USA Biology Olympiad 2006

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>It's that time of year for biology-obsessed students across the nation to start thinking about the USABO Open Exam February 6-10, 2006.</p>

<p>For those of you who don't know, USABO is a new, yet increasingly prestigious, academic competition for any and all students interested in biology. Semifinalists - the top 10% or 500 top scorers on the Open Exam - are invited to take the USABO Semifinals March 13-17. After that, the top 20 semifinalists are invited to the USABO National Finals camp in the beginning of June. From there, the 4-member team will be chosen to represent the USA at the International Biology Olympiad.</p>

<p>Here's a link to last year's meager 20 page thread: <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=20732&highlight=USABO%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=20732&highlight=USABO&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>I'm sure we can beat that this year.</p>

<p>The USABO website is <a href="http://www.cee.org/usabo%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.cee.org/usabo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>This thread will serve as a hub for any and all USABO related questions, comments, rants, and rages.</p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

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<p>i started a usabo post already</p>

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<p>I like this one better. :D</p>

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<p>I'm supposed to make this thread longer.</p>

<p>Not my idea.</p>

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<p>hey i was thinking of doing usabo since i'm really into bio</p>

<p>since it's a pretty broad field... what direction does the stuff in usabo usually take?</p>

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<p>I'm not really sure. It's the first time I'm taking it. I heard they emphasize botany and animal physiology, though. Hm.......</p>

<p>Salt Flakes - have you taken it before?</p>

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<p>i tried to take the open exam thing last year but it interfered with my debating schedule</p>

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<p>biology is very interesting, at some point its pretty hard since our teacher grades reel heavy. bio is pretty great though</p>

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<p>Hm yeah my first bio class was pretty challenging. But it gets simpler as you understand how textbook bio works. There are noticeable trends and concepts that are referred to constantly. Once you grasp them, the rest is just memorizing details.</p>

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<p>my IM is chenboiiiiiii in case anybody has anything to question or say about any topic.</p>

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<p>yeah my first year of bio was killer
i played calculator games all year, some of them were really tough</p>

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<p>theoneo: thanks, but no thanks.</p>

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<p>what do you mean no thanks?
i think it's perfectly valid to be discussing usabo</p>

<p>besides, bio's a really important subject, any studying you do for usabo can only help you in the long run, right?</p>

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<p>yawn.. thats correct! you are genius!</p>

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<p>no. because usabo makes you memorize excrutiating minor details.</p>

<p>i believe usabo shows your dedication more than other olympiads though...because if you're willing to dedicate so much time to MEMORIZE the information contained in the tomes of bio wisdom, then you probably have the dedication to do most everything else</p>

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<p>oh, i didn't realize how much memorization was involved
i figured there'd be a lot of details, but not much more than to be expected from say, ap bio students</p>

<p>well that's what i was guessing, thanks for the info</p>

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<p>hmm i think what you're saying about usabo is genius, memorizing takes long times and hours for me. i have to sit down and concentrate and study till you fall asleep. </p>

<p>then take a sip of water if you get drowsy. it'll wake you up.</p>

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<p>do good test takers need good memorization? like well i heard this guy named (bleeped out), fabulours test taker gets good grades. pretty good at it. but i give credit for anyone memorizing. it takes effort even for all taht involvement for biology.. hardwork!!</p>

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<p>yeah some people are just crazy test takers, i don't get how they do it</p>

<p>photographic memory?</p>

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<p>oh yeah. you know im asian but i have to study hard to get the credit.. im no good test taker</p>