<p>@tool: AFAIK the olympiads have contracts that you must sign indicating you are not participating in another olympiad. This was the case with USNCO which said you can't participate in bio, physics, or math.</p>
<p>I'm a member of my Science Olympiad team and last year we got 5th in the nation. I don't know how it is at other schools, but we practice 2+ hours a day every weekday. It's very science/physics/technical field related, so if you're not strong or interested or both, I would consider another kind of Olympiad.</p>
<p>That said, it is very fun and a truly rewarding experience. The team is like a second family and traveling to regionals, states, and nationals is incredibly fun. I would recommend it to anyone.</p>
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<p>The USACO has a really good training program thing on their website, at ace.delos.com/usacogate, and getting through that is really good, almost guarantees you a spot for the training camp (you'd still have to do well enough on the contests though).</p>
<p>Also, you can do USACO along with the other Olympiads too in any point in time, unless there's a conflict with the training camp, since the IOI is in late August while all the others are in July, except I think ILO, which is in early August. And there's usually a huge overlap between people that do USACO and the math olympiads, and I think about half the people at the training camp this year had also gone to MOP sometime too. I haven't heard anything about any of the others though.</p>
<p>Yes, it is indeed possible to qualify for multiple Olympiads, even up to the national camp level. And as pyn stated, there -are- contracts limiting participation in multiple Olympiads.</p>
<p>That being said, it is at the camp directors' own discretions whether to uphold the contract or not (after all, hey, they're the ones who made the contracts). I have a friend who participated in the physics, biology, -and- math Olympiad camps one after another in the course of a couple months, so there are three examples right there of camps that aren't unwilling to allow students to participate in multiple camps in a single summer (especially since when they don't overlap).</p>
<p>Participating in more than one International Olympiad in a single summer could be forbidden, as far as I know, though.</p>
<p>How would I go about participating in the competition (Chem Olympiad is what I'm interested in specifically) if my school doesn't offer the test? </p>
<p>I got a 5/800 in chem so I figure with a little work I could be competitive. I've looked over past tests and they don't seem too too hard. Also.. you can participate during your senior year right? I was reading their website and some of the rules regarding participation were kind of fuzzy to me.</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>From what I've gathered, the USNCO is the only olympiad that prohibits participating in any other olympiad. I've heard of people who took all the olympiads in a summer though, is that still possible? Also, out of curiosity, are some olympiads considered more prestigious than others?</p>
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<p>If your school doesn't offer the test you can do one of two things.
1. Talk to your chem teacher and convince him/her to sign your school up to take the test. My son did this with the USABO 3 years ago, and his school still participates. Your school will have to pay a small fee, and someone at your school will have to proctor the test.
2. If that doesn't work, call the other high schools in your area and ask if you can take the test at their school. Many schools allow this.
You can participate your senior year.
You can do a search here for science olympiad or a general google search.</p>