Competition Date
TBA
Registration Deadline
Opens TBA
Closes TBA
Cost
$7 per student
Teachers write for free (extra exam is provided).
There is a minimum registration of 3 students within Canada & USA, and 10 students internationally.
Time
The exam is 75 minutes in length and must begin between the hours of 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. ET.
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Location
At participating schools. The National Biology Competition Office will send the exam materials one week prior to the exam date.
Format
50 multiple-choice questions; prepared and reviewed by faculty members in the departments of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology and Cell & Systems Biology, University of Toronto. (Competition materials are available only in English.)
Grading
Each of the multiple-choice questions will have five answer choices, for which only one choice is the best answer. To correct for haphazard guessing, the score of the examination is based on the number of questions a student answers correctly minus one-third of the number of questions answered incorrectly. No points are deducted or awarded for unanswered questions. Calculators are not permitted.
Eligibility
Any student can participate in the National Biology Competition, and on more than one occasion (e.g., a student can write both the 2019 and 2020 exams). Registered students in attendance at a secondary school are classified as official contestants and are eligible for individual awards and team competition, including students who complete their studies at the end of the first semester. Students in their first year of CEGEP in Quebec are also eligible. Students who do not meet the above requirements are welcome to write the examination as unofficial contestants. Teachers can also write the examination as unofficial contestants.
Canadian Biology Olympiad
The University of Toronto National Biology Competition is used as part of the selection criteria for the Canadian Biology Olympiad.
For more information see: http://www.canadianbiologyolympiad.ca