USACO (competitive programming)
Promote through Bronze→Silver→Gold→Platinum to prove real CS ability.
- Computer Science
- Engineering
- Who can enter
- Any pre-college student — no age limit
- What it costs
- Free — no registration fee, contests run online, and you enter directly.
- When it closes
- We could not confirm this year's date against the organiser's own page, so we are not showing a countdown for it. Last published: Online contests Dec–Mar (no pre-registration); 2026–27 dates not yet published.
Sending this to someone sends the four facts above, not just a name — they will see who can enter and what it costs before they decide.