One way that students can qualify for our international competitions is by taking one of our exams. Starting May 1, the following qualifying exams cost $20, and details for each competition’s exams are listed below.

How to qualify by exam for the 2024 International Geography Championships:

  1. Students who are eligible by age and live in the United States can take the Geography National Qualifying Exam if they haven’t already. The exam has three different versions: Set C, Set B and Set A. Students will need to score a 75 or higher to pass. Students can only take each exam once but passing on just one of them will be enough to qualify.
  2. For other ways to qualify for the International Geography Championships, including those who live outside the United States, please refer to this list on the International Geography Championships website.

How to qualify by exam for the 2024 International Environmental Science Olympiad:

  1. Students who are in grades 3-12 during the 24-25 school year and live in the United States can take the Science National Qualifying Exam in order to qualify for the International Environmental Science Olympiad. Each school year, the exam has three different versions: Set C, Set B and Set A. Students can only take each exam once) but passing on just one of them will be enough to qualify. At this time, students will need to score a 75 or higher in order to pass if in 9th-12th grade, 65 or higher if in 7th or 8th grade, and 55 or higher if in 2nd-6th grade. However, students that qualified for Nationals during the 23-24 year with lower scores are also qualified for the International Environmental Science Olympiad. Students that scored a 75 on a Science National Qualifying Exam during the 2022-23 academic year are also eligible for the International Environmental Science Olympiad.
  2. All students can also qualify via the International Environmental Science Olympiad Qualifying Exam found here.

How to qualify by exam for the 2025 International History Olympiad:

  1. Students in the USA may also qualify for the International History Olympiad by taking the International History Olympiad Qualifying Exam. Students must score 75 or higher if they take the exam while in 9th-12th grade, 65 or higher if they take the exam while in 7th or 8th grade, 55 or higher if they take the exam while in 2nd-6th grade.
    Regardless of when students finish schooling / homeschooling for a year, the cutoff to determine grades is June 23. Students are considered to be in their grade that they were in during the 2023-24 academic year until the end of that day, and thenceforth in their subsequent grade.
  2. For other ways to qualify for the International History Olympiad, please refer to this list on the International History Olympiad website.