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chemistry olympiad 2017

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Reply 40
Original post by Hellomynameis..
The Mark Scheme was given to the schools on Friday morning. I'll give it a little less than a month before we hear anything about what we got. Last year I heard back late February early march.


Thank you! Good luck
Can anyone remember how many marks each question was worth?
Reply 42
Got 31/75 😂😂
Original post by thatawesomekid
Got 31/75 😂😂


Well done. Is that silver/gold?

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Reply 44
Original post by Tuffyandtab
Well done. Is that silver/gold?

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Most likely a low silver. Do you know where to find the boundaries? My teacher just gave us our raw marks
Original post by thatawesomekid
Got 31/75 😂😂


Original post by Tuffyandtab
Well done. Is that silver/gold?

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Original post by thatawesomekid
Most likely a low silver. Do you know where to find the boundaries? My teacher just gave us our raw marks


Its most probably a high silver. And u can find grade boundaries of past years by checking past years examiners reports. It has grade boundaries on the last page, be aware of difference in max marks as they change every year. Well done though a excellent result.
I got 36/75.

I hope it's a silver at least
Reply 47
Teacher didn't register me for it because she forgot due to mocks and probably wouldn't let me do it anyway since I'm in year 12 :frown: How did you guys find it, was it hard? Really want to get a gold next year
Reply 48
Original post by Harpal10
I got 36/75.

I hope it's a silver at least


Easily a silver, potentially low gold too.
Reply 49
I think that generally if you're in the 30's you should receive a silver and possibly gold. This years paper was out of 75 - this is the same as the 2015 chem olympiad. In 2015, the grade boundaries were: 14-21 for bronze, 22-37 for silver and 38+ for a gold. This should give you a guideline, give or take a few marks, for where your score is!
Reply 50
Do you guys find this year's paper easy?!
Original post by EdisonC
Do you guys find this year's paper easy?!


No, I thought it was harder than last years
Reply 52
Original post by Tuffyandtab
No, I thought it was harder than last years

Fair Enough, coz this is my first year doing it.
Original post by EdisonC
Fair Enough, coz this is my first year doing it.


It is first and only time I've done the Olympiad, but I did last years under timed conditions as practice
does anyone know what the boundaries where?
Just found out I qualified for round 2! I'm honestly ecstatic. :-)
@trichloromethane

Congratulations!!

I haven't heard back yet.

What mark did you get?
Original post by Periodic Acid
@trichloromethane

Congratulations!!

I haven't heard back yet.

What mark did you get?


I don't know what mark I got but apparently the boundary for the second round was about 60/75
Does anyone know what the grade boundaries are?
Original post by trichloromethane
I don't know what mark I got but apparently the boundary for the second round was about 60/75


Well done!

Do you know how many people go through to Round 2?

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