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How did you go in the chem olympiad?
« on: August 06, 2014, 09:03:55 pm »
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How did you guys and girls find it this year?  :)
Personally, I'm feeling confident about the multiple choice since the questions were similar to those in the past exams.
Short answer was...not so good.
Only managed to finish the last question on TLC, and most of the first question on redox, which I'm also fairly confident with.
What the heck was with the physicksy stuff in the middle??? That stuff was so confusing... I had no idea :-\
So yeah, in a nutshell, I found the chem olympiad pretty good (not too much stuff that I didn't know already) other than that damn question with newtons law of thermodynamics and other shiz that they chucked in...
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Re: How did you go in the chem olympiad?
« Reply #1 on: August 06, 2014, 09:13:53 pm »
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Did it last year... worst experience ever (Participation coming from a HD in the Chemistry Quiz) and today was probably no different.
TLC I felt I did alright though I think I made up my answers for that, MCQ was fairly okay though I don't remember any questions though (too scared about parent teacher interviews at the same time) T_T
I botched up the graph where you needed to do 4 sketches though that was no surprise and left out bits in redox...

From my school though, I'm pretty sure at least two are in the running for Summer School (one is doing Chemistry 3&4 and finished it with an hour left whilst the other got Distinction last year [with a HD in Physics]). They seemed confident and got answers for majority except they were unsure on the graph and the unknown element (whether it was Carbon or Beryllium I think they said)? ._.
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Re: How did you go in the chem olympiad?
« Reply #2 on: August 06, 2014, 09:22:42 pm »
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Quote from: IndefatigableLover on August 06, 2014, 09:13:53 pm
From my school though, I'm pretty sure at least two are in the running for Summer School (one is doing Chemistry 3&4 and finished it with an hour left...

Finished with an hour? How does one even write that fast? Mate, thushan hasn't even done that before I'm pretty sure... ahahaha
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Re: How did you go in the chem olympiad?
« Reply #3 on: August 06, 2014, 09:31:42 pm »
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Quote from: alchemy on August 06, 2014, 09:22:42 pm
Finished with an hour? How does one even write that fast? Mate, thushan hasn't even done that before I'm pretty sure... ahahaha
I dunno man she's an absolute gun at Chem LOL though maybe not an hour but more like 45-60min more likely she finished in (unless she was in a rush for something which I doubt...)
I'm more confident in my other friend though since he's done the Olympiad before unlike the other person.
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Re: How did you go in the chem olympiad?
« Reply #4 on: August 06, 2014, 09:56:05 pm »
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Quote from: alchemy on August 06, 2014, 09:22:42 pm
Finished with an hour? How does one even write that fast? Mate, thushan hasn't even done that before I'm pretty sure... ahahaha

Thushan from my school? That guy was a gun, famous XD

The Chem guys from Scotch didn't do very well so don't feel too bad about it!

Edit: I didn't take part in the chem, but i'll be doing physics next week argh
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Re: How did you go in the chem olympiad?
« Reply #5 on: August 06, 2014, 10:02:14 pm »
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Quote from: hamo94 on August 06, 2014, 09:56:05 pm
Thushan from my school? That guy was a gun, famous XD

The Chem guys from Scotch didn't do very well so don't feel too bad about it!

Edit: I didn't take part in the chem, but i'll be doing physics next week argh
Haha yep the one and only thushan ;)
But hey good luck with Physics on Wednesday LOL (I think that one's the hardest one out of all the Olympiads T_T)

(May the force be with you)
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Re: How did you go in the chem olympiad?
« Reply #6 on: August 06, 2014, 11:04:42 pm »
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Hahah you guys!

And how the hell did that girl finish the whole exam in an hour? Fuark now that's what you call pro.
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Re: How did you go in the chem olympiad?
« Reply #7 on: August 06, 2014, 11:12:00 pm »
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Quote from: thushan on August 06, 2014, 11:04:42 pm
Hahah you guys!

And how the hell did that girl finish the whole exam in an hour? Fuark now that's what you call pro.
LOL I'll double check with her if she did finish it all or if she left out bits and pieces though she is doing Chem 3&4 and is quite talented in it!

EDIT: Can confirm that she did indeed finish everything except for the question where you had one whole page to do just one question (calculating something)..
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Re: How did you go in the chem olympiad?
« Reply #8 on: August 07, 2014, 12:04:07 am »
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Quote from: alchemy on August 06, 2014, 09:03:55 pm
How did you guys and girls find it this year?  :)
Personally, I'm feeling confident about the multiple choice since the questions were similar to those in the past exams.
Short answer was...not so good.
Only managed to finish the last question on TLC, and most of the first question on redox, which I'm also fairly confident with.
What the heck was with the physicksy stuff in the middle??? That stuff was so confusing... I had no idea :-\
So yeah, in a nutshell, I found the chem olympiad pretty good (not too much stuff that I didn't know already) other than that damn question with newtons law of thermodynamics and other shiz that they chucked in...

They did that last year as well..........
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