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Re: Why is Engineering Inspiration viewed as second place to the Chairman's Award?
From my experience in the judging room? No. I've been in both MAR and Regional judge rooms and Chairman's is a separate process from everything else.
Are teams that are strong candidates for EI usually strong candidates for Chairman's? 85% of the time, yes.
Additionally, the Judge Advisor has the job to ensure fairness for all teams (keeping judges in line, make sure everyone has an equal opportunity at all of the awards, ect.). When the chairman's judges make their decision, typically by the end of day 2, a team usually gets wiped out of the running of everything else. Due to fairness standards, teams are typically out of the running if they already won an award. Since Chairman's is the big cheese, its a trump card.
Last edited by Conor Ryan : 03-05-2016 at 17:09.
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