American Computer Science League (www.acsl.org), ACSL organizes computer science contests and computer programming contests for elementary, junior, and senior high school students.
The ACSL Senior Division contest is the best for middle/high school students with programming experience, expecially those already taking and being good at ACSL Junior contests. ACSL Senior Division has 4 contests in a year. The contests scheduled for the 2024-2025 year at Sunshine Elite are as follows:
Contest #1: Number Systems on Friday 5:15p,-6pm, November 15, 2024
Contest #2: Prefix/Infix/PostFix Notation on Friday 5:15p,-6pm, Jan 17, 2025
Contest #3: Boolean Algebra on Friday 5:15p,-6pm, Feb 28, 2025
Contest #4: Graph Theory on Friday 5:15p,-6pm, Apr 18, 2025
Note: All contests are proctoring virtual online by Sunshine Elite in the year of 2024-2025. Students who passed the cut-off score of all 4 contests will receive ACSL Final contest invitation emailed from May 1 through May 21, 2025. The ACSL Invitational Finals are scheduled on Saturday, May 24, 2025, proctoring virtual online by ACSL.
Each contest consists of an online 30-minute, 5-question short answer test and an online programming problem to solve in 72 hours. The Short Problems topics are the same in the Intermediate and Senior Divisions. The Senior Division problems are more challenging than those in the Intermediate Division. Below are the topics for each contest and the study material links:
Contest 1
Computer Number Systems
Recursive Functions
What Does This Program Do?
Contest 2
Prefix/Infix/Postfix Notation
Bit-String Flicking
LISP
Contest 3
Boolean Algebra
Data Structures
FSAs and Regular Expressions
Contest 4
Graph Theory
Digital Electronics
Assembly Language
You may check the ACSL website for the study material and the test samples here: https://www.acsl.org/get-started/study-materials
Sunshine Elite also has the ACSL training classes to help students prepare for the contests which is aligning with the contest dates and topics. If you have questions or concerns about the contest, please contact Shilpa Sharma by Email: Shilpa.Sharma@SunshineEliteEducation.com
