Advanced Examination Rules

1. The ACS Education Committee will conduct the examination and judge the results. Their decisions will be final.

Eligibility and Selection

2. Any student that has more than one year of high school chemistry is eligible for the Advanced Examination. Students in the 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th grades are eligible. All nominees have agreed to the rules and conditions of this competition.
   
3. Previous Advanced Examination Award winners (including both Scholarship and Honorable Mention recipients) are not eligible for participation in the Advanced Competition. Previous First Year Award recipients are eligible for the Advanced Competition.
   
4. The number of nominations from a school is determined by the total number of chemistry teachers (1st year and advanced) in that school as follows:
   

   Number of chemistry teachers	Maximum nominations
   1	4
   2	6
   3	8
   4 or more	10

   
   
5. One alternate nomination will be permitted from a school. Although the alternate may compete, the alternate's score will be considered only if a regular nominee does not attend.
   
   The selection of students among the eligible teachers will be determined by the high school itself. All nominations must be made on the appropriate form at the same time. Late nominations may not be considered.
   

Conduct of Examination

6. Any participant must take the examination at the announced time and place.
   
7. Only nonprogrammable scientific calculators will be allowed.  No graphing calculators, or calculators with stored programs, constants, or inter-calculator communication features will be permitted.
   
8. No periodic tables or other supplementary material may he used during the examination other than those provided.
   
9. Any student who cheats, uses inappropriate materials, or plagiarizes work will be disqualified from the competition. In addition, no school team with disqualified students will be eligible for team awards.
   

Award Structure

10. Scholarship awards for the first three places (1st $1000, 2nd $700, 3rd $300) will be applicable toward tuition and fees at any accredited college or university of the student's choice within five years of the examination date. Upon student acceptance at that institution, the ACS Indiana Section will pay (upon notification) the scholarship award directly to the enrolling institution. The student will be expected to enroll in a chemistry course that fulfills professional chemistry training requirements. Scholarship winners will also receive a Merck Index (or comparable reference work).
    
11. An Honorable Mention Certificate and a Merck Index (or comparable reference work) will be awarded to those students scoring in the top 10%, excluding scholarship winners.
    
12. A Certificate of Participation will be given to all students completing the examination (excluding award winners).
    
13. Any student participants and/or award recipients and participating teachers agree that their name and institutional affiliation may be used in press releases or other relevant publications on media or available through the Internet.