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 2023-2024 year at Sunshine Elite are as follows:
Contest #1: Number Systems on Saturday 8:15am-9am, November 11, 2023
Contest #2: Prefix/Infix/PostFix Notation on Saturday 8:15am-9am, Jan 20, 2024
Contest #3: Boolean Algebra on Saturday 8:15am-9am, Mar 9, 2024
Contest #4: Graph Theory on Saturday 8:15-9am, Apr 20, 2024
Note: All tests are proctoring virtual online by Sunshine Elite in the year of 2023-2024. Students who passed the cut-off score of all 4 contests will receive ACSL Final contest invitation emailed from May 1 through May 16, 2024. The ACSL Final Contests are scheduled on May 25, 2024, 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
Instructor:
Shilpa Sharma