2020 Competition


Due to COVID, 2020's competition was cancelled. The planned exam topics for 2020 will be used for 2021. Only sample materials are attached below.

 Individual Round

This exam may test a broad set of general chemical concepts, requiring both numerical answers or written justification. The span of topics will closely follow that of the individual exams from WUCT 2019.

2020 Sample Problems

2020 Sample Solutions

 Chemistry of Farming

A group of two students will work together on this exam.

2020 Sample Problems

2020 Sample Solutions

 Chemistry of Forensics

A group of two students will work together on this exam.

2020 Sample Problems

2020 Sample Solutions

 Chemistry of Movies

A group of two students will work together on this exam.

2020 Sample Problems

2020 Sample Solutions

 Team Round

Like the individual round, this exam may test a broad set of general chemical concepts. As all six students are allowed to work on this exam, though, the questions will require more in-depth interrogation of the ideas behind each problem.

2020 Sample Problems

2020 Sample Solutions

 Breaking Bonds

Each team will choose a packet of 3 questions of a certain level of difficulty (easy, medium, hard) to answer at a time. Upon completion of the questions, the entire packet will be turned in and a new question set can be chosen, at any difficulty level. These questions will be drawn from a broad range of general chemistry topics. Sample problems are from WUCT 2018, but the exam format and topics covered will be similar.