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« Reply #45 on: June 03, 2010, 08:30:09 pm »
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IPhO's in late July, but we have training beforehand at USyd.

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« Reply #46 on: June 03, 2010, 09:07:11 pm »
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I'll be missing about 3 weeks of school. Add that to the 2 weeks missed for APhO and you've got my VCE in ruins...

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« Reply #47 on: June 03, 2010, 09:21:09 pm »
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I'll be missing about 3 weeks of school. Add that to the 2 weeks missed for APhO and you've got my VCE in ruins...

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« Reply #48 on: June 03, 2010, 10:07:34 pm »
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I'm doing 4 VCE + UMEP Physics. The physics olympiad program seems to take up way more time than the others because of the dual olympiad thing..

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« Reply #49 on: June 03, 2010, 10:18:44 pm »
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APhO's actually an ISO - it's not like APMO which isn't considered one (the whole APhO team is hailed as the physics team, for instance). It goes for almost as long as IPhO and it's overseas as well - we just didn't have training beforehand. We'll have a few days at USyd before Croatia though, and also a few days in Croatia :)

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« Reply #50 on: June 03, 2010, 10:33:24 pm »
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Well, the Australian government only recognises IMO, IPhO, IChO, IOI and IBO.

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« Reply #51 on: June 04, 2010, 08:09:59 am »
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lol also there's International Computational Linguistics Olympiad

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« Reply #52 on: January 28, 2011, 05:55:06 pm »
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I was told 20 mins before doing the physics thing that I was doing it. I got out of english so didn't care (though english would have been more fun) - everyone in the room just stared at each other.

Bit bullshit considering the non-MP questions were largely just maths with lots and lots of letters.

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« Reply #53 on: January 28, 2011, 06:00:46 pm »
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I went to the chem one without knowing redox... :(

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« Reply #54 on: January 28, 2011, 06:11:45 pm »
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@ schnappy, yeah, the physics NQE last year had quite a bit of maths (more than in my year), but question 1 was partially stolen from part of a section of question A from the Asian Physics Olympiad (APhO question 1....)... and there was also a lab based question and the Coriolis question. I'd still argue that it's a far better measure of physics ability than any of the other non invitational events (ICAS, IYPT, random science competitions, VCE even).

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« Reply #55 on: January 28, 2011, 06:20:44 pm »
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The 2010 Chem NQE was much easier than 2009, although it was bloody long...
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« Reply #56 on: January 28, 2011, 06:23:58 pm »
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The 2010 Chem NQE was much easier than 2009, although it was bloody long...

Especially if you didn't know any yr 12 chem, or even yr 11 gas laws and redox... :(

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« Reply #57 on: January 28, 2011, 06:29:39 pm »
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The 2010 Chem NQE was much easier than 2009, although it was bloody long...
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« Reply #58 on: January 28, 2011, 06:38:18 pm »
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LOL now that's just insane >.> Personally, I wish I'd been allowed/begged to be able to sit earlier, and actually studied for the NQEs and hence gone to physics and chemistry camp. But it is what it is. Had a great time in the physics program ^_^

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« Reply #59 on: January 28, 2011, 06:56:13 pm »
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I hope I will survive the torture of the FSE...
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