USA–North America AI Olympiad · 2027 Cycle
USAAIO Preparation Course
A from-scratch curriculum taking a motivated middle-schooler from zero Python to Olympiad-level machine learning and deep learning. 从零开始，带学生从 Python 入门到奥赛级别的机器学习与深度学习。
Goal: Qualify for Round 2
10+ hrs / week
Python from scratch
Feb 19
Round 1, 2027 · register by Jan 31 第一轮 · 1月31日前报名
12
Harper's age on first attempt
Start here
Class
Class Schedule
16 Saturday-morning classes · 2 hrs each · restarts Oct 31, 2026. Every class has a topic,
lectures, and homework. 每节课的日期与内容
Dates
Calendar
Classes, homework due dates, mocks, and official USAAIO deadlines. 重要日期日历
Do
Homework
Assigned each Saturday, due at the start of the next class.
Plan
2027 Timeline
Month-by-month roadmap from June 2026 to Round 1 and beyond.
Scope
Full Syllabus
Official syllabus, key dates, and our 8-module map. 官方考纲与重要日期
Track
Harper's Progress
Weekly log, mastery bars, and nightly summaries.
Learn
Lecture Notes
HTML lessons with theory + code, built module by module.
Drill
Practice Sets
Problems mirroring the Colab exam format.
Real exams
Past Problems
Actual USAAIO questions, each worked step by step.
Math
Math Track
How Math Academy maps to the AI math prerequisites.
The competition in one glance
Round 1
Open to everyone. Fri, Feb 19, 2027, 12–3 p.m. ET, proctored. Register by Jan 31, 2027. Google Colab, CPU only. Covers 7 syllabus areas, through basics of CNNs (official).
Round 2
Qualify via Round 1. Mar–Apr 2027 (date/site TBA). Covers everything on the syllabus; GPUs allowed (Colab L4).
Camp → Team USA
June 2027 at Harvard. Top campers selected for IOAI / IAIO international teams.
Selection funnel: 2025 vs 2026
Pass rates at each stage. 各阶段通过率对比。 2026 Round 1 total and camp/team counts not yet officially published — marked as estimates.
| Stage / 阶段 |
2025 |
2026 |
Pass rate / 通过率 |
| Round 1 participants / 第一轮人数 |
393 |
not published |
— |
| → Round 2 / 晋级第二轮 |
76 (cutoff 53/300) |
~200 |
19.3% (2025) · n/a (2026) |
| → Camp / 集训营 (Round 3) |
12 |
~12 (est.) |
15.8% of R2 · ~6% of R2 (2026) |
| → Team USA (IOAI) / 美国队 |
8 |
8 (est.) |
67% of camp |
| Overall: R1 → Team / 总录取率 |
8 / 393 |
— |
~2.0% (2025) |
Sources: usaaio.org · ioai-official.org (2026 Round 2 at Harvard & MIT, ~200 advanced) · competitionsciences.org
How this course is built 🌙
Materials are developed automatically overnight (≈12am–5am) when the laptop is free. Each morning, new lecture notes and practice sets appear, and Harper's progress page gets an updated summary. 课程材料在夜间自动开发，每天早上会有新内容。