Hello GGSO Community,
All tests and keys from our recent tournament have been added to this Google Drive folder and are now publicly available.
As a reminder, please let us know if tests from other schools were accidentally filed with yours. We can coordinate test exchanges by scanning and emailing tests to the correct schools.
Thanks again for attending the 2025 GGSO Tournament, and we hope to see you all again next year!
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Tests and Keys
Hello GGSO Community,
This is our second-to-last update before tournament day, and we’re looking forward to hosting you all at Berkeley this Saturday on February 22nd, 2025! This message contains additional details regarding the competition. You can view a list of all major announcements here.
Please make sure you have reviewed the update sent on Wednesday, February 12th containing the Coaches Packet and other important information. You can view the update here – __important action items__ (such as joining the Remind) are included!
We’re excited to announce that several organizations and academic departments will have booths at GGSO! Check out Wheeler lobby throughout the day to meet representatives from Stanford Chemical Engineering, the Stanford Materials Research Society, and the Stanford Optics Society! (Stay on the lookout for cool demos as well!)
Our team has prepared several fun activities for students to participate in during the day, including:
We will reach out with a final update closer to tournament day. As always, please don’t hesitate to reach out with any questions!
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Panda Express Flyer
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Coaches Packet
Event Schedule
Awards Schedule
Event Map
Hello GGSO Community,
It’s officially the month of our tournament! In preparation for the 2025 Golden Gate Science Olympiad Invitational on Saturday, February 22nd, we would like to share some important tournament details.
You can view the Coaches Packet here. Please review the packet carefully and in its entirety. A summary of its contents is below:
This will be our primary mode of communication during tournament day; we will use Remind to send updates and answer any questions you ask. To join our class, text the code @ggso2025 to the number 81010 or input the code into the join site. A maximum of two coaches per team may join.
Check-in begins at 8:00am in the lobby of Wheeler, where you will be able to pick up your Coaches Packet that contains student wristbands (required for competitors), accident and arbitration forms, and all information from the Coaches Packet document linked above. After checking in, head to your homeroom and settle in.
See the full event schedule for our impound and block schedule. Check Scilympiad to view the self-scheduled times your team signed up for!
The Awards Ceremony will take place in Pauley Ballroom. Doors will open at 5:30pm, and due to space constraints, we ask that parents stand at the back. The ceremony will conclude by 7:30pm, after which coaches can pick up graded exams and score sheets from Wheeler 120.
The weather looks clear on Saturday, but please continue monitoring and prepare accordingly for transporting devices, etc.
The event map can be viewed via the Coaches Packet or Google Maps. A parking map can be viewed here. For check-in, bus parking is first come, first served at West Circle/Crescent parking (cars may not park in this lot), and there are also street parking and parking garage options.
No food is allowed in homerooms, and homerooms must be vacated by 4:30pm. Unfortunately, we must enforce the food rule very strictly to avoid facing a $5,000 fine. Note that custodians will be monitoring the homerooms and checking trash bins for food waste. If the weather is as forecasted, we hope your team can grab a bite to eat outside instead — here are some of our food/drink recommendations.
Free WiFi is available through Berkeley-Visitor.
Everyone must abide by the “never alone” policy, which states that there should never be a minor alone in a room with one adult at any time — nor should a minor ever be forced into a one-on-one situation with a volunteer, event staffer, or other adult. We take this very seriously; if you see a violation of this policy, notify headquarters in Wheeler 120 immediately.
Sign-ups will close at the end of this week (i.e., Sunday, 2/16 at 11:59pm PST), so please complete them ASAP.
Thank you for reading through all these reminders and updates. As always, please don’t hesitate to reach out with any questions, and we look forward to seeing you at Berkeley!
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Coaches Packet
Homerooms and Team Numbers
Event Schedule
Awards Schedule
Event Map
Parking Map
Food/Drink Recommendations
Hi GGSO Community,
We would like to remind you that our Tournament Volunteer Application is still open until January 15th at 11:59 PM PST! As a reminder, we are looking for volunteers who can attend the 2025 GGSO Tournament in person on Saturday, February 22nd, 2025.
Please spread the word to SciOly alumni and/or friends who might want to get involved — even those without SciOly experience are welcome to volunteer! As always, feel free to reach out with any questions or concerns.
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Hi GGSO Community,
As we get closer to the tournament, we would like to give some friendly reminders and updates.
First, there are various waivers and forms due Friday, January 17th, 2024, so please remind your competitors to complete them as soon as possible. Please have all competitors fill out a (1) liability waiver, (2) photo release form, and (3) consent to treatment of minor form. Completed documents for all team members should be scanned into one PDF and submitted by the coach through this Google Form. Additionally, competitors should complete the release form on Scilympiad.
Second, the event list can be found here and the event schedule can be found here. As a reminder, we will follow State-level rules and National-level conflicts for all events. This year’s self-scheduled events are Air Trajectory, Bungee, Electric Vehicle, Helicopter, Robot Tour, and Tower. Self-scheduled event sign-ups open on Monday, January 13th at 4:00 PM PT; more information about this process will be sent at a later date.
Finally, a compilation of all tournament emails can be found here. We will share a folder with all publicly available documents and information soon.
We hope you all get some much-needed rest this holiday break, and as always, please feel free to reach out with questions or concerns!
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Scilympiad
Liability Waiver
Photo Release Form
Consent to Treatment of Minor Form
Submit Forms Here!
Event List
Event Schedule
Tournament Emails
Volunteer Sign Up Form
Email Us
Hello GGSO community,
We hope you are all doing well and getting excited for Thanksgiving break! As we get closer to the tournament, we would like to give some friendly reminders and updates.
Forms
Every minor attending the 2025 tournament (including alternates, spectators, etc.) must fill out four forms:
The general student release form should be submitted through Scilympiad. The liability waiver, photo release form, and consent to treatment form should be submitted through this Google Form. All four forms are due by January 17th, 2025. Please note that we will destroy submitted documents right after the tournament, in case there is any concern about the information we are gathering.
Additional Updates
The event list for the tournament can be found here. The event schedule with time blocks following National-level conflicts can be found here. This year, we will use State-level rules for all events.
As always, please feel free to reach out with any questions or concerns!
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Scilympiad
Liability Waiver
Photo Release Form
Consent to Treatment of Minor Form
Submit Forms Here!
Event List
Event Schedule
Volunteer Sign Up Form
Email Us
Hello GGSO community,
Golden Gate Science Olympiad will be hosting its 9th annual invitational at UC Berkeley on Saturday, February 22nd, 2025 and we are in need of volunteers!
GGSO, directed entirely by Stanford and Berkeley students, is the West Coast’s premier Science Olympiad invitational and will be hosting nearly 1000 high school students from 60 teams across the country. For those unfamiliar with Science Olympiad, it functions like an academic track meet with 23 different events in all areas of science and engineering, including topics such as astronomy, Earth science, and cryptography. Science Olympiad is the nation’s largest team-based science competition for middle and high school students!
Generally, volunteers assist with grading exams, setting up, monitoring students, and other day-of activities. All volunteers will receive a free GGSO t-shirt, guaranteed transportation to and from Berkeley campus on tournament day (for Stanford students), all-you-can-eat snacks (while supplies last), and free lunch.
No prior Science Olympiad knowledge is required, so sign up here by January 15th, 2025! If you are somebody interested in advancing science education, need volunteer hours, or are just excited to get involved with a fun science competition, we’d love to have you on board.
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Hello GGSO Community,
We are releasing our Event Supervisor/Test Committee (ES/TC) application for the 2025 Golden Gate Invitational! Event Supervisors are responsible for writing the tests and supervising competitors on tournament day, whereas Test Committee members evaluate the test drafts prior to tournament day. These roles are only available to students who have graduated from high school. The link for the application can be found here, and the deadline to apply is October 7th, 2024 at 11:59 PM PT.
If you are interested in being a general volunteer for the tournament (grading tests under the guidance of an event supervisor), we will also be sending out an interest form for that soon. Thank you for your continued interest in running our tournament, and if you have any questions, please feel free to reach out!
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Application Form
Email Us
Hi GGSO Community,
We hope you are doing well! We recently announced that our 9th annual Golden Gate Science Olympiad Invitational will take place on Saturday, February 22nd, 2025, and we now have an update on registration details.
Tournament registration will take place on Scilympiad, and it will be open from Saturday, September 28th, 2024 at 12:00PM PDT until Saturday, October 5th, 2024 at 12:00PM PDT. This year, we will be holding registration on a first-come, first-serve basis, with a total of 60 spots available for teams. When registration is open, there will be an initial cap of one team per school and 50 spots available for different schools. If a school would like to register two teams, then its second team will automatically be placed on the waitlist, ordered based on the time at which the first team was registered. Any school that did not register within the first 50 slots will also be added to the waitlist as normal, regardless of whether it has a second team. After registration closes, we will take teams from the waitlist to fill the remaining 10 spots and additional spots that were not filled originally. A registration fee of $305 per team will be due by November 1st, 2024; further payment details and instructions will be sent out in a future update. For more information regarding registration policies, please see our website.
As a reminder, the t-shirt design contest for GGSO 2025 is also officially open. All Science Olympiad community members are invited to submit a design by November 1st, 2024. The winning design will be printed on this season’s t-shirts (plus the winner gets free merch!).
We will send a reminder email with additional details on registration logistics closer to when registration opens. In the meantime, please feel free to email us with any questions or concerns.
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Scilympiad
T-shirt design contest
Email Us
Hi GGSO Community,
The 9th annual Division C Golden Gate Science Olympiad Invitational will be hosted in person at UC Berkeley on Saturday, February 22nd, 2025! Registration details will be announced in an upcoming announcement.
As always, we hope to create an unforgettable competition experience for all teams. To help us plan for this season’s invite, please let us know your Awards Ceremony preferences via this form.
The t-shirt design contest for GGSO 2025 is also officially open. All Science Olympiad community members are invited to submit a design by Friday, November 1st, 2024. The winning design will be printed on this season’s t-shirts (plus the winner gets free merch!).
If you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to email us at goldengatescioly@gmail.com. We can’t wait to welcome you back to our campus!
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Awards Ceremony Preferences
T-shirt design contest
Email Us
Hello GGSO Community,
Tests and keys are now publicly available and can be found here.
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Tests and Keys
Hello GGSO Community,
Final scores can be found here.
Thank you to all the teams who participated in our tournament, and we hope to see everyone again next year!
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Final Scores
Hello GGSO community,
It’s officially the month of our tournament! In preparation for the 2024 Golden Gate Science Olympiad Invitational on Sunday, February 11th, we would like to share some important tournament logistics.
You can view the coaches packet here. Please review the coaches packet carefully and in its entirety. A summary of its contents is below:
Thank you for reading through all these reminders and updates. As always, please don’t hesitate to reach out with any questions at goldengatescioly@gmail.com.
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Coaches Packet
Remind Join Site
Homerooms
Event Schedule
Awards Schedule
Parking Map
Campus Map
Digital Map
Food Options
Email Us
Hello GGSO Community,
As we get closer to the tournament, we would like to give some friendly reminders and updates.
Firstly, if you have not done so already, please complete and submit the student release forms. We also require your competitors to fill out these additional forms: liability waiver, photo release form, and consent to treatment of minor form. We will destroy these documents right after the tournament, just in case there is any concern about the information we are gathering. The deadline for all of these forms is January 12th, 2024 along with the release forms on Scilympiad.
Secondly, the event list can be found here. The event schedule with time blocks can be found here. This year, we will follow the Regional rules and hold Cybersecurity as our trial event.
As always, please feel free to reach out with any questions or concerns.
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Liability Waiver
Photo Release Form
Consent to Treatment of Minor Form
Event List
Event Schedule
Hello GGSO Community,
We’re excited to host our 8th annual Golden Gate Invitational on Sunday, February 11th, 2024, and we are now looking for volunteers. Please spread the word to SciOly alumni and/or friends who might want to get involved!
Volunteer requirements:
College/graduate student from Stanford or UC Berkeley. (We are happy to take volunteers not from these universities, but we cannot coordinate or reimburse transportation.)
Available to grade tests in-person at UC Berkeley the weekend of the tournament.
All experience levels are welcome! If you happen to have any Science Olympiad experience, relevant coursework, or knowledge applicable to one of our events, make sure to mention that in your application.
For those interested, the Tournament Volunteer Application will be due January 7th, 2024 at 11:59pm PST. As always, please feel free to reach out to us if you have any questions or concerns.
We also wanted to remind all GGSO community members of our t-shirt design contest; please submit your design by November 1st, 2023 at 11:59pm PDT to enter. Along with having their art featured on this year’s tournament shirt, the winner will receive a free shirt. We can’t wait to see your designs!
If you have any questions, feel free to email us at goldengatescioly@gmail.com.
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Volunteer Application
T-shirt Design Contest
Hello GGSO Community,
Our Event Supervisor/Test Committee(ES/TC) application for the upcoming GGSO invitational is now available here! The deadline to apply is October 1st, 2023 at 11:59 PM PDT.
If you are interested in being a general volunteer for the tournament (grading tests under the guidance of an event supervisor), we will also be sending out an interest form for that soon. Thank you for your continued interest in running our tournament, and if you have any questions, feel free to email us at goldengatescioly@gmail.com!
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Application Form
Email Us
Hello GGSO Community,
We’re excited to announce that the 8th annual Division C Golden Gate Science Olympiad Invitational will be hosted in-person at UC Berkeley on February 11th, 2024!
We know that the Sunday timing isn’t ideal, but unfortunately, campus availability made this our best option. As always, we hope to create an unforgettable competition experience for all teams. To help us plan for this season’s invite, please let us know your Awards Ceremony preferences via this form.
Tournament registration will open on September 30th, 2023 at 12:00PM PDT via Scilympiad. (For help with registering on Scilympiad, see this step-by-step guide.) Registration will be on a first come, first served basis with up to 2 teams per school and a cap of 60 teams total. A registration fee of $250 per team will be due by November 1st, 2023; further payment details and instructions will be sent out in a future update.
The t-shirt design contest for GGSO 2024 is also officially open. All Science Olympiad community members are invited to submit a design by November 1st, 2023. The winning design will be printed on this season’s t-shirts (plus the winner gets free merch!).
As always, the safety of our competitors is a top priority; any health guidelines or changes to the tournament format will be communicated in the coming months in accordance with UC Berkeley’s campus policies.
If you have any questions, feel free to email us at goldengatescioly@gmail.com. We can’t wait to welcome you back to our campus!
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Awards Ceremony Preferences
Scilympiad
Scilympiad Guide
T-shirt design contest
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Golden Gate Science Olympiad is run by Golden Gate Science League, a California 501(c)(3) nonprofit.
Questions? Interested in sponsoring? Joining us as a student at Stanford or UC Berkeley next year? Shoot us an email to get involved with our team!