<p>I recently heard about this competition and I want to know more about it. I've never heard of it before, and i visited the official website but there's barely any info. on what it actually is. i want to get my school involved, but i don't know how. i hope it isn't too late to sign up for this year's competition. any help would be great. thanks.</p>
<p>way too late. Sorry.
If you're not a senior, try next year. I've done it since middle school- it's loads of fun. Lots of studying, though... where are you from?</p>
<p>actually, not so true. if you want to actually WIN, then that requires more prep... but some competions will accept late registration.</p>
<p>which science olympiad are you guys talking about? The biology, chemistry and physics ones?</p>
<p>OK.. y'all are discussing two completely different things. </p>
<p>Science</a> Olympiad is a team competition of both "study" and "building" events with state and national levels of competitions. This is what I think noname141 and SonataX are referring to - I also did it throughout middle and high school and its a lot of work, but a lot of fun.</p>
<p>The International</a> Science Olympiads are 6 different competitions. They are all different, but in general, involve individual written tests at the state, national and then international levels.</p>
<p>I've done Science Olympiad, IBO (Biology Olympiad... not actually competed at national level, but I was a semifinalist) and Chemistry Olympiad. My physics teacher picks the Physics Olympiad students out of his physics C classes (they have to be juniors, pref. sophomores... we're almost all seniors), so I've never done that... Science Olympiad requires a lot of prep and a lot of people. The International olympiads require a registration fee, paid on behalf of the school, and a lot of personal prep time. Personally, I like Science Olympiad better... but maybe it's because it's a little easier. It gives me something nice to put on my apps, rather than "Chemistry Olympiad regional competitor". :-)</p>