Biology Olympiad 2015

Yep same. Ahh I love genetics and cells! AQA, you?

OCR Yeah, genetics is just a really cool subject I think, some bits are quite complicated though. I just really hate plants, wish I could do human biology instead but my school didn't offer it. Are you going on to uni? What are you planning to study?

Wait when did you guys find out your scores??

Ecology is the bane of biology imo...
Yeah, just made my replies on UCAS
Firm is Biological NatSci at Cambridge, insurance Biochemistry at Warwick
How about you?
Have you found out your score yet?

Your teachers can see it almost instantly after you do the test but some like my school don't give them out until the grade boundaries are released- I only found out because I asked.
Also, did anyone ever establish how many marks it was out of? Since I got 59 I probably won't have a chance at gold if it was out of 100, but it wasn't last year and I never thought to check this time.

Now that it's all done, does anyone know when/how we will find out if we've got a medal/got through to the next round?

Just got my score, 65/89 which is a gold! so pleased. Unsure though whether I'm through to round 2 as it says 65+ go through, so not sure if that includes 65 or not. Still, really really pleased, hoping the awards ceremony is on a convenient date.

How did you find out the grade boundaries?

They're on the website now.

Gold	60+ points
Silver	54 - 59 points
Bronze	49 - 53 points
Highly Commended	45 - 48 points
Commended	40 - 44 points

In addition, all students who achieved 65+ points are invited to take part in round 2, team selection for the 2015 International Biology Olympiad, provided they are eligible as described in the rules and are available for the finals and awards ceremony. This will consist of a written paper taken in schools in March.

I am a previous UK IBO team member. The experience was amazing and I would give almost everything to go again. To ensure you get this once in a lifetime opportunity, I recommend you start preparing as soon as possible. You can take part in BBO round 1 in January if you do A-level biology or equivalent.
I can help by giving advice and access to a large amount of resources. For extra help, I will be offering tutoring over skype for a small fee. Respond to this thread if you are interested.

65+ means 65 and above so presumably

Thanks!
Anyone got any ideas about what round2 is like?/ what sort of questions they will ask