<p>So for the open we should prepare by using Campbell’s and practice tests. And then for semis adding Raven Plants and Alberts?</p>
<p>@boomvoom4000 Actually, if you know Campbell well enough, you should be able to get to camp. Of course, it’s always better to go through those books, but only after you know Campbell extremely well. </p>
<p>how is the open exam scored? are the multiple choice questions worth more than the true/false?</p>
Each question is worth one point.
Next weekend, we’re holding the SoLympiad, a biology olympiad competition through our website in the style of the USABO open test! Learn more through our most recent blog post at Study of Life - Blog
All the information on solympiad is up! The competition will take place during three time slots of which you just pick one. These are Saturday (Jan 17) at 10:00 AM CST, Sunday (Jan 18) at 3:00 PM CST, and Sunday (Jan 18) at 6:00 PM CST. Learn more at http://www.studyoflife.org/solympiad.html
Hey guys, how helpful are the links on the USABO portal? Compared to the Campbell textbook, which one should we focus on?
Freaked out about upcoming olympiad? Don’t know what to revise? Take a look: http://biolympiads.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/freaked-out-about-upcoming-olympiad.html
Yikes, less than one month left… and half of campbell’s left. Shudder
Hey everyone! Solympiad Feb 2015 times have been announced on our blog! It will be run January 31st at 12:00 PM CST and 3:00 PM CST and on February 1st at 10:00 AM CST. These times will be updated at Study of Life - Solympiad shortly. Hope to see plenty of submissions!
Also: @BlueOreos I wouldn’t advise using those links for general studying since Campbell’s covers more depth and breadth with less repetition and overlap. However, if you do need selective review on a certain topic, I’m sure either the links or the textbook would be fine.
Hey is there a penalty for guessing? I just took a test and got barely 30… if there was a penalty I practically failed.
What is the structure of the test? How many true/false are there? Does anyone have the 2014 open exam?
@swimmygirl123 The USABO website just says the test is just multiple choice (including select all that apply type questions) but I also don’t know how many true/false there are, sorry 
and @andyis it also says that there’s no penalty for guessing 
I also guess way too much haha.
Also, this is probably a dumb question but many of the practice open exams I’ve been doing contain duplicate questions from previous exams; will the actual 2015 USABO contain questions from previous exams or are the open exams online just inaccurate?
is it just me or are the answer keys wrong for some questions??
did you guys find this years test to be hard or easy? I think I could have done better personally… but…(trying to analyze if I got in or not)
I also think some answe key answers are wrong. It really frustrates me.
OH well. Tests are starting. Good luck guys!
Does anybody have any idea how the Semifinal exam is scored? Specifically, how many points you can get from Part A,B,and C and what the maximum possible score is?
Anybody else take it today? PM if you want to discuss. I’ll confirm if you’ve taken it with a question.