Academics

Contests

Euclid Math Contest

Written by over 19,000 students worldwide every year, the Euclid Contest gives senior-level secondary-school students the opportunity to tackle novel problems with creativity and all of the knowledge they’ve gained in secondary-school mathematics. The Faculty of Mathematics at the University of Waterloo recommends that applicants to the Faculty write the Euclid Contest
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Canadian Computing Competition

The Canadian Computing Competition (CCC) is a fun challenge for students with an interest in programming. Designed to be both accessible to students with some programming experience and to challenge the keenest programmers at the secondary-school level, the CCC helps students build confidence and grow their ability to design, understand and implement algorithms.

The Sir Isaac Newton (SIN) contest

The Sir Isaac Newton (SIN) contest is a test of high school physics and is offered by the Department of Physics & Astronomy at the University of Waterloo to encourage the teaching of physics. The test, although challenging, is meant to be refreshing and fun. Political and other topical humour have marked SIN exams for years. Students participate from across Canada, the USA and abroad.

Canadian Chemistry Contest

The Canadian Chemistry Contest (CCC) is carried out in conjunction with the Canadian Chemistry Olympiad (CCO). The CCC fosters an appreciation of chemistry as a career for talented young people and promotes national excellence in chemistry at the high school/Cégep level. Over 600 students write this exam annually, in conjunction with the CCO exam.
The CCC is aimed at the top 10% of Canadian high school and cégep students under 20 years of age taking chemistry. The CCO is aimed at the top 5% of these students.