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past. All competitions were on Zoom, which came with its own set of difficulties. Not
being face-to-face with the judges was nerve-wracking along with the nerves of
technical difficulties along the way. All of my worries were for nothing though. It was
smooth sailing thanks to my teachers helping me set up my camera and computer for
competition. While in the waiting room, waiting to be assigned to my breakout room with
the judges, I was sweating. It was so scary that this ginormous project, that was
basically my baby, was about to get critiqued and broken down into a rubric. All of the
judges were so kind and genuinely interested in my project. They asked awesome
questions at the end that I was able to give awesome answers to. The judges also gave
first place and will be going to nationals with my project. Nationals will also be virtual, so
this was an enlightening experience on how nationals will go and I'm extremely excited