Physics Olympiad (2013) (3 Viewers)

[Thushan]

Hello,

this is a thread to discuss the 2013 physics olympiad.

any questions from people doing it this year?

 

[Thushan]

What date is it this year? Does anybody know?

 

[Thushan]

Anybody?

 

[OMGITzJustin]

you know there's thing called google, not sure if you've heard of it, but you can search stuff in it

 

[Thushan]

i did search it and i am getting contradicting information, i think it is on the 14th, but I just wanted to clarify.

 

[albertcamus]

you know there's thing called google, not sure if you've heard of it, but you can search stuff in it

You're such a fuckwit m8

 

[kev-]

My school is doing it on the 14th.

 

[Kurosaki]

The official date is 14th.
https://www.asi.edu.au/site/

 

[iStudent]

anyone know cut-offs for previous years? for any subject (bio, chem, phys)
heard it was ~50% for hd, but that doesn't look right - i'm sure most ppl can get that mark!

 

[SpiralFlex]

Mechanics questions: http://www.mechanics-book.net/mechanics_problems.pdf

 

[GoldyOrNugget]

heard it was ~50% for hd, but that doesn't look right - i'm sure most ppl can get that mark!

If the science olympiads are anything like the informatics and maths olympiads, 50% is a great mark that very few people would get.

 

[Kiraken]

anyone know cut-offs for previous years? for any subject (bio, chem, phys)
heard it was ~50% for hd, but that doesn't look right - i'm sure most ppl can get that mark!

lol that sounds about right tbh, olympiads tend to be quite difficult

 

[Thushan]

I heard the marks for camp are around 60% or 40/60 depending on how easy the test is

 

[iStudent]

Do you know the cut-offs for bio/chem? They should be a lot higher (since there is no crazy extension 2 math mechanics in them!)
Oh and good luck to everyone doing the phyics olympiad tomorrow, I'll be sure to fail

 

[Thushan]

Do you know the cut-offs for bio/chem? They should be a lot higher (since there is no crazy extension 2 math mechanics in them!)
Oh and good luck to everyone doing the phyics olympiad tomorrow, I'll be sure to fail

The cut-offs for the olympiads depend on how hard the test is. In 2010, the cut-off for chem was around 40% or 48/120, and in 2011 it was much higher around 70% or 84/120. So the approximate cut-off each year is around 50-60%. The bio cut-off is higher I think.

 

[Thushan]

Good luck to everyone doing it today! They are really hard and a mark of 50% is a great achievement.

 

[Thushan]

So how did everyone go?

 

[iStudent]

I failed, last question was a killer :L
the experiment thew me off so I kind of said "can't be bothered" and just stared at the paper for the remainder of the exam...

 

[Thushan]

Sounds like you did well actually if that is all that you couldn't do. If you don't mind me asking, what was the last question about?

 

[iStudent]

Performing/designing a full experiment >.<