Chemistry Olympiad 2016

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I just had mine today. I was really hoping NMR wouldn't come up because we haven't covered it in class yet, but alas there couldn't have been a bigger question on it :frown:

Reply 41

Joshthemathmo

How'd you guys find the sulfur question?

Reply 42

Gary5d6

It was actually quite easy. What about you

Reply 43

Gary5d6

Original post by Joshthemathmo

How'd you guys find the sulfur question?

Anyone know what the actual answer would be for the organic question?

Reply 44

Renzhi10122

Guys,some of us (including me) haven't done it yet. Don't discuss yet.

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Reply 45

Indian Batman

Please tell me there were some moles questions

Reply 46

Ben :)

Anyone know when the mark scheme is released? And is it put online straight away?

Reply 47

Indian Batman

The official one is released a day after the closing date which is tomorrow.

Reply 48

SubwayLover1

Has the markscheme been released?

Reply 49

Joshthemathmo

Original post by SubwayLover1

Has the markscheme been released?

Yup

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Reply 50

SubwayLover1

Original post by Joshthemathmo

Yup

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Can i find it online? :frown:

Reply 51

Joshthemathmo

Original post by SubwayLover1

Can i find it online? :frown:

No, not yet. Only your teachers should have it at the moment :tongue:

Reply 52

SubwayLover1

Original post by Joshthemathmo

No, not yet. Only your teachers should have it at the moment :tongue:

Damb! Do you know when its released online? :frown:

Reply 53

Joshthemathmo

Original post by SubwayLover1

Damb! Do you know when its released online? :frown:

It's usually after they've analysed and released all the results, so 3 weeks probably

Reply 54

L-Tyrosine

This year's one was out of 100 whereas all the previous ones have been out of 60/70, yet it was only 2 hours, as usual. How would this affect, if it even would, the grade boundaries?

Reply 55

GO97

feel like i blagged this but still pretty satisfied with 21 :biggrin:

.paper violated me tbh and im in yr 13 as well lmao but tbf i only had 75 min (entered pretty late due to cancelled bus) and couldve been a lot more prepared. i thought this would be multi choice like the biology olympiad...

Reply 56

lou_16

Original post by GO97

feel like i blagged this but still pretty satisfied with 21 :biggrin:

How is it different to the biology one? Might do the chemistry one next year but don't know much about it!

Reply 57

Ben :)

I got 25 and didn't really do any preparation so i'm pretty happy, It will probably be a broze but i'm hoping for a silver!

Reply 58

Ruineth

Managed to get 28, probably a bronze. But going with the grade boundries of last year (in %) I would have needed two more marks to get a silver...
I'm confused to how the change in total marks will affect the grade boundries. They could go higher because we had less time per mark, or lower because the marks were easier to get?

Got gold in biology though! To be fair I did do more prep