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Spelling Bee
The spelling bee has two divisions, junior and senior. Both divisions have the same rules. In the regional stages, there is a written round (25 questions for each contestant) and an oral round (6 questions for each contestant). The contestants in the oral round will have 30 seconds to spell their word. In the finals for 2010, there is a written round( 30 words per contestant), a oral round ( 3 words per contestant),and a final elimination round based on scores from the first two rounds, which is similar to the Scripps Spelling Bee. The winner is the last one standing.Math Bee
There are 3 divisions based on education level. In the regionals, all contestants get a question-paper with 25(as of 2010) questions which must be completed in 45 minutes. In the finals, it is the same, but in addition, 5 extra questions are added strictly as a tie breaker and also, there is a written lightning round with 20 questions where the contestants get 45 seconds to do each question.Vocabulary Bee
There are 3 divisions of vocabulary bee. The rounds are exactly the same as the spelling bee, but in the oral round, each contestant gets 8 questions, not 6.Geography Bee
There are two divisions of Geography Bee. There is a written phase with 25 questions for which contestants get 25 minutes and an oral phase where contestants get 5 questions. At Nationals, there are 30 questions written and 3 oral questions. The top 10 cumulative scores are added to the Final Round.The Geography Bee at North South Foundation is substantially harder than the National Geographic Bee
National Geographic Bee
The National Geographic Bee is an annual geography contest sponsored by the National Geographic Society. The bee, held every year since 1989, is open to students in the fourth through eighth grade in participating American schools.The entities represented at the national level are all fifty U.S....
. The main reason is the fact that there is a lack of hints in the questions . Winning this bee has a lot of prestige to it , though Geography is one of the least talked about subject at NSF.
See Below:
| Year | Location of Finals | Winner's Name | State | 2nd and 3rd Place Winners | 4th, 5th and 6th Place Winners | 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th Place Winners | Other Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Evanston, Illinois | Suneil Iyer | Kansas | 2nd Place: Shyam Vasudevan, 3rd Place: Rahul Eanuga | 4th Place: Hema Karunakaram, Sandeep Subramanian, Vivek Hansalia, Nikhil Desai | 8th Place: Narayan Gopinathan, Devi Swamy, Nitin Krishna | There was a 4-way tie for 4th Place and a 3-way tie for 8th Place |
| 2007 | Columbus, Ohio | Vivek Hansalia | Georgia | 2nd Place: Nitin Krishna, 3rd Place: Zaroug Jaleel | 4th Place: Keval Yerigeri, 5th Place: Akanshu Srivastav, 6th Place: Nikhil Desai | 7th Place: Shyam Vasudevan, 8th Place: Parth Parihar, 9th Place: Arjun Kandeswamy, 10th Place: Jaysel Shah | |
| 2008 | Cambridge, Massachusetts | Arjun Kandeswamy | Oregon | 2nd Place: Nitin Krishna, 3rd Place: Abhinav Kurada | 4th Place: Narayan Gopinathan, 5th Place: Shantan Krovvidi | (undisclosed) | Only ranks 1 through 5 were disclosed |
| 2009 | College Park, Maryland | Vansh Jain | Wisconsin | 2nd Place: Smitha Gundavajhala, 3rd Place: Omkar Shende | 4th Place: Abhinav Kurada, 5th Place: Anup Arun Hiremath, 6th Place: Nitin Krishna | 7th Place: Vasant Iyer, Shyam Vasudevan, Siva Gangavarapu, 10th Place: Tarun Maddali | There was a 3-way tie for 7th Place. Also, on the website, only ranks 1-5 were disclosed |
| 2010 | Glassboro, New Jersey | Anirudh Kumar | California | 2nd Place: Omkar Shende, 3rd Place: Pradyuta Pramanabhan | 4th Place: Tarun Maddali, 5th Place: Abhimanyu Singhal, 6th Place: Arjun Venkataraman | 7th Place: Abhinav Kurada, 8th Place: Siddharth Kurella, 9th Place: Adithya Ronanki, 10th Place: Ramya Muthukrishnan | |
| 2011 | San Jose, California | Karthik Karnik | Massachusetts | 2nd Place: Asha Jain, 3rd Place: Varun Mahadevan | 4th Place: Neha Middela, 5th Place: Satwik Karnik, 6th Place: Rohith Rajiv | 7th Place: Harish Palani, 8th Place: Tarun Maddali, 9th Place: Nikhil Palanki, 10th Place: Vibha Vijayakumar |
Essay Writing Bee
In Essay Bee, there is a level 1, a level 2, and a level 3. In finals and regionals contestants get 10 minutes after the topic is announced to plan it. They then get 60 minutes to write the essay. Judges score them and then average the scores and announce the winners.Public Speaking Bee
There are two levels, Level 1, and Level 2. Contestants get 30 minutes to plan, and up to 3.5 minutes to say their speech before points are deducted. Just like Essay Writing, judges give scores, then average them, and announce winners.Brain Bee
There is one level, 8-12 grade. The competition is only in the finals, and anyone can go. There are as many rounds as needed, as it is a three strike basis (contestant gets a strike when answer is incorrect). When there are five players, the remaining players' strikes are wiped off. The winner will go to the National Brain Bee (not conducted by the foundation) and the winner of that can go to the International Brain Bee (again, not conducted by the foundation.).Science Bee
The Science Bee contest is introduced in the year 2010 and is aimed at nurturing the interest and understanding of Science among children in grades 1 through 8. Science bee is split into 3 levels based on grade. The grade eligibility is determined as of February 1.Finals
The winners of the above contests, and people who make a certain cutoff score in the regionals will go to the finals.It is conducted in a different place every year (with the exception of 2005 and 2006; both were at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, in addition to 2003 and 2009; both were at the University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland), and it is always a university. In 2009, the finals was held at the University of Maryland, College Park. In 2010, the finals was held in Rowan University, Glassboro, New Jersey. For 2011, the finals will be held at San Jose State University, San Jose, California.
Past Locations
- Tempe, ArizonaTempe, ArizonaTempe is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, USA, with the Census Bureau reporting a 2010 population of 161,719. The city is named after the Vale of Tempe in Greece. Tempe is located in the East Valley section of metropolitan Phoenix; it is bordered by Phoenix and Guadalupe on the west, Scottsdale...
- Arizona State UniversityArizona State UniversityArizona State University is a public research university located in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area of the State of Arizona...
(2005) - Evanston, IllinoisEvanston, IllinoisEvanston is a suburban municipality in Cook County, Illinois 12 miles north of downtown Chicago, bordering Chicago to the south, Skokie to the west, and Wilmette to the north, with an estimated population of 74,360 as of 2003. It is one of the North Shore communities that adjoin Lake Michigan...
- Northwestern UniversityNorthwestern UniversityNorthwestern University is a private research university in Evanston and Chicago, Illinois, USA. Northwestern has eleven undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools offering 124 undergraduate degrees and 145 graduate and professional degrees....
(2006) - Columbus, OhioColumbus, OhioColumbus is the capital of and the largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio. The broader metropolitan area encompasses several counties and is the third largest in Ohio behind those of Cleveland and Cincinnati. Columbus is the third largest city in the American Midwest, and the fifteenth largest city...
- Ohio State UniversityOhio State UniversityThe Ohio State University, commonly referred to as Ohio State, is a public research university located in Columbus, Ohio. It was originally founded in 1870 as a land-grant university and is currently the third largest university campus in the United States...
(2007) - Cambridge, MassachusettsCambridge, MassachusettsCambridge is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, in the Greater Boston area. It was named in honor of the University of Cambridge in England, an important center of the Puritan theology embraced by the town's founders. Cambridge is home to two of the world's most prominent...
- Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyThe Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.Founded in 1861 in...
(2008) - College Park, MarylandCollege Park, MarylandCollege Park is a city in Prince George's County, Maryland, USA. The population was 30,413 at the 2010 census. It is best known as the home of the University of Maryland, College Park, and since 1994 the city has also been home to the "Archives II" facility of the U.S...
- University of Maryland, College ParkUniversity of Maryland, College ParkThe University of Maryland, College Park is a top-ranked public research university located in the city of College Park in Prince George's County, Maryland, just outside Washington, D.C...
(2009) - Glassboro, New JerseyGlassboro, New JerseyGlassboro is a borough in Gloucester County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the borough population was 19,068....
- Rowan UniversityRowan UniversityRowan University is a public university in Glassboro, New Jersey, USA with a satellite campus in Camden, New Jersey. The school was founded in 1923 as Glassboro Normal School on a twenty-five acre tract of land donated by the town...
(2010) - San Jose, CaliforniaSan Jose, CaliforniaSan Jose is the third-largest city in California, the tenth-largest in the U.S., and the county seat of Santa Clara County which is located at the southern end of San Francisco Bay...
- San Jose State UniversitySan José State UniversitySan Jose State University is a public university located in San Jose, California, United States...
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Scholarship Program
Northsouth has an active scholarship program in India. All profits from the contests go to the scholarship program. As of 2007, the foundation has awarded 2,000 scholarships to kids in India. As said above, they usually select poor students with high academic talent.External links
- Official site
- Aim-for-A Tutoring helps students preparing for educational contests conducted by NSF.