We are a group of Science Olympiad alumni dedicated to bringing a new type of tournament experience to the northeast and to fostering connections between Tufts departments and local high schools.
While many alumni organizations host early season competitions across the US, such invitationals are conspicuously absent from the northeast. We hope that by bringing a December tournament to Massachusetts, teams will gain valuable competition experience sooner, test their build devices earlier, and that captains and coaches will be able to make more informed decisions about team rosters for later in the season. We also recognize that cost is a major barrier for teams to be able to attend more invitationals in the season. Since JumboSO is explicitly a supplement to, and not instead of, existing tournaments, there will be no registration fee for Massachusetts teams.
We also work with the Tufts Department of Physics, Department of Chemistry, and chapter of the American Chemical Society to improve outreach to local high schools, helping them start or grow their Science Olympiad programs.