After 3 years, I finally placed.
The past 2 years I didn’t even make prejudged, so finally making it this year and placing meant a lot.
Posting this for anyone who didn’t place this year: I know it sucks, but don’t let it stop you. Take what you learned and run it back next year.
Throwback to when i found Yuvan Kacham at nats i lowk couldn't believe i had found em😭
I recently competed in an objective testing event for NLC and noticed questions that had nothing to do with the test event. I was competing in Cybersecurity and one of the questions was on procedures for chemical safety??? That has literally nothing to do with cybersecurity. The answer was MSDS and I got that out of sheer luck. For me, the test was also insanely different from the states and regionals, which actually conformed to the question breakdown they provided in the NLC study guide. On the NLC there was 1 or 2 questions on cyber attacks??! When it’s meant to be something like 10 percent of the questions. And network infrastructure showed up only 2 times as well. Most questions tested terminology(not vocabulary)instead of understanding, eg. active vs. dynamic. I would have reported some of these question but everyone I’ve asked has said that they won’t do anything about reports. Has anyone else has experienced this?
Side note: Theoretically how much would it be worth?
Like my whole family was watching the live stream and I didn’t place
And my adviser had such high expectations I just feel like such a disappointment I let my school down my club down my city down
Hi, I wanted to come out and share this if this is interesting to anyone.
I’m from Illinois and we were supposed to return to O’Hare International Airport today. Originally our flight time was at 7 PM however we were delayed at several times until eventually they canceled the flight. And one girl started crying, which I can’t blame her because I was internally pissed because I had plans. I wanted to go home.
And this is the last flight of the night.
And the advisors they had to call several hotels and motels across San Antonio and we managed to get one, but it’s really sketchy and it smells like weed and I’m currently typing this while I’m in a room by myself because my roommates were scared and went somewhere else.
And then tomorrow we return out the airport really early and we’re at the airport the whole day. Apparently it’s also supposed to be stormy I just hope the flight does not get canceled or I will be really mad.
And we had to take taxis to this motel, and it was several cars as well because we needed to fit all of us and there was a girl in my chapter that wanted to go back so badly. I don’t know her reason so I won’t judge her, but she was really opinionated about this and since she’s 18, we apparently are able to go back in an earlier flight if we schedule it by ourselves.
Update: We are currently waiting to board our flight, let’s hope we actually can get on the plane. Been in the airport for hours (10)
For some context and where im coming from: im an incoming sophomore who qualified in Supply Chain Management (SCM). So this is my first NLC, and honestly didnt really know what i should expect.
Conference itself: I didn't really have anything bad to say about it. My event was on time, and my judge was nice. I really enjoyed the expo hall and all that it had to offer. The general sessions were mad boring (half the time I was playing Block Blast on my phone as thats all I could really do because my data was shit) Shuttles were decent and rarely had an issue with them
I didn't go to any of the social stuff, so I can't tell you anything about it
Overall, it wasn't bad
Pin trading: This seems kinda cool, but it seemed kinda ridiculous that pins that cost less than a dollar to make are going for over 100 bucks. Most i would pay would be 5-10 bucks
But that's just me.
Host city: San Antonio was...it was a city. Riverwalk was definitely a tourist trap (that I fell into lol). The water was hella dirty, which is probably to be expected with any city but still. I actually had a lot of fun at Six Flags (even tho they sprinted at me to try and sell some stuff lol) The Alamo was kinda boring, but cool, I guess. I really liked the Tower of the Americas. The view at the top was incredible. Alot of homeless where I was at (I was at the Element Riverwalk, which is a little ways from the tourist part). It was kinda hot and humid, but I've been in hotter. Overall, it could have been better, but regardless, it was still good
Final overview: I had fun, the conference was good, pin trading was alright, and the city was decent. I met a lot of people, including some of you, made new memories, and overall had a good time. See you all next year
Hello FBLA! Since NLC in San Antonio has concluded, I wanted to hear your guys opinion the conference and planning?
What went well and what didnt? Do you believe that you were graded fairly on your tests/event? Also, what is the craziest story you have to share about nationals? Anything.
Personally, I think this conference was mediocre, compared to Anaheim. A lot of advisors need to do a better job at managing their students — The Marriott Riverwalk had extremely immature boys who did a horrible job at representing FBLA.
The rodeo was overhyped —- I was disappointed. They said there would be a chicken BBQ chicken dinner but we were only given a sandwich with chips.
Furthermore, I think FBLA should have organized the conference in the colder place since Texas was hot . I almost had a heat stroke and you might tell me “go drink water” I’m not paying $23 for a bottle.
Also, my roommates ruined my sleep and the experience. Not really an FBLA thing, but still thought I would share. They would obsessed with makeup and only yelled about some guys they met in the hotel and then complain that they can’t wear all their outfits they packed. Also, they were singing every day when there is no need.
But ending on a positive note, pin trading was fun and I had a great time networking and meeting people from my NLC Groupchat.
It's low-key getting hella annoying the amount of people trying to sell their pins like they are the next Elon musk making a profit of $3 after spending 80 bucks on some pins that advisers give out for A DOLLAR AND FIFTY CENTS. Fuck your pins and to people trading pins nobody hates you just the wanna be Andrew Tates thinking they can make a profit on some fuckass pins. Fuck your pins, love you guys who solely trade. Your State President signing off
Anyone still at NLC?
Selling Puerto Rico set for 400, meet at airport ASAP
Playing elevator roulette? Are we serious? Yelling on the balcony? On come. Knocking on random doors? Grow up/
If anyone wants to meet up, I’m available for ~2hrs. Thanks!
I need to get rid of these. Open to trades/offers to buy
Have a bunch of interesting pins. Lmk if yall want one.
Didn’t place, not a big deal until I started to feel like I disappointed everyone and myself.
Then, I lost five of my pins and they were cool pins line the Dr. Pepper and conference pin. Sad about that.
I’m bored and sad I didn’t place and want to distract myself
watched some of the finalists and it was very… interesting
NLC is almost over! What was everyone's favorite part!
My favorite was meeting tons of new people, including a few who knew me from the Sub Reddit! Also the NLC Stats usage numbers were up so high this week! Thank you guys for making it my top website ever!
So what was your favorite part of NLC?
