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We welcome anyone who is interested to attend any practice. For more information contact our coach, Eric Hillemann or this year's team president Richard Leavelle.
Often new players first get interested in playing on the intercollegiate team by participating in the Fall IM tournament. We can generally expect several new players to join us immediately after the IM tournament. But new players should feel very welcome to begin coming to our practices at any time -- as soon as school begins in the Fall, after the IM tournament, or at any other point in the academic year that interest knocks.
If, after trying us out at practice, you decide that you do want to join the team, you will be asked to take, at your convenience, a 500-question short answer diagnostic test. Players decide individually what level of participation makes sense for them, but those who put in the most time and effort--through attending practice, writing questions, or working at systematic self-improvement--will also be those with the opportunity to play the most in tournaments. Players are encouraged to become able quizbowl question-writers, as well as players, and are advised that writing many questions oneself is an extremely effective means of improving one's playing abilities. In general, writing and submitting at least one full packet of original questions--22 tossups and 22 bonuses, subject-balanced as per team guidelines--is an expectation for every player for each year of participation on the Carleton Academic Quiz Team beyond the first one. For more advice on question-writing, read this.
