[Nica F.]

Truthfully, two regionals & nats are ideal for a team.

Last year, i went to nats, LA (our home reg.), New England Regional to volunteer, and GTR. They're GREAT experiences i wouldnt trade for anything in the world. But the workload given to catch up can be too much to handle sometimes especially with those back to back trips.

For our team, we go to our teachers before each of trips and get all work that will be assigned for that week. Our mentor makes our last day of our trip "homework day" and thats where we get a lot of it done. We are also encouraged to do it on the plane rides. As for tests, our mentors with us offer the teachers to give us the tests during the trip.

But i strongly encourage members to not go on more than the amount of trips they can keep up with because the workload given to catch up can be too much to handle sometimes.