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USACO Silver Advanced Training

[USACO SILVER 2]

Full Course

$1773 USD
Before any discounts or coupons
for 18 hours and additional live student help hours

Class Description:

This course is for students who have a working knowledge of USACO (USA Computing Olympiad) Silver division algorithms and have taken [USACO SILVER] (or equivalent). Students do additional practice and discussion on more advanced Silver problems in a guided group environment. This course spends more time on practice and discussion than lectures and introductions. It also tends towards more difficult problems than the first Silver-level class. This kind of open-ended work teaches students how to get past sticking points, clarify lingering questions about underlying concepts, and work through high-complexity problems. Students may guide some of the discussion by bringing up problems or topics they'd like to focus on. A consistent practice routine and "don't give up, try out ideas and work through the difficulties" attitude are essential for success at USACO. Most [USACO SILVER] students take this class next to make sure they are developing these good habits.

Prerequisites:

Current contest placement in Silver division. Completed [USACO SILVER] or equivalent. [CORE 6a] highly recommended to deepen general algorithmic skills beforehand. [CORE 6b] also highly recommended as complementary course before, during, or immediately after [USACO SILVER STUDY].

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Syllabus

USACO format, Arrays warm-up

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Coordinate Compression

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Binary Search

Advanced use of Data Structures

Reframing and Linear Sweep

Flood Fill

2d Array Problems

Combinatorics

Stack Recursion

Prefix sum review, implementation practice

2d movement, implementation practice

Homework wrap-up, Recursive analysis

Grand Finale - Farmer John Has No Large Brown Cow