08613 ACSL Intermediate Division Contest Prep (Continue)
Instructor: Jing Liu
8 sessions on Monday from 4/03 to 5/22 to prepare Contest 4 and Final
American Computer Science League (ACSL) Contest https://www.acsl.org/get-started/divisions
Best for high school students with little or no programming experience and for advanced junior high students. Each contest consists of an online 30-minute, 5-question short answer test and an online programming problem to solve in 72 hours.
2022-2023 Season schedule https://www.acsl.org/get-started/schedule This course will prepare students to take intemediate Division Contest 1 and Contest 2.
There are four contests during the regular season. The window during which each contest can be accessed on HackerRank is as follows.
Contest #1: available Oct. 31, 2022; closes Sunday January 15, 2023 @ 11:59pm EST
Contest #2: available Dec. 26, 2022; closes Sunday March 5, 2023 @ 11:59pm EST
Contest #3: available Jan. 30, 2023; closes Sunday April 9, 2023 @ 11:59pm EDT
Contest #4: available March 6, 2023; closes Sunday May 14, 2023 @ 11:59pm EDT
Based on the scores during the regular season, top students in all divisions will be invited to participate in an online Finals competition:
Invitations E-mailed: May 1, 2023 through May 16, 2023
Invitational Finals: Saturday, May 27, 2023 (Memorial Day weekend in the United States)
