diff --git a/content/events/bmt-2024.md b/content/events/bmt-2024.md index 3514e0c..22c64f4 100644 --- a/content/events/bmt-2024.md +++ b/content/events/bmt-2024.md @@ -15,8 +15,12 @@ there is **no lower age limit** to participate; advanced middle school students are welcome to compete. Teams may have up to 6 students. You do not have to be local to the Bay Area or California to register for BMT. +This page contains primarily registration details. For detailed information on +the schedule, rooms, and other day-of-tournament details, please visit our +[Tournament Day Logistics] page. + {% button_link(href="https://contestdojo.com/") %} Registration Portal {% end %} -{% button_link(href="/news/bmt-2024-logistics-update-1/") %} Logistics Update 1 {% end %} +{% button_link(href="/news/bmt-2024-logistics/") %} Tournament Day Logistics {% end %} ## Registration Timeline @@ -45,12 +49,12 @@ for a fee waiver. ## Student Eligibility -- Students must be in **grade 12 or below** to be eligible for BMT. -- Students do not have to be local to the Bay Area, California, or the U.S. to - participate in BMT. However, we will offer BMT Online in either December or - January (TBA), which may be more convenient for some students. -- Coaches may register multiple teams under the same organization. We ask that - organizations provide at least one adult chaperone for every two teams. +- Students must be in **grade 12 or below** to be eligible for BMT. +- Students do not have to be local to the Bay Area, California, or the U.S. to + participate in BMT. However, we will offer BMT Online in either December or + January (TBA), which may be more convenient for some students. +- Coaches may register multiple teams under the same organization. We ask that + organizations provide at least one adult chaperone for every two teams. ## How to Register @@ -98,8 +102,7 @@ October 2. ## Schedule -Our event schedule is yet to be finalized, but we expect the tournament to start -at 7:30 AM and end before 8:00 PM, with a lunch break in the middle. +A detailed event schedule can be found on the [Tournament Day Logistics] page. ### Lunch @@ -295,35 +298,8 @@ incorrect, even if equivalent. ## Activities -After lunch, we will host optional student activities that promote recreational -math and engage students in various ways. Participating students will have the -opportunity to win prizes! Below are some activities we expect to run: - -### Estimathon - -A team-based contest that combines trivia, game theory, strategy, and -mathematical thinking. Teams of ~3 will face a tight time limit to work on a set -of 13 Fermi-style estimation problems. - -### Fraudulent Math - -Attention all students! Mathematics is under attack by people who claim that we -need "rigor" and "logic" to justify our answers. Join us for an event of -Fraudulent Math, where students will compete to come up with the most -outlandish, mind bending proofs of false statements and to create impossible -constructions. - -### Integration Bee - -Compete head to head against the best integrators around! Students will face off -in a tournament style bracket, solving difficult integrals involving some clever -tricks, to determine who will be the champion of all integrators. - -### Origami - -Want to bring home a cute souvenir from BMT? Come join us for a fun origami -session! We will be offering multiple paper patterns and instructions, and -teaching from the basics of origami. No prior craft experience is needed. +Updated information about activities can be found on the +[Tournament Day Logistics] page. ## Frequently Asked Questions @@ -373,3 +349,4 @@ for more options. [Teammate Finder]: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1u5m7o9AKRmRdWDF1NqUc9Hs3rYGWKwtpREvVAGL5YvE/edit?usp=sharingg [ContestDojo Guide]: https://docs.berkeley.mt/s/contestdojo-guide [Hotel Room Block]: https://reservations.hotelshattuckplaza.com/book/dates-of-stay?groupID=4491953 +[Tournament Day Logistics]: /news/bmt-2024-logistics/ diff --git a/content/news/2024-10-28_bmt-2024-logistics.md b/content/news/2024-10-28_bmt-2024-logistics.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5dd840a --- /dev/null +++ b/content/news/2024-10-28_bmt-2024-logistics.md @@ -0,0 +1,277 @@ ++++ +title = "BMT 2024 November 2 Tournament Day Logistics" ++++ + +To all coaches and students, + +We are five days away from BMT! Please read this email **in its entirety** as it +contains the tournament day logistics. + + + +{% button_link(href="/events/bmt-2024") %} Event Details {% end %} + +## Important Information + +During BMT, we will be posting updates to the website (), +including tiebreaker qualifiers. Please be on the lookout for any announcements. +For any day-of directions, questions or concerns ask a BMT staff member or +volunteer wearing a charcoal gray shirt. + +An annotated campus map is provided at the bottom of this page. + +## Arrival and Check-in + +{% alert(title="Online check-in available", status="info") %} +Starting October 28, coaches can optionally begin the check-in process online on +[ContestDojo](https://contestdojo.com) to save time on tournament day. We +recommend all organizations that are ready to check in to do so online before +Saturday. + +If you check-in online, you must still show up at your assigned check-in +location to pick up materials. +{% end %} + +Check-in will happen in two different locations this year, depending on the +first letter of your organization’s name. + +- **Orgs A-P, #** — Dwinelle 145 and 155, from 7:40 to 8:30 AM +- **Orgs Q-Z** — 3rd floor MLK Student Union, from 8:05 to 8:30 AM + +At check-in, coaches will receive: + +- An envelope for submitting the power round for each team in their + organization. **Teams will not be able to compete in the power round without + this envelope.** It is the coaches responsibility to pass the envelopes to the + students. + +- A sticker sheet containing name tags for each student with their ID, as well + as their room assignments. **Students are responsible for remembering their + student ID throughout the day. If a student writes an incorrect ID on their + test, they may not receive a score.** + +- An information packet about the tournament, containing a schedule, map, and + other relevant information. + +- A voucher for pre-ordered t-shirts. This voucher can be redeemed at a table + near the check-in area. + +- Vouchers for pre-ordered lunches, which can be redeemed during the lunch break + in front of Dwinelle Hall. + +**Check in closes promptly at 8:30 AM**, so please be on time. If you arrive +after this time, your team will be late to the power round, which puts them at a +great disadvantage. + +### Parking + +Parking can be found near campus at the following locations: + +- Telegraph-Channing Garage _(recommended)_ +- Underhill Garage +- RSF Garage +- Lower Sproul Garage +- Ellsworth Garage + +More parking options are listed at the [Berkeley Parking and Transportation website]. + +## Schedule of Events + +
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TimeEventLocation
7:40 – 8:30 AMCheck-in (coaches only) + Check-in area assigned by first letter of organization name.
+ Orgs A–P, # (7:40 – 8:30 AM) — Dwinelle 145, 155
+ Orgs Q-Z (8:05 – 8:30 AM) — 3rd floor MLK Student Union +
8:40 – 10:45 AMPower Round
(Rooms open at 8:15 AM)		Classrooms in Dwinelle Hall, Wheeler Hall, and Pauley Ballroom to be assigned upon check-in
10:45 AM – 1:15 PMGeneral and Focus Tests + Head to any room that has your set of tests. (OF: Overflow)
+ Algebra & Geometry — Dwinelle 79, 83, 87, 145 (OF: 88)
+ Algebra & Discrete — Wheeler 200, 202, 220, 222, 224 (OF: 204)
+ Algebra & Calculus — Wheeler 108, 120, 124, 126, 130 (OF: 102)
+ Calculus & Geometry — Dwinelle 109 (OF: 105)
+ Calculus & Discrete — Dwinelle 130, 179 (OF: 182)
+ Discrete & Geometry — Dwinelle 215, 223, 228 (OF: 219)
+ General Test — Pauley Ballroom +
1:15 – 2:15 PM + Lunch
+ Problem Disputes (1:15 – 1:45)
+ Extra T-Shirt Sales		 + Problem Disputes — Dwinelle 215 (Power, Individual)
+ T-shirt Sales — Dwinelle 145 (while supplies last)
+ Pre-purchased Lunch Pick-up — Dwinelle Plaza +
2:30 – 5:00 PMGuts (Please arrive with your team) + Auditoriums in Dwinelle Hall, Genetics and Plant Biology Building, and Pauley Ballroom to be assigned during check-in.
+ Students must arrive and enter as an entire team. +
5:00 – 6:30 PM + Activities (Optional)
+ Guts Problem Disputes (5:00 – 5:30)
+ Tiebreakers (qualifiers will be posted on our website and emailed to coaches) + 		+ See activities descriptions
+ Tiebreakers (by invite only): Dwinelle 223, 228, 229
+ Problem Disputes (guts): Dwinelle 215 +
6:45 – 7:30 PMAwardsAuditoriums in Dwinelle Hall, Genetics and Plant Biology Building, and Pauley Ballroom to be assigned during check-in.
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+ +## Testing Rooms + +Each team will be assigned a room for their Power Round, Guts Round, and Awards +Ceremony during check-in. Room assignments will be provided on the sticker sheet +as well as emailed to all coaches, along with Team and Student IDs. + +For Focus and General tests, students may go to any of the rooms assigned to +the test combination they selected. **Room assignments for each test combination +are listed on the tournament guide.** + +Students are responsible for finding the rooms that their tests are taking place +in. A map is attached in the information packet provided at check-in. + +## Lunch + +There will be a 1 hour lunch period in the middle of the day for students to +get food. Pre-purchased lunches will be available for pick up in Dwinelle Plaza. +Many other options are available on the southern side of Berkeley campus. + +### Menchie's Frozen Yogurt Fundraiser + +Craving something sweet? Join us at our Menchies Frozen Yogurt fundraiser! Just +a short walk from UC Berkeley campus, Menchies will be open from 12pm to 11pm to +satisfy your frozen yogurt carvings. Mention you are coming from “Berkeley Math +Tournament” when you order to make sure your purchase supports our cause. + +Thank you for supporting BMT! + +### Panda Express Fundraiser + +Didn’t order lunch? Please consider attending our Panda Express fundraiser! +Located just one block from Dwinelle Hall at 2580 Bancroft Way, Panda Express +will be open 10:00 AM to 10:30 PM for lunch and dinner. Please display our +fundraiser page or official flier when ordering. + +You may also order online using the Panda Express app and use the fundraiser +code: 382457. A percentage of your purchase will come back to us, helping us +keep this tournament accessible to all students. + +{% button_link(href="https://www.community-fundraiser.com/fundraiser/events/promotions/cc39b73f-1d46-53b7-0950-2f02410f6173/en/landing") %} +Panda Express Fundraiser Link +{% end %} + +## Activities + +### Parent Activities + +Between 9:00 AM and 1:00 PM, we will have a parent lounge in Dwinelle 155. +Additionally, we will have the following activites for parents. + +- **Po Shen-Loh Talk (9 AM – 11 AM) [Dwinelle 155]** — Former USA IMO team + coach Po-Shen Loh will be giving a talk in the parent lounge. Come join to + hear his insights into math education! + +- **Campus Tours (11 AM, 1 PM) [Dwinelle 155]** — We will be holding campus + tours of UC Berkeley during the day, around 11 AM and 12 PM. Signups will + happen during the day, and will be announced in the parent lounge. + +- **Guts Viewing Room (2:30 – 5 PM) [Tilden]** — Come watch the Guts Round be + scored live! Tilden is located on the 5th floor of the Martin Luther King, Jr. + Student Union building (same building as Pauley Ballroom). + +### Student Activities + +After the Guts Round, we will be hosting student activities. These are optional +activities that promote recreational math, and include the following: + +- **Estimathon [Pauley Ballroom]** — A team-based contest that combines + trivia, game theory, strategy, and mathematical thinking. Teams of ~6 will be + under a time limit to work on a set of 13 Fermi-style problems. + +- **Fraudulent Math [Dwinelle 79, 88]** — Attention all students, + mathematics is under attack by people who claim that we need “rigor” and + “logic” to justify our answers. Join us for an event of Fraudulent Math, where + we will compete to see who can come up with the most outlandish, mind bending + proofs of false statements and who can create impossible constructions. + +- **Integration Bee [Dwinelle 182, 183]** — Hosted by our Diamond Sponsor + [blackpenredpen](https://www.youtube.com/c/blackpenredpen)! + Compete head to head against the best integrators around! Students will face + off in a tournament style bracket, solving difficult integrals involving some + clever tricks, to determine who will be the champion of all integrators. + +- **Origami [Dwinelle 205, 206]** — Want to bring home a cute souvenir from BMT? + Come join us for a fun origami session! We will be offering multiple paper + patterns and instructions, and teaching from the basics of origami. No prior + craft experience is needed. + +- **Plank Countdown (new!) [Wheeler 222]** — Miss the excitement of the + MATHCOUNTS® Countdown Round? Want to show off both your core strength and + mental math simultaneously in a countdown match... while planking? If you'd + enjoy that exciting and silly experience, come join us for our Plank Countdown + tournament! + +## Awards + +The Awards Ceremony will take place simultaneously in Dwinelle 145, Dwinelle 155, +Genetics and Plant Biology 100, and Pauley Ballroom. Teams attending Awards +Ceremony **must attend in the auditorium they are assigned**, or else they may +not receive their award on time. + +Awards room assignments are provided at check-in. + +[Berkeley Parking and Transportation website]: https://pt.berkeley.edu/parking/visitor-parking/lots-pricing + +## Campus Map + +![Annotated Campus Map](/campus-map.png) + +--- + +Our team is hard at work finalizing the remaining details of the event. If you +have any other questions or concerns before the tournament, you can reach us at +. + +We couldn't be more excited to see you at BMT this year. 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