*"Official" 2013 USABO*

<p>Why does the chart say 6403 students? I thought there were around ~10000 participants.
topgun65 ■■■■■?</p>

<p>@bobjohnson the cutoff is predetermined by CEE even before the test is released, so if the cutoff is too low then it’s CEE’s fault. Why they don’t determine the curve after tallying scores, i don’t know. There have been some years where the cutoff was too high and only about 400 people qualified for semis and some where the cutoff was too low and around 700 people qualified. If the cutoff is 25, then this might be one of the years in which CEE overestimated the difficulty of the test.</p>

<p>Yes, I believe the cutoff is not 25 and that the person who received the score was a ■■■■■. The cutoff was not 25. Nice trolling.</p>

<p>My school did have all AP biology students take the exam (around 80), so if a lot of other schools did that, that may have depressed the score.</p>

<p>Edit: unless CEE really does decide on a cutoff beforehand, in which case I’m totally wrong on this.</p>

<p>The cutoff will most likely be between 27-29.</p>

<p>@topgun how do you know the cutoff is 25???</p>

<p>@ilovediannaagron I believe topgun is a ■■■■■ so I won’t take their words seriously.</p>

<p>i’m hoping topgun isn’t a ■■■■■…</p>

<p>Same here but I’m suspicious due to the fact that they recently deleted one of their posts and also that the profile was created today.</p>

<p>I called CEE as a parent/coach and this info was given to me by an administrator. It is reasonable since the cut off has been around the mid to high 20s in the past. I deleted my recent post because if you don’t believe me then you can wait another day…</p>

<p>24 was the cutoff and 6403 students took the test last year. Maybe they told **topgun65 **the results from last year??? Why would they announce the cutoff without releasing the scores. It makes no sense to me…</p>

<p>Only thing I can say is that we will have to wait to see. I believe the cutoff will be between 27-29.</p>

<p>i agree, the cut-off is not and most definetly will not be a 25. Most likely around 29-31.</p>

<p>PLEASE don’t be a ■■■■■</p>

<p>Why don’t we all chill out and wait until tomorrow.</p>

<p>CUTOFF BE 25 PLEASEEEEE
Last year I missed the cutoff by one point :frowning: Don’t want my result to suck like last year now</p>

<p>just only one more day…
hope no more delay…</p>

<p>“the cutoff is predetermined by CEE even before the test is released”</p>

<p>Uh, no?</p>

<p>Today is the day for the scores to come out. Good luck to all.</p>

<p>so the results will be available immediately after 5 PM right? we’re not going to have to wait until like 5:30 or 6 right?</p>