"Official" USABO Thread 2016-17

Test Preparation AP Sciences
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Uhhh since it’s getting rather late in the year, and no one has made a thread yet (as far as I know), I’ll start this

Here are basic resources:

Biology by Campbell and Reece: Campbell Biology Plus MasteringBiology with eText – Access Card Package (9th Edition): Jane B. Reece, Lisa A. Urry, Michael L. Cain, Steven A. Wasserman, Peter V. Minorsky, Robert B. Jackson: 9780321558145: Amazon.com: Books . 7th, 8th, 9th editions are all good. The 6th might be fine, I don’t know. (9th is actually now Campbell Biology by Reece since Campbell died)

Biology of Plants by Raven: Raven Biology of Plants: Ray F. Evert, Susan E. Eichhorn: 9781429219617: Amazon.com: Books . 6th-8th editions should be fine.

Molecular Biology of the Cell by Alberts: Amazon.com: Molecular Biology of the Cell (9780815341055): Bruce Alberts, Alexander Johnson, Julian Lewis, Martin Raff, Keith Roberts, Peter Walter: Books . This book is a tad bit too detailed for USABO, but it has the tendency to make Campbell make sense. It’s an expensive book, though, and you want a fairly recent edition - 5th, maybe 4th because molebio’s been changing quite a bit nowadays.

P.S: Does anyone know how much AP Bio contributes to USABO?

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Hey, I curious, do you know if you have to participate in your school’s Science Olympiads to participate in the test? I’m kind of clueless…

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@pinetree5 No, USABO is a separate program from Science Olympiad. Your school needs to be registered for USABO, though, in order for you to participate.

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Taking AP Biology obviously helps, but USABO goes way more into depth than AP Bio.

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@pinetree5 USABO is completely different from Science Olympiad. Your school has to register for USABO before you can take the test, as the person above me said

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If anyone would like to join a USABO group chat, pm me as i have one running

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Thanks. If my school is registered, would I just sign up? Do I have to sign up with other people or anything?

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@pinetree5 You just register as an individual. You don’t need anyone else.

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Hey guys, I created a doc for the open exam for people who took it already. I did this last year too and it worked pretty well. Just email me at usaboopenexam@gmail .com with verification, or I can ask you verification questions.

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Anyone got semis cutoff predictions? I think it’ll be a 25-26 because it was hard but people are getting progressively better.

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@yellohighlightr I sent u my verification for the doc

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How many questions on the test were from previous tests?

Also, does anyone have the open exams from 2014-2016?

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@IvanIvanIvan Please stop trying to find unreleased past exams and looking for information about the current exam.

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@yellohighlightr got 2015 and 2016 from online already. they are in fact released! :slight_smile: