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02-23-2008, 11:07 PM
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#106 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Nov 2007
Threads: 12
Posts: 271
| As for prep, I think I'm gonna use zumdahl for local and if i make it to nationals, start ripping through atkins  | 
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02-24-2008, 08:21 AM
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#107 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2006
Threads: 4
Posts: 72
| I'd recommend starting Atkins right now  | |
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02-24-2008, 08:17 PM
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#108 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Feb 2008
Threads: 1
Posts: 79
| hey, how do you sign up for this?
i keep bugging the president of the science club, but she won't tell me more than: meh. it's in march. chill out. | |
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02-25-2008, 02:57 PM
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#109 | | Senior Member
Join Date: May 2007 Location: The Woods of Penn
Threads: 155
Posts: 3,007
| my APchem teacher is giving us the exam; So I don't really know how to sign up if your teacher doesn't do it. Try e-mailing USNCO and asking them (their email can be found on their website). | |
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02-25-2008, 04:10 PM
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#110 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2006
Threads: 4
Posts: 72
| Yes, it may be in March, but if you want to make the Camp and possibly even the team, you should start preparing much earlier. I myself have been preparing since last year, lol. | |
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02-25-2008, 08:25 PM
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#111 | | Senior Member
Join Date: May 2007 Location: The Woods of Penn
Threads: 155
Posts: 3,007
| bump.......... | |
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02-25-2008, 08:26 PM
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#112 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Feb 2008
Threads: 9
Posts: 296
| hello. =P im just taking practice tests...there are SO MANY! yeah not doing textbook reading or anything =P | |
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02-25-2008, 10:14 PM
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#113 | | Senior Member
Join Date: May 2007 Location: The Woods of Penn
Threads: 155
Posts: 3,007
| me either.....there's no time.
I will use my AP prep book though...Barron's is really good. I was looking at the USNCO exams, and barron's covers it all, basically. | |
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02-25-2008, 10:20 PM
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#114 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Feb 2008
Threads: 1
Posts: 79
| oh, i haven't been procrastinating the preparing. chemistry was my first love, so i've been doing usnco and icho problems since freshman year. ^_^ it's just registering i'm worried about. (i'm new at my school now, don't know anyone)
WTH? bio was this week? I'M GOING TO KILL THAT SCIENCE CLUB PERSON.
did anyone else take the f=ma test? qualified? | |
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03-01-2008, 05:17 PM
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#115 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: NY ---> Outer Haven, MA 2012 Gender: Male
Threads: 129
Posts: 2,059
| Just took the local exam today, most likely got a 59.
Back2Bio | |
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03-06-2008, 06:40 PM
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#116 | | Senior Member
Join Date: May 2007 Location: The Woods of Penn
Threads: 155
Posts: 3,007
| what is the qualifying score to make it to nationals?
Does it differ by state? (If so, I'm in Pennsylvania).
Should I just aim for like a 50+...or do I need a higher score? | |
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03-06-2008, 08:49 PM
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#117 | | Member
Join Date: Oct 2007 Gender: Male
Threads: 7
Posts: 558
| gdi i hate how only the top two make it. my school is like. ridiculously competitive. i think you'd need a near perfect to makeit (if not a 60  ..) | |
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03-07-2008, 09:03 AM
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#118 | | Senior Member
Join Date: May 2007 Location: The Woods of Penn
Threads: 155
Posts: 3,007
| cutoff for Pa???????? | |
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03-07-2008, 03:45 PM
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#119 | | New Member
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: TX
Threads: 0
Posts: 17
| I just find it so strange that the high school science teachers do not have the time to prepare their students for Olymipads events. Taking test is a skill can be improved by practice just like SAT. If you have chance to just practice one test from previous year, you will greatly improve your chance. For USNCO, you can down load all the previous year test from the web site. It includes all the subject covers in AP chemistry. The problem for organic chemistry is usually quite esay. You just need to know isomer, naming convention, like what is ester and ether. The first run is 60 single choice problems. I just don't like USNCO only select two students from each school. It is just quite unfair for the student from very competitive school.
The second run is usually held in some local univeristy. It includes three parts. The first part is single choice, the second part is free answering session. The third part is lab. The free answering session is more difficult. The lab test is no way to prepare. You should look carefully what kind of material that they give you. It will give you some clue.
The high school teacher just too busy to prepare you to take AP test. It just does not have the time to prepare you for this thing. And there is not much recognition from school or school district.
I ask my son not to take USCNO this year because only two person from his school can go to the next round. He is the finalist last year but he did not attend the camp. He went to USPho camp instead. USCNO anounces the finalist few weeks behind USPho and USABO. It is quite dumb to do that. | |
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03-07-2008, 06:40 PM
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#120 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Dec 2007
Threads: 8
Posts: 36
| USNCO local examination is tomorrow for me! Does anyone know the cutoff for Houston area?
Also I heard only scientific calcs are allowed, is this true? (i hate my TI30 )
I just started "studying" wed by taking practice tests... I learned a lot from all the problems I got wrong (and I hoped I learned the concepts correctly...) organic compound naming is difficult | |
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