[2018 ARML] - Flight update, SAT update, and more

Okay everyone, a few notes for this week:

First, I am extending the deadline for flight rebates one more time, to Thursday at midnight. Please see my previous email (archived at http://sfbaarml2018.blogspot.com/2018/04/2018-arml-arml-update-flights-t-shirts.html) with the specific flights you can purchase for a rebate along with the other relevant details. Also, I am adding a new option: you can claim a $50 rebate for booking an approved flight for Saturday night and sending us the confirmation by Thursday at midnight. In other words, I am offering half rebates if you want to take the bus down and one of the approved flights back. If you have already booked such an itinerary (hi Freya!) we will make this offer retroactive as well.

We are also looking for a couple more students to add to the team, so if any of you haven't signed up yet you have until midnight Wednesday (tomorrow) to do so. And if you know of someone who might be interested, get them to sign up right away. The plan is to have a handful of alternates so that we are sure to field five full teams for ARML even if some people have to drop out. New registrations at this point will not automatically be assigned to an alternate team; rather, we will assign alternates the week of ARML based on attendance at practices.

Thanks to all of you who submitted t-shirt ideas. As soon as we are done organizing the legitimate submissions we will send out a survey for you to vote on. And each team will get a chance to decide on their shirt color at a later practice (so A1, start figuring out what your favorite shade of pink is!).

Also, since some of you are likely to be interested, I wanted to announce that mathleague.org is starting a math contest internship program in the fall. Those of you who are graduating this year or have recently graduated are invited to apply, so I'm mostly talking to seniors and coaches here. You can find out more information at http://mathleague.org/InternshipInfo.pdf and the application at http://mathleague.org/InternshipApplication.pdf. Application deadline is June 10, and I am happy to answer any questions at practice or at ARML.

Finally, for those of you who have inquired about SAT conflicts, here is my handy guide to dealing with that:

Step 0 - Don't register for the SAT on ARML day :) (of course, for some of you that may be too late)

Step 1 - Look into the possibility of moving your SAT to sometime in the fall

Step 2 - If steps 0 and 1 don't work for you, visit https://collegereadiness.collegeboard.org/sat/k12-educators/coordinating/alternate-test-dates and try to get your school administrators on board for a makeup date the week after ARML; note that this is not guaranteed to work and largely depends on how cooperative your school is

Step 3 - Let us know if there are any outstanding concerns or if there is anything we can do to help you

That's all for now; see you at practice Saturday!

-Tim