There were 179 High School students from 33 high schools from around the County who participated in the 2024 ACS Orange County Chemistry Olympiad Local Section Exam (LSE) competition on Saturday, March 2, 2024, from 8:45AM-11:00AM, at the Business Sciences and Technology Innovation Center (BSTIC), Irvine Valley College, Irvine CA 92618.
The top ten individual students on the LSE advance to the US National Chemistry Olympiad (USNCO) which was held on Saturday April 20, 2024. The top twenty scorers in the U.S. on the USNCO attended the Chemistry Olympiad National Study Camp, at the University of Maryland College Park, MD, June 2-15, 2024.
The top four students at the National Study Camp represented the U.S. at the 56th International Chemistry Olympiad July 21-30, 2024 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Read more in the ACS Chemistry & Engineering News report.
One of the four was Yufei Chen of University High School, Irvine! Once again, an Orange County student has made it all the way to become a Chemistry Olympian. Even more impressive, he won a gold medal, standing 3rd among all the students who represented 89 countries from around the world! Another amazing achievement is that Yufei also scored the highest in the world in the 2023 International Biology Olympiad!
The top student from each school, the top six school teams and those who competed in the USNCO were honored at an Awards Dinner on May 21, 2024. Click here to go to the Awards Dinner webpage. More details on the 2024 Orange County results are available by clicking here.
Read here for more background about the Chemistry Olympiad competition.
Click on the buttons below for details on the winning students and teams in the OCACS 2024 Chemistry Olympiad:
We gratefully acknowledge
Irvine Valley College as the sponsor of part 1 of the Chemistry Olympiad Exam and
Vanguard University as the sponsor of part 2 of the Chemistry Olympiad exam.
For questions, please contact Brent Shenton at lnbshenton@gmail.com .