A 4-month intensive USABO preparation cohort, starting 10–15 October 2026 and finishing in early February 2027 — so that preparation peaks exactly as the USABO Open Exam is sat, approximately February 2027. Tuition is $1,600 USD all-in. Live online, small batches, taught in US time zones.
Enrolment closes when the cohort starts. There is no separate registration or materials fee — USABO’s own entry fee is paid to your school, not to us.
CEE administers the USABO Open Exam at registered schools in approximately February 2027, and school registration for the 2027 cycle closes on 15 November 2026 (students 22 November). A cohort starting 10–15 October 2026 gives four clear months of coverage and timed practice before that exam, and has you fully prepared well before registration closes. Starting in December does not.
Always confirm exact dates with CEE at cee.org — the calendar is set annually and we do not control it.
Aiming past the Open Exam? See the full-season cohorts$1,600 USD for the full 4 months. That is the whole tuition — there is no separate registration, materials or mock-exam fee. USABO's own entry fee is paid to your school, not to us.
The cohort opens 10–15 October 2026 and runs 4 months, finishing in early February 2027 — timed so that preparation peaks as the USABO Open Exam is sat, approximately February 2027. Enrolment closes when the cohort starts.
For the Open Exam, yes, if you already have solid high-school biology. The Open Exam is 50 multiple-choice questions in 50 minutes across all five domains, and four months of structured coverage with weekly timed mocks is a realistic runway. Students starting from a weaker base, or targeting the Semifinal and National Finals rather than just qualifying, are better served by the longer cohort on our USABO bootcamp page.
US high-school students in grades 9–12 entering the 2027 USABO cycle, including international students enrolled at US schools. If you are outside the US, your national olympiad is the equivalent route and we coach those separately.
The syllabus content is available free — Campbell Biology and past papers are not secrets. What four months of coached preparation buys is sequencing, timed practice under exam conditions, and somebody marking your answers and telling you why they were wrong. If you are disciplined enough to do that alone, you should.
Every session is recorded and available to the cohort. Classes are scheduled around the US school day, but a clash with a test or a match is not a reason to fall behind.
Most students preparing for one of these are eligible for the others. The routes overlap more than they look like they do.
Tell us the student’s grade and where their biology is now. We will reply with whether this cohort fits, and what to read before it starts.