----------------------------------- nis Sat Jan 10, 2004 11:39 pm Is anyone taking the Waterloo Computer Contest? ----------------------------------- I was just wondering if any one on this site was doing the contest. ----------------------------------- shorthair Sun Jan 11, 2004 12:09 am ----------------------------------- yep i did the junior one last year and got 60 points , it was easy , im doing hte senior one this year its in febuary for anyone who want to know. ----------------------------------- Boarder16 Sun Jan 11, 2004 12:22 am ----------------------------------- what is taht contest??? liek what do u have to do? ----------------------------------- Tony Sun Jan 11, 2004 1:25 am ----------------------------------- you write programs to solve problems :roll: well... in most of the cases atleast. anyways, this should be in [contests] forum :? ----------------------------------- Homer_simpson Sun Jan 11, 2004 2:36 am ----------------------------------- how can u enter? and does it help u get into waterloo? ----------------------------------- AsianSensation Sun Jan 11, 2004 11:29 am ----------------------------------- isn't that contest the CCC? and btw, topic moved to contest section. ----------------------------------- nis Sun Jan 11, 2004 1:40 pm ----------------------------------- If you do well enough it could help you get into waterloo. ----------------------------------- Dan Sun Jan 11, 2004 11:25 pm ----------------------------------- i will probly do it, and it is not need to get in to u of w it just can help your adimums avg. even if you get perrfitk on it i dont think it will ashure that you get in. and a tip for any one new to this: DONT DO IT IN TURING. it messed me over with some things b/c of it's crapy max string leagnth or somting... ----------------------------------- Andy Mon Jan 12, 2004 8:01 am ----------------------------------- if u dont take it, its harder for u to getin H2O-lu on the site, it said it was strongly recommended ----------------------------------- AsianSensation Mon Jan 12, 2004 10:25 am ----------------------------------- so was half the math contest they sponsor, like the Euclid and whatnot. ----------------------------------- Homer_simpson Mon Jan 12, 2004 4:40 pm ----------------------------------- how do u enter? ----------------------------------- Dan Mon Jan 12, 2004 4:54 pm ----------------------------------- ur school has to be regsitred to write it and they ask for x num of tests. if they are not yet, i am not shure if there is much time left to sign up... there is probly more info on it at the u of w site. ----------------------------------- nis Mon Jan 12, 2004 10:12 pm ----------------------------------- If you want practice Questions they Got The Previous test questions and answers at the site. http://contest-cemc.uwaterloo.ca/ccc/index.html ----------------------------------- Brightguy Tue Jan 13, 2004 12:43 am Re: Is anyone taking the Waterloo Computer Contest? ----------------------------------- I didn't take it last year (I didn't really know about it and neither did my school), but I hope to this year. What language are you guys writing it in? I guess my preference would be Visual Basic as I use it for the majority of my programming. (I assume they are still allowing Visual Basic, right?) Or I could always go back to Turing... and I know C++ basics as well but I haven't used it very often. ----------------------------------- Tony Tue Jan 13, 2004 9:02 am ----------------------------------- Dan and I will be doing it in Java 8) preaty much any programming language is allowed for stage 1 competition. Turing is not sujested because of it's limitations, but its simple syntax could be of an advantage for easier problems. Though last year a number of questions were simply not possible in Turing :? at the end - it's whatever language you're most comfortable with