BioBlitz

Introduction

First of all, you're probably wondering what BioBlitz is. It is a platform that hosts public biology tests, called "blitzes", to make biology education more accessible. Studying for the USA Biology Olympiad (USABO) or the MCAT exam takes a tremendous amount of effort and practice is needed to well.

Most people spend hours reading Campbell's Biology to prepare for the opens, but are limited by the few open and semifinal exams that are available. Created by USABO participants, the platform provides a centralized place to take practice tests, as well as create questions for others.

How it works

The home page will show a list of blitzes. Each will be created by a user on the platform. Mitosisphere is a team of problem writers that make many of the questions. Each contest is assigned a rating based on how difficult it is. A blitz with a higher rating indicates more challenging content, dynamically determined by how users performed on the blitz.

Compete

Everyone starts at 500 rating. Based on your performance on the blitzes, your rating will either go up or down. You can see how you stack up against your competitors on the leaderboard.