2021 Season:

Name + Position	Average/Total Score (%)	Event	Takeaways
ATX Science Olympiad (UT Austin) Co-Event Supervisor	Div C: 56.87/323 (17%) Div B: 42.46/266 (16%)	Fossils	Thank you palaeocastor for co-writing! Div B/C should have <60% of the same questions. The majority of participants split up and take the test independently; stations should vary in difficulty.
Pearl City Invitational Event Supervisor	Div C: 47.53/153 (31%) Div B: 33.19/153 (22%)	Fossils	Check the level (Reg/State/Nat) of the competition before test writing.
Pearl City Invitational Event Supervisor	Disappeared into the scilympiad void	Ornithology	Obscure calls/eggs should be used sparingly outside of ID stations. Also, have a backup plan for audio files (now using tinyurls!).
Penn State Invitational (SOAPS) Primary Event Supervisor	Div C: 64.89/281.5 (23%)	Fossils	Thank you sundropofdew for co-writing! Reducing answer formatting and putting referenced images on every question reduces scrolling.
Penn State Invitational (SOAPS) Assistant Event Supervisor	Div C: 72.71/243.5 (30%)	Ornithology	Thank you Bea for co-writing! Asking competitors to alphabetize answers for multiple blank questions is too time consuming, it seems.
Yale Invitational Event Supervisor	Div C: 69.38/275 (25%)	Ornithology	Google docs are a pain to grade :') and same day awards are stressful (last block event), sorry for contributing to the awards delay!
University of Cincinnati Invitational Event Supervisor	Div C: 41.14/158 (26%)	Fossils	Self care is writing a shorter test when you know you're grading alone :D hope you still learned something even if it was pretty short!
Pitt Invitational Event Chair	Div B: 41.14/136 (30%)	Fossils	Running an invite goes hand in hand with sleep deprivation. Still worth it and fun, thanks to officers, committee, and volunteers for helping!!!
Pitt Invitational Event Chair	Div B: 51.13/135 (38%)	Ornithology	Thanks to Thuan for helping avert a scioly crisis, as much as we complain about Scilympiad the response to tech issues is astonishingly quick.
BirdSO Invitational Co-Event Supervisor	Div B: 44.61/153 (29%) Div C: 63.53/234 (27%)	Ornithology	Thank you all TDs for running and soph and bea for co-writing, BirdSO Or-Knee Gang foreverrr! First event I've written with a normal distribution!
Mason Invitational Event Supervisor	Div C: 74.4/299 (25%)	Fossils	Thank you to nishi_fishie and ToucanDude2411 for co-writing, y'all made this a super fun experience even if awards took us 10 tries to film. Congrats to Mason for their first ever invite!!!
University of Texas at Austin Regional Event Supervisor	Div B: 61.04/159 (38%) Div C: 60.75/159 (38%)	Ornithology	Was actually on a trip during this but they gave me +10 graders for 30ish teams, so grading took less than 2hrs. Thanks to TDs and volunteers for making this an awesome experience!
Southern California States Event Supervisor	Test not released Div C: 81.92/197 (42%)	Fossils	Thank you to jenjibread for helping me grade! This test was comparatively shorter, but I still tried to have some more niche and evidence/critical thinking type questions. Congrats to everyone for making the best of this scioly season :D
Mason Tryouts 20-21 Test Writer	Div C: N/A	Fossils	May or may not have been too difficult...
Captains' Summer Exchange '18-20 Director, Moderator, Test Writer	Div C: N/A	Fossils	Send updates frequently to keep schools on track!