Students competed as individuals and as teams testing in their choice of two of seven different subjects—biology, chemistry, computer science, engineering graphics, English, mathematics and physics. The tests are written by teams of college and university faculty and are designed to present a challenge to high school students.
School teams include six to 14 students who compete in one of three divisions, which is based on total school enrollment. Division 300 comprises schools with a total enrollment of 300 or less. Division 700 schools have enrollments of 301 to 700 students and Division 1500 schools have 701 to 1,500 students.
Teams that place either first or second (or third in divisions with eight or more teams) within their respective divisions at the regional level are eligible to advance to the sectional competition to be held at Illinois College in Jacksonville Tuesday, March 8. Those teams advancing to sectional competition include: Division 300 – Athens, Mt. Pulaski and New Berlin; Division 700 – Pleasant Plains and Sacred Heart-Griffin; and Division 1500 – Chatham Glenwood and Rochester. Individuals that placed first or second in any division, but whose team did not advance are eligible to participate in the sectional competition (see individual rankings below). Teams and individuals that score high enough at the sectional competition will advance to the state finals, which will be held April 11-14 at the I-Hotel and Conference Center at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Campaign.
The regional level competition at LLCC was sponsored by LLCC, the WYSE office at UIU-C and the Capital Chapter of the Illinois Society of Professional Engineers (ISPE).