<p>schools have until April 2nd to administer the local exam. The regional coodinator (a professional chemist, not a chem teacher at your school) will look at all the results for the region and decide who gets to take the nat’l exam based on the quota of exams for the region. The coodinator will choose the top students from all of the participating schools in the region, with a max of 3 students per school. So if students from several other schools do better than you, you might not advance even if you were one of the top 3 at your school. </p>
<p>If you feel confidant that your teacher did what s/he was supposed to, I’d sit tight a little longer. There may be schools in your region who have not done the local exam yet. The regional coodinator has until April 4th to tell the nat’l office who will be taking the exams in your region. You could ask your teacher to contact the regional coodinator to find out when the schools with eligible students will be contacted about the nat’l exam.</p>