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The United States Academic Decathlon (USAD) is one of the premier academic competitions for high school students in the United States. USAD contests are held in 39 states, as well as in British Columbia, Canada. [1] It consists of ten events, which include seven tests, two performance events and an essay. It was started by Dr. Robert Peterson in Orange County, California for local schools in 1968, but was expanded to a nation-wide competition in 1981. Al reparto bambini 3 al prezzo di uno.

Team makeup and eligibility

The USAD is unique in terms of the breadth of knowledge and diversity of teams that it requires. It requires students that fall into three categories, which are determined by a modified GPA scale that ignores some electives and the extra weight given to honors classes. The Honors category is composed of students with GPAs between 3. 75 and 4. 0. Amarillo Palo Duro. The next category, the Scholastic category, is made of students with GPAs between 3. 0 and 3. 74. The final group, the Varsity category, is made of students whose GPA can be anything up to and including 2. 99. Stacey De Palo. [2]

A team from a school can have a maximum of nine members on it, but it can be made by as little as six members without having any repercussions on the team's final score, as long as there are two members in each category. However, teams do need students who average Bs and below; otherwise, they can not host a full team.

It is possible for students to compete in a higher category than the one they would be assigned to, but generally it is to the students' advantage to compete in the lowest category they can, as the scores in Varsity are typically lower than those in Scholastic, and those in Scholastic are typically lower than those in Honors. For instance, a student with a GPA of 2.