<p>I couldn’t help but bring this thread back to life since it seems very reliable during Olympiad season.</p>
<p>In your opinion, which is the most sought Olympiad (other than of course math): biology, chemistry, or physics??</p>
<p>^ Physics probably</p>
<p>definitely physics… they only take 300-400 and its mainly conceptual and intellectual</p>
<p>bio takes ~1000 and (let the raging begin) its mainly memorization (although somewhat logical analysis)</p>
<p>chemistry is not that important because it depends mainly on where you live so unless you live in nyc or california its not that big of a deal (top ~1000 from regions)</p>
<p>It should be noted though that math is way more highly regarded than any of the others</p>
<p>^This, absolutely</p>
<p>Math is ridiculously harder than all of the other olympiads</p>
<p>^ The physics one is close in difficulty especially as you get towards the later stages. Chem on the other hand was mostly memorizing stuff.</p>
<p>yea i definitely understand the math. years of math get me 2/3 AIME qualifications but no where near USAMO. </p>
<p>but yea i think physics would be the 2nd</p>
<p>To get into top 150 (National level) in Chemistry Olympiad is very tough. To achieve this requires at the very least top-notch AP Chem knowledge AND the ability to apply it to non-trivial problems.</p>
<p>Chemistry is certainly less about memorization as compared to Biology.</p>
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