Time for Invitational Meets!

This is the time of year for attending invitational practice meets. Don't forget all the prior year contest materials available free on this website, which offer excellent practice as well. Work out all those silly errors and improve your test-taking strategies through practice under contest-like conditions. Take one more test...and one more...and...

If you are hosting an invitational meet and are using 2010 Set B materials, please contact me for a correction to the key #26. I apologize for the mistake.

Shortcuts & Hints

To: All UIL Accounting Coaches in Texas

Your experience in coaching UIL Accounting may be shared here with other coaches and Accounting students. E-mail your suggestions. The resulting compilation of Shortcuts & Hints will be posted on this website under the left menu tab of Contest Preparation. (Credit for this idea goes to a UIL Accounting coach. Thank you!!!) Contestants: Use what works for you! Be sure to practice any changes in test-taking you decide to try.

Learn how to use a basic 4-function calculator efficiently. Example: Use the "00" button anywhere you can. Use the % key instead of mentally converting decimals.
Write down all amounts you take the time to calculate and label them on your extra paper or test copy. This may seem like it takes more time, but inevitably you need those amounts later so WRITE DOWN WHAT YOU KNOW! (Have you heard that before??? At a Student Activity Conference?)

Welcome to the new UIL Accounting website. Please note my new email address:

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If the content of this website does not answer your questions about this contest, please e-mail me. Your input will help to improve the site for everyone involved.

Contest Rules

The rules for all UIL Academic contests are found in the publication called UIL Constitution and Contest Rules commonly referred to as C&CR. The rules are available online on the UIL Academic website.

Section 920 Accounting--Students and coaches new to this event must begin by carefully studying these rules. Failure to do so could lead to a contestant's disqualification from the contest.

Additional useful sections for this event include:

Subchapter M (student eligibility)
Section 902 (district meets)
Section 903 (regional meets)

UIL Accounting Concepts

The UIL Accounting Concepts List for 2009-10 is posted below. It remains the same as last year's list. This list will be used for future years as well, as long as the current state-adopted textbooks are to be used.

The purpose of this list is to show general content areas to be covered at each level of competition: district, region, and state.

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High School State-Adopted Texts

The content of the UIL Accounting contest materials is based on the following state-adopted materials for first-year accounting: Glencoe Accounting Real-World Applications & Connections, Fifth Edition, copyright 2004; South-Western Century 21 Accounting, Seventh Edition (Texas Edition), copyright 2004. Southwestern offers a General Journal approach textbook and a Multicolumn Journal approach textbook.

These publishers may print subsequent editions. The UIL Accounting contest materials will continue to be based on the editions originally adopted for classroom use in the State of Texas (as listed above).

Official UIL Calendar

The UIL Official Calendar provides vital information about academic contest dates. For example, it shows:

when Set A Invitational materials may first be used
when Set B Invitational materials may first be used
when District Week One and District Week Two are scheduled
when the Regional Meet is held
when the State Meet is held

Set A and Set B Invitational exams are written by LaVerne Funderburk. Schools can order them from UIL to use at invitational meets they host during the range of dates indicated on the Official Calendar.

Please be aware that if you attend two invitational meets during the Set A time period, students may see the same test again. Not every school will choose to use Set A or Set B materials. They may write their own tests or purchase them from a vendor. Call the invitational meet director to inquire BEFORE you board the bus.

UIL Conflict Pattern

Please be aware that contest scheduling has a guideline set by UIL referred to as the Conflict Pattern. This grid or table is available on the UIL Academic website. It helps you see what multiple contests are offered with and without scheduling conflicts.

Typically, a district meet is spread out over a week's time so that overlapping scheduling of contests is avoided. So students are encouraged to participate in as many UIL academic contests as that district schedule will allow.

But please understand that if you advance to the regional level in several contests, you many have a predicament at region...how to be in two or more places at the same time. You may have to make some hard choices then. However, choices are good things and even better when you anticipate them.

Please study the UIL Conflict Pattern available on the UIL Academic website. We hope Accounting remains your choice!

Visit These Websites Often!

The UIL Academic state office uses their website to communicate with member schools. The closer we get to spring competition, the more often you should visit the UIL Academic website.

Likewise, for the most current information about UIL Accounting please visit this site often. We want students to be prepared for competition and to feel confident in that preparation.

LaVerne Funderburk, CPA