<p>Got a 53/60 on MC…enough to make top 150?</p>
<p>What grades are everyone here in?</p>
<p>@CallMeGod I’m a junior</p>
<p>You’d think God would know that already. </p>
<p>When will the results come out?
They only release top 20???</p>
<p>Perhaps today.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.acs.org/content/dam/acsorg/education/students/highschool/olympiad/process/competitions/2014-usnco-top-158.pdf”>http://www.acs.org/content/dam/acsorg/education/students/highschool/olympiad/process/competitions/2014-usnco-top-158.pdf</a></p>
<p>it’s out!</p>
<p>Got honors with 51/60. What was the cutoff? </p>
<p>How do we find out the multiple choice score?</p>
<p>@ChakNorris Some sections will return the Part I booklet to the student; if you marked your answer in the booklet, you should be able to grade yourself using the answer key online. </p>
<p>@TheAnomalist I would assume slightly lower than 51/60…Don’t know for sure because I never got the booklet back, but glancing over the answers I feel like I probably missed more. Still made Honors.</p>
<p>Next year, folks, next year.</p>
<p>Hey all,</p>
<p>I was wondering exactly how much differently the National Exam varies from Carey’s or Atkin’s Org textbooks.
I made Nationals this year but did pretty horribly on the Part I section due to little knowledge of organic chemistry. I’m currently going through Carey’s textbook, but I need to know if getting an understanding of the textbook material is enough- surely I must have to do outside work and look up other stuff online to do well on Nationals right?
Assuming I went through Carey’s and knew all the material from the textbook, but not much outside of it. What can I expect to make on Part I (out of 60) on Nationals?</p>
<p>Going off on a similar topic: what’s a score needed to make the top 20 for Study Camp? I’m assuming somewhere over 56/60 on Part I, and equally well on the other two parts, right? Can anyone confirm how well in terms of numbers in score did the top 20 do this year or previous years?</p>
<p>I know that to prepare for Part I, you’ll need to know a LOT of Organic Chemistry, but I think comprehensive studying of Carey followed by skimming over Atkins should be enough. In terms of Part II and Part III, how did study camp participants prepare? For Part III, I had trouble writing down a procedure…is it based on if you’ve done the experiment in the past rather than actual knowledge/intuition?</p>
<p>Finally, I was wondering if those 20 that did make Study Camp knew Chemistry since they were really young, or rather just studied a lot. I’m fairly sure that at least half of those 2014 Camp people this year just learned Chem in high school and studied a lot to make it there. </p>
<p>@BipolarBuddhist My brother made top 20 sophomore year by studying a lot. For part 2, you’re just going to have to keep on practicing organic and ap chemistry problems. For part 3, try buying a lab manual for organic chemistry. You will be done with most of the ap chem labs except maybe an electrochemistry lab by the time of nationals. My brother got a 57/60 on part 1. He told me he only got one question wrong on the frq. And he did average on the first lab, and excellent on the second lab. I am currently taking ap chemistry right now, and studying organic chemistry in my past time. I’m using my school’s ap chem book, and Carey’s 7th edition. My goal is to make top 20 as well. It’s best if u start learning orgo before October. </p>
<p>Hi guys,</p>
<p>I want to participate in this exam next year, but how do you get your school registered for the local exam?</p>
<p>Go check out the chemistry Olympiad subpage over on ACS’s website. You’ll find all you need there.</p>
<p>An exciting year ahead!</p>
<p>How does the teacher register the school?
Also, is there a minimum requirement of number of students to participate?</p>