United States

Center for Excellence in Education

www.cee.org

Main Organizer: Center for Excellence for Education

Rounds: 1, Open Exam, 2 Semifinal Exam, 3 USABO National Finals

Finals Host: Harvard University, contingent upon funding and approval.

NBO is 20 students from pool of 12, 000 who originally compete.

Round 1

Open Exam: 50-minute online multiple choice exam proctored in high school and/or testing center in person.

Round 2

Semifinal Exam: 120-minute online exam containing three parts proctored in person at a high school and/or testing center:

Part C is short answer or essay.

Round 3

Final Exam: Proctored in person at National Finals Location:

Practical Examination (~6 hours)

Theoretical Examination (~ 4 hours) 50 MTF Questions

Extra training is limited to online resources on the USABO website. There is no additional training other than the 8 days at the National Finals.

Numerous for-profit entities, not endorsed by the USABO, provide paid training for students who can afford the programs. This is considered a conflict of interest for monetary game for these institutions by the USABO. The use of any USABO materials, logos, or any other inferences of support by the USABO is not supported by the USABO.

The USABO Website's Student Resource Center contains study materials to include books, YouTubes, online lectures, selected online resources.

Three levels of certificates are provided for Open and Semifinal. At the National Finals, certificates are provided for each of the 20 National Finalists. The top 12 National Finals students received gold (4), silver (4), and bronze (4) medals at the National Finals.

All US students Grades 9 to 12

August to June

Four hours/week

6.5 hours /week

Database of Teacher Hosts of past participating schools are emailed with "Renew Your Membership". Teachers and students are informed via email, the USABO website announcements and online application. Press releases are also sent by the CEE Media Department.

USABO: Kathy Frame (kframe@cee.org)

CEE Media: Tom Flavell (tflavell@cee.org)

• 2025: 12000 students from 756 schools (0% of eligible schools)