USABO 2011 Discussion!

<p>@ccer22, what would you rate this year’s semi? 1-10, with say, 5 being last year’s semi.</p>

<p>^^Thank you for the responses.=]
If you are allowed and willing, how was it harder? As in, were the questions straight out of campbell but hard or transcending campbell and hard. Thanks in advance =)</p>

<p>I’m not that good…I got a 31 on the first exam so don’t take me as an example.</p>

<p>Hi i have all the open exams from 2003 to 2010 in pdf except for 2005, most of them with answer keys.</p>

<p>I also have 2010 semi with key, 2009 semi, 2008 semi, and 2006 semi</p>

<p>if you have the key to the 2009 semi, the key to the 2008 semi, the key to the 2006 semi, or the questions/key to the 2007 semi, I am willing to trade. Otherwise, I am not willing to trade.
send me a pm/email if you have one of those. </p>

<p>thanks</p>

<p>in response to the question above, i would rate this year’s exam a 6/10 (with last year’s being 8/10). also, i think campbell’s should just about cover it (lol if only i had remembered all of the specifics…). outside reading material may have helped for a couple of questions, but seeing that I didn’t read too much past campbell’s, i can’t accurately gauge that for you.</p>

<p>^ (#445)
the stinginess is strong with this one…</p>

<p>^LOL</p>

<p>where do people get all their exams anyway? from past USABO alumni, teachers, etc?</p>

<p>I believe that by sharing the awesome knowledge of bio through sharing past exams would be definitely altruistic and following Hamilton’s rule =PPP rB>C; our r relatedness of bio bros/sisters, B benefit = infinity, and C cost = 0
=P</p>

<p>^ lol i agree, but in his eyes, its more like B is a small fraction (competition) and C is 1</p>

<p>^^ LOL… =D
Who here is going to take the exam this friday (the last day possible)? I am. Good luck to all =P</p>

<p>Thursday March 24 LOL</p>

<p>Wednesday March 23=P
Get pumped!</p>

<p>how much are you guys cramming??</p>

<p>Well I have an AP Bio test tomorrow anyway, so using the time to prep for that and semi-finals :-)</p>

<p>Same here actually…we have a test on Eco tomorrow in AP bio :P</p>

<p>I have yet to start preparing…</p>

<p>OK… taking the semi final exam on Thursday… any last minute advice ? :-D</p>

<p>Use your time wisely; Parts A and B take the most time and Part C takes less time. So work efficiently through the first two parts.</p>

<p>Isn’t part C usually the hardest one even though it barely has two or so questions? Can anyone who took it already tell me how hard it was?</p>

<p>Well for all of those people that wanted to see their scores on the USABO TRC. They are finally up. You just have to login with your username and password and they are available under the Student Resource Center tab.</p>

<p>i can see everybody’s score from my school… oops.</p>