<p>Is there a website or a list of Semifinalists for the Bio, Chem and Physics Olympiad?</p>
<p>speaking of which, i'm curios as to how the US team is selected for the international olympiad in physics..anyone?</p>
<p>cause i heard some countries have a craaazy selection process. don't know for sure tho...like i heard in germany, you only have to send a resume or smthg
or in china that they select the first bunch after an interview.</p>
<p>so, after someone answers the OP's question, would those who know the selection process of their country share some insight? (i could then tell you romania's :P )</p>
<p>All ex-USSR countries basically proceed by the following:
- School level olympiad.
- City level.
- Regional ("state") level.
- Maybe one more level.
- National level -- from here they start choosing candidates for international teams as far as I'm aware.
I never got out for the city level, although I was taking first/second/third places in language/math contests regularly and I have no idea why (and I don't remember it) :(</p>
<p>well, here it's the same up to the national level
then there is a five hour test, and the best 20 in the country are selected (the last 5 cannot be grade 12. only 9-11)
then there is a training camp, which includes another four 5 hour tests, and the first five go to ipho.
the rest may qualify for other international contests, such as tuymaada in siberia and zhautykov in kazakhstan.(i myself went to zhautykov this year)</p>
<p>So does USABO or any other olympiad organization release names of all the semifinalists? I was notified through email of advancing in the USABO and USNCO but I'm wondering if there is actually a list of all the semifinalists in the Bio Olympiad in recent years. Can colleges officially gain access to your scores on these exams?</p>
<p>Names of USABO finalists are released, but that's all. No one outside of CEE should have access to finalist scores or semifinalist names or scores.</p>