Why take    AP CS?   Digital Electronics?   Advanced CS?   Web &Mobile?
LASA @ Indeed results (green teams are novice and had 4 extra problems)
LASA is hosting NACLO - North American Computational Linguistics Open
Solve linguistic puzzles while exercising logic skills. No prior knowledge of linguistics, programming, or second languages is required (last year's test)
Thursday January 23rd
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Advanced Computer Science

syllabus   current
Grade Placement:  10-12                                
Credit: 1.0
Prerequisite:  AP Computer Science

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