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CAGD College Forum

CAGD College Forum. Allen Yuan. Finding Meaning in High School. College is a beginning – not an end. Avoid getting into college for college’s sake Find something that interests you and pursue it. Linguistics??. North American Computational Linguistics Olympiad (NACLO)

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CAGD College Forum

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  1. CAGD College Forum Allen Yuan

  2. Finding Meaning in High School • College is a beginning – not an end. • Avoid getting into college for college’s sake • Find something that interests you and pursue it

  3. Linguistics?? • North American Computational Linguistics Olympiad (NACLO) • No prior knowledge necessary  • Round 1: Early February • Make sure to register on time!!

  4. Research • Find a mentor • Do a project • Sell it • Science Fair, Siemens Competition, Intel STS, JSHS, etc.

  5. Olympiad Contests • Math: just over 150,000 • Biology & Chemistry: 10,000 each • Physics: about 3600 • Computer Science: 1000?

  6. Math Olympiad • AMC10/12: 150,000 participants • AIME: 10,000 participants • USA(J)MO: 500 participants • Do past problems from the contests • Artofproblemsolving.com – books, online classes and resources forum

  7. Physics Olympiad • F=ma exam: 3600 • USAPhO Semifinal exam: 500 • Past contests available on U.S. Physics Team website • Textbooks (must read all, not just the AP Physics sections)

  8. Chemistry Olympiad • Local Round: 10,000 total • USNCO (not USACO): 1000 (at most two allowed per school) • Mostly AP Chemistry material… bits and pieces of organic chemistry • Do lots of problems!

  9. Biology Olympiad • USABO First round: 10,000 • USABO Semifinal: 500 • All material is from Campbell’s “Biology” textbook – a significant portion is covered in AP Biology

  10. Advice on Bio… • “Read Campbell to familiarize yourself with the basics. Try to get research opportunities, as you learn a lot (both practical and theoretical skills) from the hands on experience. Read up on topics which interest you, whether in papers on just on Wikipedia.” • ~Charles Du, 2010-2011 USA IBO Team

  11. Comp Sci Olympiad • USACO: several contests throughout the year, given through the website • Language: C, C++, Java, or Pascal • Training portal and past contests available on the website

  12. Advice on CS… “Ray:  hm…i just…do the training page problems…and random contests…like…examples…are…usaco…codeforces…topcoder…coci…you can google them if you want more info…coci is just croatiauscao” ~Ray Li: US Computing Camp 2011

  13. CAGD College Forum Allen Yuan

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