Intro to Chemistry Olympiads
Class Schedule: 12 classes from 6/11 - 8/27 on Sundays 5-6 PM EST
Description and Goals: This course prepares students for the first round of the USNCO competition, assuming no prior experience with chemistry. The course covers the chemistry of reactions, acids and bases, electronic structure, states of matter, thermodynamics, and more. Additionally, throughout the course, students have structured problem-solving experience that resembles the USNCO Local Exam.
Prereqs: Fundamental background in math, up to an Algebra 1 level. No other background required.
Course Syllabus: For an outline of content covered during the course, please see our course syllabus: Chemistry Syllabus
Abhay Bestrapalli
- MIT Class of 2026; majoring in Physics and Math, minoring in
Writing
- USA IOAA Team 2022 (Bronze) and 2021 (Silver)
- 2x Indian IMO Training Camp Qualifier
- 2x Indian Physics Olympiad Qualifier
- IISc KVPY All India Rank ~140s
- IIT Guwahati Technothlon All India Rank 1
Rishab Parthasarathy
- MIT Class of 2026; majoring in EECS and Physics, minoring in
Math
- USA IPhO Team 2022, 6th place in the world, Gold Medal
- 3x US Physics Team, 5x USAPhO semifinalist
- 2022 Regeneron STS Finalist
- USACO Platinum Division
- 6x USA(J)MO Qualifier, 2022 USAMO Silver Medal
- 2022 Putnam Top 100
- 2020, 2022 USNCO High Honors
Theo Jiang
- MIT Class of 2026; majoring in Bioengineering and CS
- 2022 Regeneron STS Finalist
- 2021 Microsoft Imagine Cup World Finalist
- ISEF Finalist Grand Award 3rd Place (Computational
Biology)
- 2021 Conrad Spirit of Innovation Challenge Finalist