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USA Biolympiad

Thank you to all who attended the Last Minute Tips webinar March 26.

Webinar recording is available here.


 

 

Saturday, 4/13/2024, Beckman Biology Olympiad will be hosting an international high school biology competition. Last year, there were 140 teams from more than 23 countries. The competition will consist of a short individual pre-test followed by a biology bowl. The pre-test will be used for individual rankings and for the team seeding in the biology bowl. Afterward, the biology bowl will be a single-elimination quiz-bowl-styled competition testing various biology topics also covered in the USABO. You can compete in teams of 2 to 4. Highest-ranked individuals and teams will receive up to $100 worth of prize money! For more information (including sample questions and important dates): visit https://bioolympiad.wixsite.com/beckmanhs/biology-battle. Registration closes March 13, 2024: Registration Form   Due to testing accommodations, registration will be capped to a certain number of participants. Be sure to sign up as soon as possible! Email [email protected] for more info.

 


2024 USABO Registration is Closed

New School Registration Principals, Teachers and Administrators ONLY

Registration is CLOSED.
See you in 2025
STEP 1: REGISTRATION. 
If your school  has NEVER participated before, register HERE to add your school to the list of participating schools. After registering your school, you will be sent to the Test Administrator site to register yourself as a Test  Adminstrator.  
 
 
 
 
STEP 2: Payment Options and Instructions:
Once you have registered, please be sure to pay the $95 registration fee/school. Your account cannot be activated until the registration fee has been received. 
 
 
 
Use this button for Step 2 only! Be sure to do Step 1 to register first! Once the registration fee is received, your account will be activated. You and your students will then be able to login and access the USABO resources.
 

Returning School Registration 

Teachers and Administrators ONLY

Registration is CLOSED.
See you in 2025
STEP 1: REGISTRATION
 If your school has participated in previous years, or if you are a new Test Administrator for a school that has participated in previous years, register HERE 
Please noteRegistration renewal is required each year to receive the current ID#. Previous ID#s expire each year.
 
 
STEP 2: Payment Options and Instructions:
Once you have registered, please be sure to pay the $95 registration fee/school. Your account 
cannot be activated until the registration fee has been received. Click the box below to make your payment.
 
 
Use this button for Step 2 only! Be sure to do Step 1 to register first! Once the registration fee is received, your account will be activated. You and your students will then be able to login and access the USABO resources.

Student Registration 

Registration is CLOSED
 
See you in 2025!
Each student registers with his/her school only after receiving confirmation that the school will register for 2025. There are no individual registrations or registrations with schools that have not agreed to host the student.Do not register for the USABO until you have confirmed your host school. Each student must be registered with a host school to participate in the USABnly after  you have confimred your host school, register here.
 
 

Principals, Teachers, School Administrators

Provide your contact Information to know more. CLOSED.

If your school has NEVER participated in the USABO, click here to register to receive the USABO-at-a-Glance for time requirements and sample of USABO resources.

Student/Parents

2024 Registration for Potential Host School CLOSED
No new names/requests are being accepted. The USABO will work to identify a hosts for names submitted by November 22 until December 10, 2023. All hosts have been identified. Those who did not receive a host have been emailed.The USABO makes no assurances that a host school will be identified. Thank you! 

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USABO Overview 

As the premiere biology competition for high school students in the United States, the USA Biolympiad (USABO) enriches the life science education of nearly 10,000 talented students annually. It provides the motivation, curricular resources, and skills training to take them beyond their classroom experience to the level of international competitiveness. Check out "What Is the USABO?" in the toolbar above for further information about the USABO. To view the full 2024 USABO Calendarclick here. 

After two rounds of challenging online exams, twenty Finalists (To view the 2023 USABO National Finalists, click hereare invited to a residential training program where they learn advanced biological concepts and exacting lab skills at the USABO National Finals. At the 2023 National Finals, Yufei Chen, Damon Gurvich, Kaiden Wu, and Richard Zhu earned the right as the USA Biolympiad Team to represent the USA at the 2023 International Biology Olympiad (IBO) in Al Ain, UAE.

Since CEE began administering the USABO, every member of the "USA Biolympiad Team" has continued to medal at the IBO. All four members of the USA Biolympiad Team in years 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, and 2017 were awarded gold medals. The USA Biolympiad Team has achieved the coveted Number 1 position in the world in 2007, 2011, and 2013. The USA Biolympiad Team received 2 gold medals and 2 silver medals at the 2023  International Biology Olympiad in Al Ain, UAE. Yufei Chen achieved the Number 1 Student position in the world at the 2023 IBO. The 2024 International Biology Olympiad will be held in Astana, Kazakhtan July 7 to 14, 2024.

USA Biolympiad (USABO) - 2017 Closing Convocation

 

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*********NEW Wedneday 2.07.24 3 PM (ET) *******

AoPS will notify all students registered for the Open Exam by COB (PT) via their AoPS account emails.