by FabensMath » Sun Jul 15, 2012 1:47 am
TMSCA is the practice for the real thing which is UIL. TMSCA State Meet is open to anyone, even private schools.
TMSCA State Meet offers mathematics, number sense, calculator applications, and science. On this one you only compete with people from your same grade level and same conference(1A,2A,3A,4A,5A). I believe top 6 individuals get recognized and top teams in each respective contest. I'm unsure about what the awards are, trophy i think. This meet is the saturday before UIL district competitions begin.
UIL on the other hand offers the math/science plus other academics like writing and speaking events. For this one you compete against all grades, but still closed under your own conference (1A,2A,3A,4A,5A). For UIL you actually have to advance, first you make top 4 individuals from your school, then compete at district, advance to region, and advance to state. To advance you need to either place 1st,2nd, or 3rd individually or be part of the winning team, this works for both advancing from district to region, and from region to state. This one is THE MEET, so don't be scared about competing against all grades. Good example is Ross Coker from Argyle, who being a freshman placed 1st number sense, 1st mathematics, 1st physics, and 3rd calculator in the 3-A conference, so if you've been practicing good during middle school, transition shouldn't be hard at all. Just wait till school starts, you'll get used to it quickly.
Fabens High School, Fabens
District 3-3A, Region 1
2012-3A-Calculator State Champ