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British Biology Olympiad 2012

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There was some person from my school a couple of years ago who got onto the international level then decided to do Music at university. Biology teachers were not pleased.

thats pretty funny. something similar happens with practically all the other olympiads though. Usually the really good mathematicians make the finals of the phy and chem olympiads, and make the team but elect to do maths at uni. But they cant do that with biology :biggrin:

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Reply 21

Raw Shark

Original post by ilovechuckandsarah

I got a gold and i know above 60 but thats all so far. I would like to make the second round. Ive been told the boundary is 54 for a gold

Please can you say how you accessed your results? :smile:

I heard they were meant to come out yesterday but they're not posted on the website and I can't log-in to the account I made when taking the test :s-smilie:

Reply 22

mike2niner4

Aha I got 35 and apparently that's a commended, better than I expected aha!

What about everyone else??

Reply 23

Besakt

Original post by Raw Shark

Please can you say how you accessed your results? :smile:

I heard they were meant to come out yesterday but they're not posted on the website and I can't log-in to the account I made when taking the test :s-smilie:

I forgot my log in details crap. :frown:

Reply 24

Zhy

Pretty sure I got at least 80% right, but am never totally certain because it's multiple choice and I could have made some silly mistakes in places.

Now I wish I did biology for A-level...

Reply 25

Besakt

Original post by mike2niner4

Aha I got 35 and apparently that's a commended, better than I expected aha!

What about everyone else??

Did you get told in school or was it there when you logged in?

Reply 26

mike2niner4

Original post by Besakt

Did you get told in school or was it there when you logged in?

I got an email from my teacher earlier today who told me...

Reply 27

Besakt

Original post by mike2niner4

I got an email from my teacher earlier today who told me...

Oh! Knowing my teacher he is probably sitting at home eating laughing at my mark. :redface:

Reply 28

ilovechuckandsarah

Original post by Raw Shark

Please can you say how you accessed your results? :smile:

I heard they were meant to come out yesterday but they're not posted on the website and I can't log-in to the account I made when taking the test :s-smilie:

my teacher emailed me my result. It would nice if the biology olympiad just released all the results straight away

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Reply 29

ilovechuckandsarah

Original post by Zhy

Pretty sure I got at least 80% right, but am never totally certain because it's multiple choice and I could have made some silly mistakes in places.

Now I wish I did biology for A-level...

i was hoping to break 70, but i know i made a few silly mistakes, i reckon a minimum mark of 59 for round 2. Any other guesses? I would also like to know the top mark overall

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Reply 30

BekahDe

i did ****. My memory is terrible all the AS stuff that came up i couldnt remember so id say stuff ive actually covered resently which was in the test was about 5-10% most of the test is on the next unit in my biology. I predict myself maybe 10 if that :s-smilie:

. I had not a clue on all the genetics , plants , ecology haha.

Reply 31

ilovechuckandsarah

Original post by Besakt

Nope did it on the 8th, expecting some pretty terrible results. :redface:

What about you?

yay 67

Reply 32

ilovechuckandsarah

"Thanks to some of the BBO volunteers offering their time to carry out the marking, all students who have been awarded a Gold medal are invited to take the Round 2 paper. The relevant schools will be sent a copy of the paper over the next few days."

so i guess the cutoff for round two is 54 then...

Reply 33

Besakt

Original post by ilovechuckandsarah

I get my results tomorrow morning, I really want to do well, or at the very least get top in my year/school. I am extremely competitive.

Reply 34

Beth_M

Hoping I'll get mine today but I bet my teacher will forget about it! I spent most of the 2 hours guessing, it was quite hard. :frown:

Bet I'll have 20 or below!...

Reply 35

kimmey

got a commended :smile:

Reply 36

Dave 1994

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Original post by ilovechuckandsarah

I got a gold and i know above 60 but thats all so far. I would like to make the second round. Ive been told the boundary is 54 for a gold

Damn I got 52 just missed out on gold :doh:

Reply 37

Mattywooda

I'm in year 12 and got a gold! =D 62 I think...

Anyway I was wondering if anyone had any round II papers? My school only entered for the first time this year and have none, and I couldn't find any online. =/ I'd really love it if I could see one to choose whether to enter this year or not!

Cheers

Reply 38

Normandy114

Got a gold and through to round 2 :smile:

Very surprised as I thought it went awful!

Reply 39

reactive mind

I got a gold, which was very suprising considering I guessed most of the answers. XD. Anyway there is no chance i will make it through round two coz its not multiple choice (is it?). LOL.