USABO Open Exam coming up

<p>I got 32 (I think), enough to be a semi-finalist.</p>

<p>il bandito,</p>

<p>Of course you would want to put it ib a resume. But it is by no means a hook at the most selective of schools.</p>

<p>I just learned that I made it to the next round. What do you guys think I should do to prepare for the next exam?</p>

<p>Try reading Campbell thoroughly and look at Peter Raven's "Biology of Plants", especially the Introduction to the Angiosperms and Evolution of the Angiosperms chapters. Also do some work on Taxonomy/Biosystematics...There was a nasty magnoliopsida/liliopsida question on the semifinals last year that made/broke a couple otherwise-high scores.</p>

<p>38! Backlash, do you post on AOPS forums too?</p>

<p>Anyways, how do you guys plan to study?</p>

<p>Guys, Where can I find past USABO semifinal exams?</p>

<p>I am taking the test tommorow. I found out that I got a 35 on the open exam. Is that a decent score to make it worthwhile for me to take the semifinal exam and do good on it(not thinking of making to the next level)?</p>

<p>I got a 36 on the open (after studying all the wrong things) and DIED on the semifinals (also after studying all the wrong things). Most of the free response I had no idea how to do -_-;</p>

<p>Is this a good score: 15</p>

<p>I didn’t do that well on the open exam but I’m only a freshman in Biology 1 Honors, Gifted.</p>