USA Biology Olympiad 2006

<p>The other half isn't applying to RSI, thus diqualifying them from being CEE whores.</p>

<p>The other half isn't? How do you know?</p>

<p>Ahhhhh stop taking it so seriously!</p>

<p>It was just some well-intentioned humor following up on zogoto's comment! Just cheeeeeeel!</p>

<p>lol...</p>

<p>/mutters about wwp people</p>

<p>ugh. so anyone pumped for the local bio exams which are coming up in a month?</p>

<p>WOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO 38-42 DAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</p>

<p>I am SOFA KING pumped.</p>

<p>I wasn't taking anything seriously.</p>

<p>& I am chilling.</p>

<p>I feel we're distancing, kchen. I don't want that to happen. Not for us. Not like this.</p>

<p>i've noticed something theoneo...</p>

<p>every thread you've commented on somehow goes off onto a tangent....<em>cough</em> :)</p>

<p>just playing.</p>

<p>to anyone that has taken the usabo before...does the textbook list at the cee usabo site cover everything that we should know?</p>

<p>the only thing you need to know for usabo is every nook and cranny of the encyclopedia that is campbell's biology.</p>

<p>that's it? so no need to memorize the cell molecular bible? haha</p>

<p>campbell's bio (7th edition) isn't that hard...it's actually a pretty readable book</p>

<p>Good. I want and need some distance. I want it to happen.</p>

<p>I agree that theoneo always goes off on a tangent. People can get carried away sometimes....</p>

<p>damn. you people start early. just checking in to see if it had started yet; sure enough it had. </p>

<p>in '03 I didn't do squat until a week before nationals -- a mistake most first-year usabo'ers make. Of course, we were all noobs in '03, so it didn't matter too much.</p>

<p>listen to peasea. she knows what she's talking about.</p>

<p>i wish i knew about USABO before this year...back then i actually HAD TIME to study.</p>

<p>junior year is a pain.</p>

<p>I know what you mean. In retrospect, what did I have to do last year? I just sat around and, well... just sat around.</p>

<p>I guess it was my year off, though. Freshman year was a huge change after eighth grade and I definitely pushed myself with clubs and taking an SAT II. Sophomore year I didn't do much academically. This year is so hardcore though. The next five months (actually, starting this break) are going to be HELLLLL.</p>

<p>(I love junior year)</p>

<p>a few have pmed me for the old exams. sorry, people, but i had to re-install my OS a while back, and all of my files were deleted. </p>

<p>besides, sharing them would be fraternizing with the enemy.</p>

<p>37-41 daysssssssss!!!!!!!</p>

<p>I would start taking the USABO not as lightly... the average score last year was under 34%... I encourage ALL OF YOU to pick up a Campbell's textbook and read chapters 34-49 THOROUGHLY. Those are emphasized on the test. brush up on basic biochemistry and cell structure (and how the two are related).</p>

<p>Just my $0.02...</p>

<p>hopefully this year people will do worse...so the qualifying score will be lower :D</p>

<p>the qualifying score last year was around 46-48% (23-24 questions right...?) so hop to it!</p>

<p>ha...i'm ahead of the game. i memorized campbell (7th ed.) already :)</p>

<p>i'm looking at the molecular cell bible right now.</p>

<p>are there any good ecology/behavior textbooks out there?</p>