College Discussion's Unofficial USABO 2009 Thread

<p>it coulod also be because it was lacking an essential nutrient or something. the test btw was out of 167 points when I finished (or gave the test my best shot) i spent the rest of the time counting points. </p>

<h1>6 was cheating at life. i mean reallly? so i ended up writing what i wrote for 7 and 8 as a condensed paragraph for #6.</h1>

<p>My IB Bio teacher was trying to get people to show up for the first test so I just showed up and took it. I got a 30. I was so surprised. I didn't even look at the material and I guess I just passed on my being in IB Biology HL and being in class and taking notes. I really need to start studying for the IB test. I could care less about this because I just took the test someday after school not even expecting to pass</p>

<p>Hmm... if I live in Korea, and have U.S. citizenship (going to international school), is it possible for me to take USABO first round here next year? I took Korean one last year but I could barely understand Korean :(</p>

<p>Anyone heard anything from CEE yet?</p>

<p>Nope. Should be a couple more days…</p>

<p>People should’ve already gotten calls by now. At least, that’s what happened last year. Any lucky qualifiers?</p>

<p>:)</p>

<p>They should be putting up the results right about now.</p>

<p>So, apparently, I got a 119.5. Anyone know what the cutoff was?</p>

<p>Does anyone have a list or link with a list of all the finalists?</p>

<p>No, I haven’t seen any lists up yet. </p>

<p>They aren’t releasing the cutoffs or the finalist scores this year. It’s really annoying.</p>

<p>This waiting is annoying ;(</p>

<p>I know. </p>

<p>I already know I’ve gotten in (via email, a week ago), but I’d like to see how many people from last year are coming.</p>

<p>What score did you get phosphorlyescenc?</p>

<p>I need to check my score tomorrow with my teacher heh</p>

<p>Wow I still need to wait until Monday…I’m on spring break right now.</p>

<p>i know i got in too (via an email and a phone call) last week, though no idea what’s my score. i really want to know who else got in, anyone have the list? i’m on spring break, so can’t get from the teacher.</p>

<p>so pretty much if no phone call/email then no getting in?</p>

<p>The cutoff scores must have been ridiculously high this year. In the past three years, the cutoff was always around or below 100. This year, it has to be at least low to mid 120s.</p>

<p>last year the exam was a pain and the cutoff was 80. And they won’t announce the finalist scores. This year they made it easier but they’re not releasing the scores. </p>

<p>I wanna see the list darnit. Hopefully they’re not keeping that a secret too.</p>

<p>It was definitely higher than 126.25. My teacher showed me the histogram…there were about 30 people above 120, but I don’t know what the cutoff was.</p>

<p>Hmmm… I haven’t seen any histograms floating around yet.</p>

<p>I wonder if they’re actually planning to release the finalist list. Technically, they don’t have to, since all the finalists already know that they made it. It would be nice, though.</p>