Academic Events

Expand your knowledge and compete in a wide range of scientific disciplines

Benefits of Joining the Team

Why Join Academic Events?

  • Strong community, get to go to competitions together
  • You'll learn how to understand and apply knowledge more comprehensively and efficiently
  • You get to explore your interests across a wide range of topics

What We Do

Our Activities

  • We compete in number of competitions each year, including several in-person and virtual invitationals, regionals, and states
  • Each year there are 18 academic events, ranging from Astronomy to Microbe Mission to Materials Science, and everything in between
  • Academic events, such as Anatomy and Physiology and Codebusters, involve taking open-notes tests that require familiarity with a wide range of material
  • Each event meets once a week, and these meetings are largely focused on team bonding and having fun

Astronomy

Anatomy

Microbe Mission

Chemistry Lab

Earth Science

Codebusters

How to Join

Getting Started

  • Choose 2-5 events you're interested in, and get started on studying them on our study page! If you start well in advance, you're exponentially more likely to make the team!
  • Attend tryouts, which are held around October. These will assess the exact material you've studied, so make sure you're well prepared!

September

Begin studying for your preferred events

October

Attend tryouts and showcase your knowledge

November-April

Compete in various invitational competitions

May

Compete in State and National tournaments