I don’t think there was that much trivia… I think some of the trivia was really reasonable (about half?) and the rest were ridiculous. maybe I’m a bit biased because I memorized all the trivia from every year, and common knowledge is just common knowledge, but even most of thereally weird trivia could be countered by advanced chemical understanding of the concept (that I unfortunately did not apply). Of course, some “trivia” was knowledge that people should have known anyway, like the alphabet or vocabulary (note that this has nothing to do with chemistry).
For example, if they asked which of the following was a (something device), you should know.
Overall, anyway , I felt the test was reasonable; there are some exceptions.
But hey, maybe I just failed it so hard I can’t even tell . I did make a lot of silly mistakes so I shouldn’t be talking. Its just a single person’s thinking. and I actually hope that it was hard for everyone, since it would do good for the cutoffs.
I think that’s normal. Unless all 1.2 mil take t he test, for example in LA the cutoffs are ridiculously high because of the number o participants. However, I doubt over 1000 s t students take the test. Also. Usually the. Per school restriction holds so it is better for scrappy schools
I passed the local exam and was nominated for USNCO. I’m a bit confused on terminology. Does this make me a semifinalist or a finalist? I’ve seen it both ways.
I agree with andyis - there was some serious troll-ing this year. I think it was the most difficult of all the local exams, but a fair amount of that clout is probably due to this one being “official” as opposed to the others I took being “practice”. A good time, to be sure though.
it was indeed harder than last year since even though I worked my butt off for months and months I got 57/60 again… Idk what I missed yet but the second highest score in my region was 30 lolololol
@ jhgong Lol nice. Maybe I’m in your
Section … not. Rocking them low 30s! But wow, you must really live in a… non chemical location. But that 57 is nothing to scoff at. I bet you gonna rock that nationals
Anyone have any luck on practice nationals? What sucks is that I’ve been failing cuz of time. If anyone has any cool time saving or cramming tips, please do inform me!
. I did make a lot of silly mistakes so I shouldn’t be talking. Its just a single person’s thinking. and I actually hope that it was hard for everyone, since it would do good for the cutoffs.