<p>Raphael, why do you say it’s around 16.5 but don’t think it’s anywhere above 15.5? Sounds contradictory to me :)</p>
<p>LOL. No I think the highest cut off ever was 16.5. This year i believe it will be 15.5 or below (hopefully).</p>
<p>Roger 
I suspect the cutoff will be around the same as last year’s as well. I read somewhere that the cutoff from 2008-2012 ranges from 12.5 to 15.5, was just wondering what the highest cutoff was before 2008.</p>
<p>anyone think the cutoff will dip as low as 13?</p>
<p>No. I think the cutoffs before 2011 are low because there was just a smaller test taking pool than there is now.</p>
<p>13 seems a little low. It could happen, but unlikely. Maybe we should start a poll to see what people think they got. How do you start a poll in this forum?</p>
<p>I say we just post what we think we got here.
Ok so I only answered 20 and I know for sure I got 2 wrong and am guessing I got one more besides those two wrong. That puts me at a 16.25.</p>
<p>I answered 22 but think I may have missed 1 of them, so probably 20.75</p>
<p>I answered 19 and know for a fact I missed at least 1, at most 4. Hopefully the cutoff will be below 14.</p>
<p>When can we discuss the problems and when will the solutions come out?</p>
<p>Wow! Tigerbookmark that’s really impressive. Hope you make it!</p>
<p>When/how will we find out if we make semi-finals?</p>
<p>I believe we found out around the 20th and the teacher who was your proctor gets the results. Otherwise they make a page of semi finalists on the 2013 USAPO home page.</p>
<p>Thanks Raphael. Good luck to you too.</p>
<p>Langwang37, the test was over yesterday I think so hopefully they will post the solutions up soon.</p>
<p>Does anyone know the testing window for this year’s semi? I can’t seem to find anything on the aapt website…</p>
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<p><em>exhales</em></p>
<p>I hope the semifinals are as easy as they were last year.</p>
<p>Veggie, I heard that semi testing window is March 5-23.</p>
<p>Mapletree, did you make summer camp last year?</p>
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<p>Nope. Missed 2 problems. (A1, the relativity one, and A3, the one with the rotating dielectric cylinder). I’m going to give it my best shot this year. I’m not sure what the general perception of the test was, as I don’t know any other semifinalists and wasn’t on CC at that time. My statement was based off of the fact that I got 4/6 problems, whereas on the USAMO I can’t even approach one.</p>
<p>Wow, looks like you have to be almost perfect on the semi in order to qualify for summer camp. That leaves me out I’m only taking AP physics C Mechanics right now, so can’t even solve the E&M questions. I took the USAJMO for the past 3 years and have been averaging 2/6 questions. Taking the AMC 10A tomorrow.</p>