Physics Olympiad US physics team qualifying exam

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Discussion Overview

The discussion revolves around finding resources for the US Physics Team qualifying exam, including past exam questions and solutions. Participants seek specific materials for practice and clarification on the availability of these resources.

Discussion Character

  • Homework-related
  • Exploratory

Main Points Raised

  • One participant inquires about the availability of past qualifying exam questions for practice.
  • Another suggests that there are books with collections of Olympiad questions available for purchase online.
  • A participant questions whether the books mentioned actually contain qualifying exam questions, noting a specific book titled "International Physics Olympiad."
  • There is a request for a general website that stores physics problems, preferably from the Olympiad qualifying exam.
  • A participant provides links to similar exams, such as the BAUPC and IPhO problems, as potential resources.
  • Another participant specifically asks for links to Olympiad qualifying questions.
  • One participant mentions that solutions to the qualifying exams are not released online but are available to teachers who proctor the exams.
  • A participant shares a personal experience regarding a family member who took the qualifying test and requests past tests and answer keys from others in the forum.
  • A seemingly unrelated question is posed about Stephen Hawking's participation in the exam.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants express a common interest in finding past qualifying exam questions and solutions, but there is no consensus on the availability of specific resources or the nature of the books mentioned.

Contextual Notes

Participants express uncertainty about the content of available books and the specific resources for qualifying exam questions. There are limitations regarding the availability of answer keys and solutions online.

Who May Find This Useful

Students preparing for the US Physics Team qualifying exam, educators seeking resources for their students, and individuals interested in physics competitions.

chuxingli
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Is there a place i could find the qualifying exam questions from the past years for practice?
 
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I believe there are several books with collections of Olympiad questions. Check out www.amazon.com[/URL]
 
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are those actually olympiad questions? i saw opne at amazon and its called International Physics Olympiad. I'm just looking for the qualiofying exam questions (this is the exam where the top 200 scorers become semi finalists).
 
I can't say since I haven't actually read one.
 
is there a website where a lot of physics problems are stored? just in general,
not necesscerily, but preferably from the olympiad qualifying exam?
 
The BAUPC exam is similar: http://liquids.deas.harvard.edu/oleg/competition/prev.html"

And IPhO problems: http://www.jyu.fi/tdk/kastdk/olympiads/problems.html"

Have fun.
 
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what about specifically olympiad qualifying questions?
 
This link leads you to the USAPhO
http://www.compadre.org/psrc/evals/olympiad.cfm .[/color]
 
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oh, great, thanks. is there a link to the solutions as well?
 
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Solutions to the qualifier exams are released to the teachers who proctor and grade them, but not released online. Solutions to the Semi-finalist test are released only to students who qualified and took the test.
 
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there books onsale in amazon, collections of olympad problems
 
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chuxingli - I don't know if you are still using this forum - but you asked about the Physics exams and answer keys awhile back, and I have a family member in the same position. High schooler (very young) took the qualifying test today and did very poorly but is extremely gifted, and can do much better with practice. On line we found the qualifying test from 2008 but no answer key. If you (or ANYONE??) else reading this has any past tests and/or ans. keys or solution keys to ANY past year's Physic's Teams tests of any kind, can you pls send the link? Or I can send you my email address if you can send them to me. Thanks!
 
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Does stephen hawking participate in this?
 

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