NATIONALS!

I did. I got a whooping one hundred and second place. :( I really blanked out on my orals:(

I got 5th place! I was really surprised, though, at how many perfect oral scores there were. Maybe because they increased the amount of verses?

I placed 59th in Juniors! Jumping 31 places from Locals!!
Shocked, but happy! :) I love how God always places me just where He wants me - and never gives me what I hope or expect. It reminds me each time (over and over again) how He is in control, not me.
Though I must add, I thought I did terrible in orals (because of lack of review), but didn't do quite as bad as expected (still pretty bad though ;-).

I placed 87th. Humph. Blame it on orals.
Although my written test was pretty bad as well, which is surprising, but I theorize a few reasons:

1. I did it WAY too fast. You’re just not supposed to have 20 minutes left after Q200 on that test.
2. I didn’t know several of the questions covering the memory passages (many of which I hadn’t memorized).
3. My brain was worn out.
4. The test was not what I expected it to be. Where were all those Greek words I learned?

Even if I sound like I’m upset, I’m not. :) I did place 15th at locals, after all.

I almost always have 15-20 minutes left after the test.
Though this year I only had five.

How long did you have left after locals?

Wow! You guys take the test fast! I usually finish with like 3-5 minutes left.

I did that last year. I think I my score for the oral round last year was somewhere in the sixties. I had somehow missed the memo about there being a lot of people reciting in the same room. I just held my name tag and stumbled and stuttered through a couple passages.
This year I got about a of 193 for orals. I could have gotten a lot better score considering what passages they gave us, but I don't do very well under pressure.

There sure weren't a lot of greek words. But at least I could tell what they were asking in the questions.

About fifteen minutes.

That is amazing.

For Nationals this year, I finished with about ten extra minutes, but for locals I had to fill in the last 15 or so with "B"!

Now I know what to work on next year! :-P Memory verses… If I had gotten a perfect oral score, I would have had a much better chance of making it to Finals. Oh, and then I wouldn't mess up in Semi's either. :-P :-)
Edit: I just saw that my total score at Locals was exactly the same as my total score at Nationals! :-)

Have any advice you are willing to give on studying?

I don't know. Like what kind of studying? Greek words, memory, anything specific?

Mostly for the written.

Oh, OK. Hmm. Did you do a lot of Greek words? I did that, and I don't think it helped. Literally, I had over 300 Greek words that I studied from Ephesians. :-P I think questions from the memory verses were important this year. Also, I try to memorize the study book, and just really know what the content is, and I think that helps a lot. :-) I guess that's the best I can do for advice right now. I pretty much just followed the pattern of the Sword Study for locals.

You beat me by just by that much, Dani! :-) You did that at locals too. :-P :-)

I probably did it WAY too fast as well. I had 10 minutes left over…though I did slow down a LOT from locals!

I had… I think, about 10 minutes left.
I placed 49 after the preliminary rounds, I got 60 on my Orals :( and 396 on my written. :(

Written wasn't too bad, but I completely bonked out in Orals. :P At least I know what to work on for next year!

Anyone who finished all the Orals verses- would you remember what the last two passages were?

I finished orals, but honestly, I cannot remember what the last two passages were. :P

Do you know how far down the list Romans 15:1-3 was?

I'm trying to figure how far I got…

Haha, I know right? It seems most contestants flubbed somehow. Only the semi-finalists got perfect scores or otherwise close…

I did worse than you Margaret….I was like 3 from the worst

Just a quick thought for my fellow National contestants :)

Would you prefer fewer verses in the fall, and more in the summer…or all the verses at the beginning of the season, as it used to be? Those of us who are homeschooled can flex our schedules, but others may not be able to. Do you think SKF should consider changing the verse amount? If so, please express your views in the upcoming Bible Bee survey this Tuesday. It could be a real favor to some of us.
Thank you!

where is the survey? on the site? or do they email it to us…

I think they email the link.

I didn't get it…was it just for National contestants?

in past years it was just for national contestant families

They will email a link to the contestant families.

@ Everyone: Ask them not to make us wave our hands in the air next year!

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Margaret…you are going to get us all in trouble one of these days…

Nope. Sorry.

LOL Maybe…..

Don't worry! I won't let it be removed! :)

Child after your mother's heart.

Survey's out!

Wonderful! But I'm not asking about the hand waving thingy for you!

@ Everyone: Ask them not to make us wave our hands in the air next year!

we never did it, (.)