We're #2!!!

Another email from Jason Soll 

Good morning! I hope you all enjoyed your first week of the Udacity High School Challenge competition! Here are some competition updates:

-There are currently over 340 teams competing with over 1,400 students.

 Team leaders, you rock!

-Here is a list of the top 25 largest teams. Walnut High School is currently the largest with 42 team members!

1	Walnut High School
2	Team Freehold
3	Team Apex Dinosaur Helicopter
4	FlyingNinjas
5	Jusix
6	Cerebral
7	~Serendipity
8	Mighty High School Force
9	Lincroft Statement
10	WHS
11	The Nerdfighters
12	Pittsford Sutherland
13	Noe Zevallos
14	DVHS
15	Stuyvesant High School
16	Team Renaissance
17	india-IIT
18	Swagstangs
19	Team Unreal Dragon
20	Cruisers
21	Bringing Back the Flux
22	Phillips Exeter Academy
23	CatUdacity
24	Team Lotafun
25	Täisring

Although we are only 3 members behind the top team, the points from completing courses is what counts the most, and the teams ranked lower than us are probably really close behind. What we should do is step up our game. Our team is counting on you guys. 

Thank you for your participation and help!

from Jason Soll of Udacity.com

I received an email from him today, and if you are a team member, you should have received one also. But for those who are not signed up yet, here is a copy of the email:

"Dear Fellow Udacians,

Good morning! I hope you're all off to a great start with your classes. I just started Intro to Physics and Intro to Statistics. What courses did you decide to start with for the challenge?

Some people have been asking me about what it means to "complete" a unit and when you'll be able to see your team's score. We probably could have been more clear about these two things. In order to get a point for completing a unit, you must complete the entire unit and get all the questions correct. Homework problem sets also count as their own units since they require a lot of thought and hard work. You can track your progress for a course by clicking the "progress" button at the top of the page.

We're currently working on tools that will let you track your team's progress. I'll keep you posted as we get ready to give your teams these features.

Have a great day!

Sincerely,

Jason"

Courses Have Started!

Courses have already started but you can still join our team! www.tinyurl.com/teamfreehold
Since they are self-paced courses for the most part, you can still take them without penalty. The lectures and exercises will be available no matter what date you start.
Remember every course UNIT counts for a point, so anything you do will help out the team tremendously!

JOIN THE FACEBOOK GROUP AS WELL:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/437477796275202

Simplified "How to Join"

You don't have to be in high school to join the team.

To sign up:
1. Create an account with your full name on Udacity.com
2. Confirm your account through your email.
3. Click this link:
 http://www.udacity.com/hschallenge/team/join/agpzfnVkYWNpdHl1cg0LEgRVc2VyGK3jnQUM
(or tinyurl.com/teamfreehold)

Sign up for as many courses as you want. It will not hurt the team.

Every UNIT in a course gives us a point, so you don't have to finish the whole thing.

Point System

Hey guys, so the FAQs and rules and stuff are pretty vague. But it is each course UNIT that you complete that counts for a point for our team. So even if you can't finish, every point counts!
Courses typically have around 6 units.

Spread the Word!

Link people that are interested to this blog (teamfreehold.blogspot.com) and if you want to tell people our special team code (for example through writing), give them this link: tinyurl.com/teamfreehold, which redirects to 

www.udacity.com/hschallenge/team/join/agpzfnVkYWNpdHl1cg0LEgRVc2VyGK3jnQUM,

but is a lot easier to remember.  


And upvote my post on http://forums.udacity.com/cs101-april2012/questions/13020/high-school-challenge-team-recruitment so we can get more people to see our team first and join!