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Chemistry Forums for Students => High School Chemistry Forum => Chemistry Olympiad and other competitions => Topic started by: IChO2007 on August 13, 2006, 11:12:57 AM

Title: Olympiad preparation - lab section?
Post by: IChO2007 on August 13, 2006, 11:12:57 AM
Besides reading up qualitative and quantitative experiments, what are some good ways to prepare for the lab practical part of the USNCO?
Title: Re: Olympiad preparation - lab section?
Post by: IChO2007 on August 18, 2006, 10:35:34 PM
so...no one knows?
Title: Re: Olympiad preparation - lab section?
Post by: hmx9123 on September 05, 2006, 12:44:05 PM
Back in the day, my lab partner and I got first place in the lab competition and actually went to the national level.  That being said, we didn't study at all, and if we had, I seriously doubt it would have helped.  The experiments are usually pretty cleverly designed.  We won based on completely random facts that I had absorbed from my chemistry book, coupled with an educated guess on our parts.  That's sort of the way that I found the entire chemistry olympiad set up--if you could remember random factoids, you were better off.  Read through the elements section of the CRC if you're doing the periodic table competition; other than that, I have no advice on studying.  Good luck.