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Contests in US
By NNchik, history, 21 month(s) ago, In English

Hello. Not a long time ago I moved to US (more particulaty to PA). So, I figured out everything with school, and now I'm curious about cp here. I know about codechef, atcoder, google jam and others, but I want to know more about specifically US stuff (the only thing I know is usaco). So, I have two following questions:

1) What local cp contests are worth participating in?

2) I want to start doing math, so I have same question about math contests.

Thank you in advance.

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21 month(s) ago, # |
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Please?..

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If you're in high school, then you have USACO/IOI for cp, and AMC/AIME/USA(J)MO/MOP/IMO for math. If you'rein college, then ICPC, gcj, kickstart for cp and HMMT and Putnam for math.

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    HMMT is a high school contest. For other math contest recommendations, consider PUMaC and ARML.

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      Brain farts, you're right (above and below)

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        ARML is for high school students; I recommended it (along with PUMaC) as additional HS math contest options (though I should have made it clearer that these are high school contests, not college contests).

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There is another coding-related contest called acsl, tho I wouldn't call it cp.

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Codeforces

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    But almost every cf is contest is at 10 am on weekdays. It's kinda difficult to participate during my classes.

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      Then it's very fortunate that every cf round just happens to be when you're not feeling well

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      yes codeforces, atcoder, and codechef contests are all targeted for eastern timezones :(

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Unfortunately, there are very few in-person/local programming competitions in the US outside of ICPC. CodeQuest and CodeWars are the only semi-active ones I'm aware of, and they are not known for excellent problem quality (lots of ugly input parsing...).

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I love this guy.

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Depending on where in PA you're in and how far you're willing to go the following contests should be accessible:

  • PClassic (UPenn — Philadelphia)
  • CMIMC Programming (CMU — Pittsburgh, hasn't been in person yet, but should be this year??)
  • UMD High School Programming Contest
  • UVA High School Programming Contest
  • VCU High School Programming Contest

For Math:

  • CMIMC Math (CMU)
  • JHMT (Johns Hopkins)
  • PUMaC (Princeton)
  • HMMT and HMNT (Harvard/MIT)

However, I think all of these are team contests, so you might need to find a team, but some of the contests will be able to put you in an "individuals" team.

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