difficulty level of pre-IPhO exams in india.

snorkack

In my country, the annual admission to undergraduate programs of Physics is, between the 3 universities, about 120.

mishrashubham

Yes, I suppose that explains the numbers.

Um yes that's it. I appeared for Physics, Chemistry and Biology olympiads but qualified only for Biology (although I was confident that I'd get through chemistry as well). The next level in on the 3rd of February.

sambarbarian

I will , I love physics .

udergraduate in physics , that is ...

consciousness

You may not know it but some people don't just view physics as a ladder for a better life and to do engineering in foreign universities. To some Physics is something more. Even in India.

snorkack

How did you fare?

Viru.universe

Hey guyies, m new to this topic, i'm also from india
and m currently preparing for iit jee, finished my 12th this year, i'm very much interested in physics and want to study physics all the way till phd,
can i know what is this nsep exam all about? Just a brief introduction

snorkack

Too late for you. The olympiads are intended for children who are still in high school.

I´ll again present a comparison from my country.

In this spring, the total number of 12th year graduates in my country is about 12 000.
The total number of vacancies in the physics departments, between 3 universities, is 120.

Based on the local physics olympiads held in January, the national jury invited 120 students to the national competition.

Of these 120, 11 did not show up. In my country, there were 2 different exams, held at the same time. One for high school, one for junior high (intended as years 8 and 9). It was possible for junior high students to opt to sit the high school exams. 2 of them did so, thus there were 59 participants in high school exam, and 50 in the junior high exam.

The number of participants by year was:
29 in year 12
13 in year 11
15 in year 10
the 2 junior high students (one from year 9 and the other from 8) who competed in high school exam both fared ahead of whole year 10
32 in year 9
17 in year 8
1 year 7 student on junior high exam, got place 8 from 18 8th year students

Based on the results, the candidates for the international olympiad were selected - 1 place given for certain, and 21 candidates for the other 4 places, to be decided by extra exam after a training camp.

The certain representative was 12th year (and won the whole high school).
The 21 candidates were:
11 from year 12
4 from year 11
3 from year 10
1 year 9 competing in high school
1 year 8 competing in high school
1 year 9 competing in junior high (the junior high winner)

So... over the whole India, just 35 students get invited to extra training?

consciousness

Yes unfotunately-

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationa...ion_in_Physics

Most of those selected are rankers in IITJEE proving that performers in physics can perform in chemistry and mathematics also!. India team is quite strong some students win gold medals also.