Bbo 2024

goosx

Has anyone done British Biology Olympiad 2024? If so, how'd u find it

Reply 1

s2000000

Original post by goosx

Has anyone done British Biology Olympiad 2024? If so, how'd u find it

heyy it was ok how did you find it??

Reply 2

praying_mantis

that was so difficult, i love insects so getting those questions were <3333 but im not even sure if i got them correct
but the moment the second paper hit it was ????
very difficult but entertaining regardless

Reply 3

Saul7543

Second paper was way worse then the first, what score did you get??? I got 54% which is silver this year.

Reply 4

Nickplosive

Original post by Saul7543

Second paper was way worse then the first, what score did you get??? I got 54% which is silver this year.

I thought it was hard as hell, I didn't have time to do the final page, but somehow got gold lol

Reply 5

Razzledazzle310

I got 60.xx%, which was gold, so looks like I just about got gold, which I'm slightly surprised with very little preparation. Anyone else know anything about another preliminary round for selection, for people who got gold?

Reply 6

Razzledazzle310

For anyone who got gold and is doing next round, apparently on the official webpage announcing results are out they said preparation for the exam includes this scientific paper: https://doi.org/10.1002/1873-3468.14590
Idk what this means, but hopefully this helps.

Reply 7

flissp

59.83% here which is also gold… very surprising 😂

Reply 8

lwxxxx

P2 was haaarddd did anyone figure out the answer of that question calculating plasma volume?

Reply 9

nerdusolympiad

I used this list of textbooks to prepare for BBO https://biolympiads.com/exploring-the-british-biology-olympiads-a-gateway-to-scientific-excellence/. Got a gold. You definitely need to memorize Campbell Biology

Reply 10

nerdusolympiad

Original post by goosx

Has anyone done British Biology Olympiad 2024? If so, how'd u find it

It was tough but Campbell Biology helped a lot. I also used this textbook list biolympiads[.]com/exploring-the-british-biology-olympiads-a-gateway-to-scientific-excellence/, including Brooker's, Raven's and Albert's cell bio. They help with problem-solving.

Reply 11

anonymous2026

Original post by Nickplosive

I thought it was hard as hell, I didn't have time to do the final page, but somehow got gold lol

hi
I am from the UK. congratulations to all winners.
what did you use to revise BBO papers? I would like to attend next yr but don't know where to start. please help. what do we need to read ?

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Reply 12

biomed9817

Original post by anonymous2026

hi
I am from the UK. congratulations to all winners.
what did you use to revise BBO papers? I would like to attend next yr but don't know where to start. please help. what do we need to read ?

Campbell Biology is the Bible of Biologists. I've got the 9th edition but I know they released the 12th edition recently. But it's bloody expensive... Nevertheless, in addition to textbook review I got a BBO coach and she helped me a lot. She is a BBO coach and helped me prepare. https://www.superprof.co.uk/british-biology-olympiad-bbo-coach-the-with-over-years-biology-olympiad-experience.html