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University of Waterloo-hosted Event Participation:

Registration

  • Teams must enter a lottery to be eligible to participate in the University of Waterloo event. There will be a limited number of in-person and virtual spots available. Registration for the CTMC lottery will open in early November of each contest year. Please visit Our Contests: Dates and Deadlines for more information.

Please note:

  • Spots will be filled at random with a subset of spaces reserved for top-performing schools from the previous year and schools who have never attended a UWaterloo-hosted CTMC event.  
  • There is a limit of one team per school.
  • Schools not selected for the UWaterloo event are encouraged to organize their own event, perhaps in coordination with other schools.
  • There is a $240 fee per team to participate in person or a $60 fee to participate virtually. If you are selected to attend, you will receive a link to provide payment in early March 2024. Payment will be accepted by credit card only and is due prior to the event.

Preparing for the Event

  • The event will be held on the official contest date at the University of Waterloo for in-person participants and simultaneously using Zoom for virtual participants.
  • Coaches for schools participating virtually will be responsible for administering certain aspects of the event at their end including marking their team's answers and submitting grades to the contest organizers during the event. Instructions for grading and submitting marks will be provided prior to the event.
  • It is not necessary to provide participant names to secure the spot. Teachers may finalize the line-up and notify the CEMC in the pre-contest registration form that will be sent to the teachers a week before the contest day.
  • Please note our updated calculator policy for the Individual and Relay events.

In-School CTMC Event Participation:

General Information

  • Registration will be required to access the contest materials for in-school events. As many teams of six students as desired may write the contest for a single $50 fee. Registrations will be accepted up to Thursday, May 16, 2024. Schools can register for the contest on the Contest Supervisor Portal.
  • Instructions for running the contest and contest materials will be made available on the Contest Supervisor Portal on Thursday, April 11, 2024 at 9:00am EDT.
  • The event will be designed to be run in person.
  • We encourage you to coordinate with nearby schools to organize or join a local CTMC competition; many schools report that these events are fun and memorable.

Running the Event

  • Contest Materials and Instructions can be downloaded from the Contest Supervisor Portal. The supervisor administers the event and shares contest materials at appropriate times. All questions are graded on an answer only basis.
  • The supervisor may be a teacher, administrator or another adult volunteer.
  • Supervisors may invite participants from other schools to join their event.
  • Please note our updated calculator policy for the Individual and Relay events.