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BAAO R2

How did it go?

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Reply 1

To keep it very general for other testers, I found it pretty tough as expected but it got a bit demoralising at the end of the second hour because I was at a dead end with most of the questions and couldn't really progress. Just praying for a silver atp, how did u find it?

Reply 2

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by TRUFF5
To keep it very general for other testers, I found it pretty tough as expected but it got a bit demoralising at the end of the second hour because I was at a dead end with most of the questions and couldn't really progress. Just praying for a silver atp, how did u find it?

Fr, I was grasping at straws for most of it 😭

Reply 3

1 and 2 were fine (dare I say a bit easier than years 2023 and before), Q3 was absolutely impossible and I couldn't even attempt it

Reply 4

Original post
by TRUFF5
To keep it very general for other testers, I found it pretty tough as expected but it got a bit demoralising at the end of the second hour because I was at a dead end with most of the questions and couldn't really progress. Just praying for a silver atp, how did u find it?

I didn't take it myself but I know someone who did 80% of Q1, a tiny part of Q2, and one part of Q3.
If you've done past papers, do you know how this year compared to previous years?

Reply 5

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by Fraser de Rivaz
1 and 2 were fine (dare I say a bit easier than years 2023 and before), Q3 was absolutely impossible and I couldn't even attempt it

same! I did Q1 and 2 (but left last q of 2 blank coz I couldn't do it) and Q3 I completely blanked it

Reply 6

Glad I'm not alone 😂, I 'attempted' every part although I don't think there was a single answer I got throughout the whole paper where I thought I actually did it right. I feel like Q3 would have been ok if it was at the start, but I genuinely couldn't think about it after the previous two hours of problems. Wish I payed more attention to that unit in class 😅

Reply 7

Hi guys, unfortunately i got a silver in R1 so I didn't pass, but how was astro round 2? Was it harder than R1? if so, by how much?

Reply 8

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by sayothespaceguy
Hi guys, unfortunately i got a silver in R1 so I didn't pass, but how was astro round 2? Was it harder than R1? if so, by how much?


This year R1 section2 was quite difficult, the reason I qualified for R2 was probably short questions I maxed out. R2 this year was a bit easier than 2025, but Q3 was impossible for me I blanked it

Reply 9

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by sillysillycatcat
This year R1 section2 was quite difficult, the reason I qualified for R2 was probably short questions I maxed out. R2 this year was a bit easier than 2025, but Q3 was impossible for me I blanked it


Yea, R1 had the top gold boundary at 30/80 this year, not too far off the 25% average for R2. The short questions under 6 marks and the obs on s2 probably made the difference for me.

Reply 10

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by TRUFF5
Yea, R1 had the top gold boundary at 30/80 this year, not too far off the 25% average for R2. The short questions under 6 marks and the obs on s2 probably made the difference for me.


I don’t know my sky… 😢😢 Section 2 was so hard I almost started improvising the night sky

Reply 11

Ah, interesting. In my opinion R1 S2 was difficult, however it was so interesting 🤤 I absolutely enjoyed the cosmology question as I am a cosmology lover myself haha! Hopefully I'll do better in the next year Astro round 1 when i'll be in year 12

Reply 12

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by TRUFF5
Yea, R1 had the top gold boundary at 30/80 this year, not too far off the 25% average for R2. The short questions under 6 marks and the obs on s2 probably made the difference for me.

It was actually my first time writing the BAAO so i was shocked when i found out that top gold boundary was 30/80

Reply 13

I thought it went alright, I answered most of q1 and some of q2. I didn’t get anything on Q3 though 😭 When do you guys think we’ll get results?

Reply 14

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by shomnom
I thought it went alright, I answered most of q1 and some of q2. I didn’t get anything on Q3 though 😭 When do you guys think we’ll get results?


Since I didn't qualify last year, I can't speak to it, but I would assume 2-3 weeks for them to decide the camp selections and send the results. I also really want to know how I did

Reply 15

Anyone heard anything back yet ?

Reply 16

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by sillysillycatcat
Anyone heard anything back yet ?

Don't think so.

Reply 17

We should be getting reults and team camp selection either next week or the week after next week

Reply 18

I saw someone post their score! Won’t see mine till Monday tho

Reply 19

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by shomnom
I saw someone post their score! Won’t see mine till Monday tho

Best of luck to everyone then!

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