"Official" 2014 USABO thread

<p>What was the flagella question again?
wait nvm got it</p>

<p>Which of the following is the main component of flagella in bacteria -
the answer was microtubules </p>

<p>was the answer to the antimicrobial question centrosome?</p>

<p>yes</p>

<p>i love you</p>

<p>Wait! I don’t think bacterial cells have micro tubules in their flagella. Their flagella is made from flagellin. Bacterial cells have a motor. </p>

<p>33 is way too high. Some people will get in the 40’s but not a lot. Plus, the AP bio course this year doesn’t suit the Open exam. People who took it before probably had an ok time, maybe even an easy time. But on average, I think scores will be relatively similar to those of previous years. Perhaps a one to three point increase in cutoff score, but 30+? Doubt it.</p>

<p>Thought that was the first choice, cytotoxic T Cell, but I’m not sure. Chrism0713, do you remember was it the first choice or the other one? I guessed on it and I put the second IgG IgE lol.</p>

<p>it was the second one! nice!</p>

<p>idk i looked up the wiki page for cytotoxic t cell and it has nothing on phagocytosis</p>

<p>Was allium the answer to the ridiculous plant taxonomy question? and what choice was it. </p>

<p>I am a modified leaf c:</p>

<p>hmm, seems like sciencechamp did really well. Anyone else here have score predictions so I can get a sense of what the cutoff might be like?</p>

<p>well people on this forum are pretty much already somewhat ahead of the general population (given the fact that they even put in the effort to look for this thread at all) so I don’t see how you’re going to estimate a cutoff based off the upper range of scores unless you have a reliable comparison to, persay, last year’s top scores.</p>

<p>um, that was what I was going for since I know the top scores of last year. I’m not looking for it to be particularly accurate, just get a sense of how everyone’s doing. Plus, it would be nice to know what some high scores are so I can see how well I did relatively. It’s always worth a try :p</p>

<p>Ah, in that case, I have a 30/45 right now, and unless i got nothing wrong on the last 5 questions that I can’t remember then it’s a straight 35 for me. I’m slightly worried that the cutoff might be much higher this year?
I’d just be disappointed if I don’t make it since I know that my performance was definitely far from my optimal during the test. </p>

<p>IMO, I highly doubt the cutoff will be greater than 30, so you’ll be safe. Usually, how many people from the forums make camp? lol I know it’s sort of a random question, but it would be great if anyone actually knew XD</p>

<p>I know beandelphiki made it last year, so he would be a pretty awesome benchmark for me. do you have a prediction?</p>

<p>Tbh i don’t think open exams correlate that well with results.
My friend got low 30s on open in 2012, ended up going to IBO </p>

<p>O.o wow… I don’t know whether that’s reassuring or scary</p>