USABO 2018-2019

not the best, don’t think I made it to semis but to be fair, I didn’t study very much

Same it was a tough exam. There was one question where the answer was shown. Is anyone going to report that to CEE? Also, can someone add me to the Google Docs discussion

Regarding Biology in Focus and the regular Campbell & Reece editions, what does Biology in Focus lack that Campbell & Reece has? Is it too shallow overall? Are some sections adequately covered, but others aren’t? Does there exist some other problem?
Unfortunately for me, I read Biology in Focus over regular Campbell & Reece because the book was assigned for AP bio…

Hi guys,

Some schools have been given extensions, so I still don’t think it is safe to start discussing. Especially by giving hints about highlighted answers that could possible be correct would boost their scores. After all, everyone is competing against each other, so it’s in your best interest to not give an unfair advantage to anyone else. Also, discussing isn’t going to change your score anyways, so it’s best to just wait for 2 weeks. Last year, the last extension was 2 weeks after the official end date.

What do you think the cutoff will be for USABO 2019?

I think at least 23 and at most 27. Also, how do we know when extensions are finished? The USABO page says the last date to turn in Open Exams to CEE is February 16.

Last year I knew someone who was taking it 2 weeks after the deadline to mail scantrons in. I think after 2 weeks it should be safe. As for cutoffs, I don’t know because I thought 2018 was pretty easy but it still had a low cutoff, while 2017 was a lot harder with a higher cutoff. The cutoff could be anywhere between.

The cutoff must be higher this year because some of the questions’ answers were…obvious, to say the least.

How did you guys do on the cell bio questions

I’d say you could reason your way through some of them. others were pure memorization, so you either got it or you didn’t.

i think we r allowed to discuss now arent we?

yes
but results come in 4 days so idk if it matters

The results are out! What is the cutoff? Didn’t make it to semi finalist.

Results are ALREADY out.

Score: 36.00
Status: Semifinalist

Idk about the cutoff I would guess around 28-29… IM SO HAPPY

Score: 17 :))
Status: Participant 8-}

21 participant

24 Participant

Score: 25
Status: Semifinalist

Yay!

Score: 25
Status: Semifinalist

Congrats to everybody who made it! From what I’ve seen on this thread and peers from my school, it seems like cutoff was 25. I got really lucky this year!

I got 25 too!
Did a lot of people get 25.0? I got really lucky this year…
My goal is to get higher than 35.0 next year…idk.