<p>well, it is very dense…and how many of its authors have you met so far LOL</p>
<p>I’ve never touched Lodish (book nor man) and done okay in USABO. Campbell is where it’s at.</p>
<p>cadaeibfed any suggestions for books I should definitely read to make the team next year? especially considering none of the team members are seniors this year.</p>
<p>there was considerably less plant and animal bio than i thought and much more eco, would you suggest finding an ecology text or was that just a one time thing? also, is the national final influenced by whatever the host country’s agenda is?</p>
<p>hey, i’m planning on taking the USABO for the first time next year. Any general advice on how to make it to finals, besides knowing Cambells in and out?</p>
<p>in other news… i got a 5 in bio!</p>
<p>Advice: Read Campbell. Know it. Honestly, it’s the only book you need until camp, and some people didn’t even read Raven until making the team.</p>
<p>Seriously, I didn’t even know what RAAS was until I got to GMU. The test isn’t about knowledge. It’s not the Campbell Biology Olympiad, it’s the International Biology Olympiad, and it’s about thinking, not memorization.</p>
<p>The best use of your time is learning Mandarin insults to trash talk the Chinese team.</p>
<p>cadaeibfed-you were right about AP Env Sci, I got a 5</p>
<p>The DC area rocked the IBO – four golds!</p>
<p>I’ve read Campbell’s 6th edition at least 5 times in preparing for the semis the past two years, but have still never made it to camp. It seems to me that so many of the terms are not even mentioned once in the book. Does this maybe have something to do with me not having the 7th edition?</p>
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Technically, only two. Or three, depending on how you look at it.</p>
<p>Resurrecting this thread. Any advice on how to get to Semifinals? Is the test 50 questions? And 35 is the qualifying score? And all 55 chapters of Campbell are represented? thanks!</p>
<p>@tomjonesistheman- Study hard on Campbells, or have awesome memory.</p>
<p>I think qualifying score last year was 29/50 or something. Highest in nation was 43/50. And yes all are represented (maybe not ecology/behavior crap).</p>