Usabo

<p>Anybody registered and going to compete this year? I just want to see how many CC people are willing to take on...The Biomaster...muahahahaha...see y'all at IBO...</p>

<p>nobody taking it?</p>

<p>im going to try to make the USAMO. I dont know if im going to take the USABO though, i would need to brush up on my biology.</p>

<p>My school is terrible (sub-900 avg SAT) and before this site I didn't even know these competitions existed. Would it be possible for me to get involved in one of these olympiad-style contests if my hell hole school doesn't offer it? Particularly I'm interested in math, although biology sounds great too. Good luck adidasty, the biomasta!</p>

<p>same here, i didnt know about competitions until this site, so i'm bringing american math comps to my school, i pay.</p>

<p>darn...i took biology last year, guess its too late to do the competition?
biology was fun</p>

<p>maybe it'd be something i'm good at
i can't get anywhere on AMC or USAMO</p>

<p>yea i think i'd do well on biology too, but my school doesn't offer it</p>

<p>Very few schools have done USABO because it has only existed for a couple of years. I'm sure that they would be delighted to have more schools offer the exam to their students, but few schools know about it. But just because your school doesn't hand it to you on a platter doesn't mean you can't participate. Research the contest you are interested in (USABO, AMC, or whatever), recruit a couple of other people to take the exam, and start asking teachers if they would sponsor you. It does not have to be a teacher in the same subject. It could be any friendly teacher. Even a coach or librarian are possibilities. Be prepared to pay, too, if your school balks at that (none of these things would be more than $10-20 per kid, even if you only had a few kids). You can also check out taking the exams at another school, but it would be better for the contests and for future students at your school to try to establish a precedent for your school doing it.</p>

<p>thats right texas. this year i didnt know about the competition but i did research and got my old bio teacher to coordinate it and now its all set to go. im doing AMC and the math olympiad too and really u just need to contact your teacher in the subject and tell them about the program. registration is easy.</p>

<p>Best of luck to you adidasty. You're a genius at math and biology so i think that you'll make it far.</p>

<p>Adidasty - great job! Make sure that the fact that you spear-headed your school's participation in these contests gets mentioned someplace on your college apps. And good luck!</p>

<p>Thanks guys I appreciate it! Good luck to you guys in your academic competitions this year also!</p>

<p>USABO was started by a student that went to my school in conjunction with CEE. Just thought I'd add that, since it's my school's only claim to fame.</p>

<p>adidasty, how are you prepping for it? i'm giving it another shot. didn't get past semi last year.</p>

<p>i have campbells 6th edition (which is the material for usabo. too bad 7th came out recently) and have read the whole thing like 3 times. thats how i prepped. really im just looking stuff over now. i believe semi is probably the hardest step to get past</p>

<p>anyone else?</p>

<p>damn, that test was pretty hard. the sample questions given like 3 weeks before the exam were extremely easy compared to the test.</p>

<p>Whats harder USABO or AMC 12?</p>

<p>all depends. im sure there are some math geniuses who dont know the difference between net primary productivity and their cranium, but im sure many biologists cant find a 22 digit prime number. lol im pretty sure theyre comparatively difficult in their relative subjects.</p>

<p>Yea, the USABO was pretty hard.</p>

<p>AMC 12 was definitely easier for me. In fact, my percent correct on AMC may almost double that of my USABO score. heh, pity...</p>