<p>Also, from last years semis, how do u tell the difference between northern blot and southern blot?</p>
<p>which were overrepresented?</p>
<p>A northern blot tests for RNA while a southern blot tests for DNA, I believe?</p>
<p>@mjin: you were given intron/exon sites, so you can calculate the lengths yourself, and look at the ladder given to see if the gel has mrna or dna</p>
<p>I don’t wanna do any cracking stuff for the 2010 open, it seems kinda illegal.</p>
<p>I have a hard copy of the 2010 open that my teacher gave me…</p>
<p>^can u scan it?</p>
<p>just took the semis.
it was fun-- much more legit than the open exam. 
some problems were completely esoteric, of course, but the rest was OK.</p>
<p>those who have already taken it, what do you think the cutoff will be?
it was a little easier than I expected— 120 perhaps?</p>
<p>umm. i dont have a scanner but i can post a problem a day on this forum with exact wording and answers if yall like.</p>
<p>uno mas about semi probs! umm was there many probs regarding specific classes or orders such as if they gave u a discription of a flatworm and u had to tell them that it was a Platyhelminthes or something?</p>
<p>Does anyone have any copies of the past semifinal exams? My teacher doesn’t have any, I’ve tried looking all over the web and can’t find a single one. I’d be willing to trade for past open exams/SATs/etc. </p>
<p>@ Messiah: Can you email me the 2010 pdf? Let me take a shot at it…</p>
<p>^ Shouldn’t you have already taken the Open…</p>
<p>DO NOT POST ANY SPECIFICS ABOUT THE CONTENT OF THE SEMIS!!!</p>
<p>Posting the format (i, ii, iii etc) is fine.</p>
<p>Trust me, discussing semi 2010 problems/content is a really bad idea. Could get the question thrown out or you DQ’ed. Just DON’T do it, and don’t ask for it. You can wait another week to discuss.</p>
<p>phospho: was that to me? or the rest of the people in general?</p>
<p>It was just bc people were asking for specifics, no, not referring to anyone specifically.</p>
<p>And I think I just scared the crap out of this thread XP</p>
<p>haha, naw, not too scary.
now we wait a month to see whether we made it or not :P</p>
<p>^thats scarier.</p>
<p>phosphorlyescenc: how did you think you did?</p>
<p>I haven’t taken it yet, I’m taking it tomorrow =)</p>
<p>Btw, if you’re picked as a finalist you’re generally notified a day or two before the actual results are put up.</p>
<p>lol I like how they got lazy about grading part Cs and shortened it to 3 questions.</p>
<p>Oh yeah, last year, didn’t they have very specific requirements for part C? Like you had to write your name and number of every page?</p>
<p>i already took the open exam and this will be my first year taking the semis. as I couldn’t find a copy of one, I just had a few questions regarding the format of the exam only. I know there are three parts, but approximately how many questions are in the multiple choice part A? is it just like a more in-depth version of the open exam (50 questions, a - e)? and what’s the difference between part B and part C? Are AP Bio free responses similar to the open ended questions? for parts B and C, how in-depth do they want the answers to be, I know there is partial credit, basically how much do you have to write? Do they make you analyze graphs, fill out tables, diagrams, etc.? finally, is the semifinal just a continuation of the random knowledge or can you get by without knowing the exact specifics of a topic but having good analytical skills. </p>
<p>i know this is a lot…sorry</p>