<p>where is the open exam administered? at the school you attend?</p>
<p>bump,...............</p>
<p>they mail it to your school and you have to mail it back to them</p>
<p>A teacher at your school has to register your school for the test. You will take both tests at your school (if you qualify for the second test). Your teacher will proctor the test and mail it back. If no teachers at your school want to do this, check with other schools in your area when school starts in the fall - many will let outside students come take the test.</p>
<p>oh ok thanks</p>
<p>This might be helpful: <a href="http://openwetware.org/wiki/USABO%5B/url%5D">http://openwetware.org/wiki/USABO</a></p>
<p>"You'll have to learn independent biology stuff that will never be taught in a classroom."</p>
<p>everyone seems to say that the competition is more than just AP Bio so what else do you recommend I study except for the books listed on the CEE website?</p>
<p>After finishing and memorizing Campbell's try outsome of the tests and go to free internet sources if you can find any for added information. I don't have Campbell's nor have I taken this teat though, but we MAY start next year.</p>
<p>The above is just speculation.</p>
<p>Does the edition really matter? I mean, shouldn't the sixth edition have almost the same material as the seventh?</p>
<p>I have a problem. I have this book, that for some reason never knew existed earlier, called "Biology: Concepts & Connections" by Campbell, Reese, Mitchell, and Taylor. It's in the fourth edition. However, it was published in 2003. The Biology book had a seventh edition in 2004 and a sixth in 2001.</p>
<p>Therefore, I think this book is completely different than just plain "Biology". Is this true?</p>
<p>Yes, that book is worthless. Blame the publishing company for trying to suck more money out of the market by pushing a terrible book.</p>
<p>So my school uses Biology 4th edition. I'm going to be doing USABO this year so I was wondering how much of a difference is there between the 4th and 7th editions. Is it a big enough difference that I should buy the 7th edition?</p>
<p>Hey... Sorry for the 500-years-later bump.</p>
<p>I'm taking AP Bio with the Campbell's book right now, but we're obviously only about halfway through the course. I do pretty well-- I usually have highest score in either my class period or the course at large. But my teacher is into the big picture-- he's always telling us not to memorize the examples, to connect new info to past units, etc. So when I did some random USABO practice test online, I totally failed. Those things seem to be full of nitpicky detail. Or was the random test I found not an accurate reflection of the actual test?</p>
<p>I should probably just do it next year, after I finish the course. But will you even be able to use your results on college apps if you do it as a senior?</p>
<p>In response to your first question: No, USABO is (almost, if not entirely) all about the obscure details.</p>
<p>In response to your second question: Friend got waitlisted at MIT. Got USABO. Bam, waitlist --> acceptance.</p>
<p>Learn the diagrams in Campbell's, it helps quite a bit in terms of remembering obscure details.</p>