Divisions

The American Computer Science League consists of six divisions to appeal to the varying computing abilities and interests of students. Two new divisions were added this year.

We encourage schools to join more than one division so that novice students are not intimidated by the material, nor are advanced students bored. All divisions cover similar material, but in varying levels of detail and difficulty. Team scores and individual scores cannot be transferred between divisions.

The US Senior Division (3-person or 5-person) is geared to those US high school students with experience programming computers, especially those taking a Computer Science AP course.

The International Senior Division (5-person) is for all high school teams located outside the United States.

The Intermediate Division (3-person or 5-person) is geared to US senior high school students with little or no computer programming experience, and to advanced junior high students.

The Junior Division (5-person) is geared to all junior high and middle school students with no previous experience programming computers. Students must be in Grade 9 or below, and must be 14 years or younger at each contest

The Classroom Division (5-person) is open to students from all grades. It consists of a selection of the non-programming problems from the other three divisions. As its name implies, this division is particularly well suited for use in the classroom.