Instead of cancelling the round, Dr. Voss made a controversial decision. She let those students keep the Dark Packet. They could choose: attempt the impossible for triple points, or request a standard replacement with a 30-minute penalty.
One thing is certain: 400 brilliant, terrified, sleep-deprived students will walk into that hall. They will sit in perfect silence. They will face the Variable. natplus contest
A four-hour, 100-question multiple-choice exam. Sounds easy? The twist: each question has between 3 and 10 correct answers. Partial credit is a myth. You either circle the exact combination of letters—A, C, E, G—or you get zero. One former finalist, Priya Chandrasekhar (2022), describes it as "taking a Scantron test while someone randomly changes the locks on the answer key." Instead of cancelling the round, Dr