<p>Uhh I’m not going to have enough time to fully go through the last few chapters of Campbells (ie. ecology and nervous system) - does anyone how much the open exam traditionally tests on these concepts? I think the website said something like 5-10% but I know a few years ago, there were way more questions than 5-10%.</p>
<p>nervous system = important, at least skim through it.</p>
<p>Ecology is a joke in more ways than one, you could use common sense to answer most of those questions correctly.</p>
<p>USABO Open Exam was a little harder than I expected. I didn’t have the Campbell book, but another textbook, plus studying and practicing other bio exams. </p>
<p>About time the AMC12 banned calculators =) Though we finished barely a minute before school closed due to ‘inclement weather.’</p>
<p>AMC 12 BANNED CALCULATORS? and I took the USABO without studying. My teacher just passed out the tests and explained like it was no big deal. It is definitely a big deal! Keep in mind, her AP Biology sscore average is around 4.8-5.</p>
<p>I’ll join this club :]</p>
<p>Definitely study Campbell and get the Raven plant bio book if possible. They love to put questions about plant info that’s beyond Campbell in the semi exam.</p>
<p>If you signed up for the SAT II test for June and make camp, I suggest you just move the SAT date because camp is a pretty big deal. Plus you get free TI 89s and lab coats XD</p>
<p>Oh by the way guys…the cutoff score isn’t as high as that…</p>
<p>It’s usually around half of the questions right. so the 25-28 region. I believe it was 26 last year.</p>
<p>haha my AP bio teacher’s average score is a flat 5.0
and earthquake, do you think you made it w/out studying?</p>
<p>btw yeah join this club, its uberexclusive and we have free cookies every saturday</p>
<p>SATs can be taken during camp, but it’s inconvenient. If you have the option and honestly think you’ll make camp, reschedule.</p>
<p>i don’t honestly think i’ll make camp at all</p>
<p>and it does seem inconvenient, but i am going to take 3 SAT2s, including some required ones.</p>
<p>then again, i’m almost 99% sure i won’t make camp so haha who cares</p>
<p>If the cutoff’s around half of the questions, plus a handful, I think I’ll stand a decent shot to make semifinalist, as well as maybe another student from my school.</p>
<p>so far everyone who’s taken it at my shcool have made it to semifinalist, lol. but that’s about 5 people -_-</p>
<p>I think I got around a 25. I guessed somewhat randomly on about 15, but I’m pretty sure about the rest.</p>
<p>Cut-off was 30 last year. I took it both years and would say this years was about the same difficulty.</p>
<p>Yeah, I’d say so. I probably got around 10 wrong, so here’s to hopefully getting a 40, lol.</p>
<p>hey guys, tell me all ur answers, i’m taking it tomorrow (emailed them cuz of snow day, said it was ok)</p>
<p>I probably got a maximum of 30 haha. most likely less</p>
<p>I sincerely wish my school could offer at least a little more than the nothing that they do now, ugh, stuck in a swamp of rural schools that would rather have nothing to do with academic stuff…</p>
<p>well u can go to some local universities that offer the tests</p>
<p>Anybody else take it?</p>
<p>woot i took it, i guessed on 15 questions and so far got one wrong, cuz i looked up one of them</p>