<p>eek. studying >.< errrr Math is so much harder than everything</p>
<p>Well actually, momofclass09, the highest score is 43/50, which 1nkbl0tch got. But I agree a 40 is a very good score, almost definitely in the top 20 in the country on the Open. I got a 35, and am pretty happy with that. Now I’m gonna study like crazy for the next 2 weeks. </p>
<p>Right now I am planning on reading Campbell’s and doing old tests. Does anyone recommend other books or sites for me to study from?</p>
<p>hi flowersunshine,
You are right, the highest score is 43. Good luck on your next run.</p>
<p>…
somehow i qualified for this thing. oh boy.</p>
<p>The only thing I can find is the bio olympiad exam for Canada and Australias.
[Australian</a> Science Olympiads](<a href=“http://www.aso.edu.au/www/index.cfm?itemid=31]Australian”>http://www.aso.edu.au/www/index.cfm?itemid=31)
[U</a> of T National Biology Competition (page 2)](<a href=“http://www.biocomp.utoronto.ca/page2.htm#exams]U”>http://www.biocomp.utoronto.ca/page2.htm#exams)</p>
<p>rxhu123,
Ask the school tacher. He/She shoud have some old copies. Good luck.</p>
<p>congratulations to all of you! aaaah the test is next tuesday. </p>
<p>4/9 ppl in my school got semifinalist status, which is pretty incredible. normally we don’t have more than 1.</p>
<p>everyone who’s ever taken it at my school got past</p>
<p>Hey there, I’m Orly, I’ll join!</p>
<p>I got into semifinals with a 39 and am wondering how many other people scored higher than me. There’s supposedly a histogram on the website but my bio teacher didn’t show it to me. I read here than ink got the 43, but how many others?</p>
<p>PS : I think I saw an old exam on one of the websites like this, but I can’t remember the URL. </p>
<p>&& the Australian Bio olympiads are so much easier than the USABO, they’re like the Bio SAT.</p>
<p>&&& someone mentioned NJ bio league a couple pages back. I lived in NJ untill last year & won 1st for the bio I last year. </p>
<p>Any of you go to WHRHS, by any chance?</p>
<p>lol, u joined AOPS and CC within 2 days of each other.</p>
<p>I was googling USABO and found both. :)</p>
<p>omg phospho, i did bio two years ago and won second ^_^</p>
<p>Does anyone have a link to the historgram showing the distribution of scores for this years open? Also does anyone have any previous exams? I am especially interested in last year’s exam. I’m not sure if its been released or not. If someone has the exam, could you pm me?</p>
<p>Just took semis X_X</p>
<p>how were they?</p>
<p>I realize you can’t give any specific info, but how would you say it compares to last years exam?</p>
<p>it was really random, let’s just say.</p>
<p>I barely remember last years, but I remember that I barely knew anything except the casparian strip and genetics questions from last year. I guess I knew somewhat more this year.</p>
<p>But still…it was pretty intense. </p>
<p>Good luck to those who haven’t taken it yet. :]</p>
<p>Is it even worth it for me study? I’m taking the semis in a few days…and I haven’t studied since the open exam (and I don’t have the luxury of an AP bio class to keep me with the material). I know the website mentions several other books, and since I only have Campbell’s…if I somehow study enough to know Campbell’s inside and out, is that usually enough?</p>
<p>Campbell’s usually the basis, but the semis tend to be extremely random, covering a lot of material in a lot of depth at the same time. Your best bet is definitely to study campbell very well, because often the answers can be found by analysis. Or, that’s just my take on it. I find that the opinion on semis varies a lot.</p>
<p>Does anyone know the point structure of the test?
I know theres MC type A and B and FR, and it seems there are usually around 150 points with qualifying mark being at least 100-120.</p>
<p>I looked at the IBO syllabus, but does USABO follow IBO at all? The biosystematics section lists a lot of “model” organisms that you need to know…and I’d prefer looking over those rather than the 10 chapters in Campbell’s that cover everything.</p>