ACPC's

Spring Contest

April 12th

PETR 118

Food + Prizes

time until coding:
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ACPC Rules!

What is going on???

Welcome to the Aggie Competitive Programming Club’s Spring Competitive programming contest! Here, participants work in groups of 3 to solve well-defined problems by writing programs in 5 hours to test their algorithmic knowledge, programming skills, logical reasoning, and ability to perform under pressure.

Compete for the chance to win prizes, enjoy free food, have fun with friends!

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Contest Hype!

Overview

Open to all majors and classifications, (almost) any language, and any level of experience.

5

Hours

Peterson Building

Room 118

All Majors and Classifications welcome

C++, Java, Python, and more allowed

You chose:
none

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Teams of 3

You can all write code at the same time.

Collaboration only allowed among your teammates.

Internet Allowed??

It is allowed to search the Internet and use code which can be proved to have been published before the contest began.

Only basic knowledge of programming is required

Write programs to solve well-defined algorithmic problems.

Problems are of the type that help prepare you for interviews and coding challenges.

Some problems should be solvable by all those with basic prior programming knowledge -- but some problems will be much tougher!

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Schedule

Please arrive on-time Saturday between 12:00 pm and 12:30 pm so you have time to properly get setup and hear important contest announcements!

Thursday, April 10th

7:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Contest Kickoff

Saturday, April 12th

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Check-In / Pre Contest

1:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Contest

6:00 PM - 6:15 PM

Pizza / Break

6:15 PM - 6:30 PM

Prizes

6:30 PM - 7:00 PM

Problem Solutions

Prizes

Enough prizes for every member of the participant, totalling over $2000 in value! However, due to legal / organizational requirements, only Texas A&M participants can receive prizes.

Main Prizes (Top 5)

1st

1st pick from the Prize Pool.

2nd

2nd pick from the Prize Pool.

3rd

3rd pick from the Prize Pool.

Classification Prizes (Top 3)

Freshman

Pick from the Prize Pool.

Sophomore

Pick from the Prize Pool.

Junior

Pick from the Prize Pool.

Senior

Pick from the Prize Pool.

Graduate

Pick from the Prize Pool.

Notes:

  • Classifications with a higher score gets preferred choice from the Clasfification Prize Pool.
  • Participants that win a main prize cannot also win a class year prize.

Special / "Creative" Prizes (???)

First to Solve Problem A

Choice from the Special/"Creative" Prize Pool.

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Choice from the Special/"Creative" Prize Pool.

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Choice from the Special/"Creative" Prize Pool.

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Choice from the Special/"Creative" Prize Pool.

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Choice from the Special/"Creative" Prize Pool.

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