ACG Cup Timeline – Round 1 and Round 2
Deadlines for Participating Chapters and Schools
The below guidance is for ACG members who are running local ACG Cup competitions and ACG members who are liaising with schools. Each local chapter head should identify the participating schools and either coordinate directly with the schools or have another ACG member do so. At each school, a faculty member and student representative should also be identified to run the competition at their school, disseminate information to the students, obtain facilities for the competition dates and host the competition.
This guidance can be distributed to other ACG members who are assisting with the competition as well as individual schools. ACG members are referred to herein as "ACG Representatives" and the faculty and student representatives are referred to as "School Representatives".
Further general information as well as all of the case materials and judges' guidance will be provided by the ACG Cup National Committee.
Items to be completed by the date listed
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Deadline
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Steps
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Responsible Party
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September 15
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- Identify participating schools
- Identify and speak with School Representatives at each school to ask them to assist with competition
- Distribute ACG Cup Informational packet to School Representatives
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ACG Representative
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October 31
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- Receive firm commitment from schools
- Get dates for Round 1 competition on the schools’ calendars
- Get dates for Round 2 competition on the schools’ calendars
- Get date for October or November intro / hype session on schools’ calendars.
- Notify National Cup Committee that schools are committed
- Notify National Cup Committee of the competition dates and October / November on-campus session dates
- Optional: Schedule a "Valuation 101" between an ACG member in the banking industry and the interested students
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ACG Representative, School Representative
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December 1
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- Send email to School Representatives, which will cover the following:
- Introduce event to students
- Provide the specific week that the school will be hosting Round 1 (the Intra-school competition)
- Inform the student body to start thinking about their teams
- Provide the deadline that teams need to be selected/submitted by
- School Representatives send email to student body
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ACG Representative
School Representatives
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December 14
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- Reserve rooms on campus for Round 1 competition
- In October / November, conduct an intro / hype session regarding the ACG Cup at each school to get students interested, excited and informed (National Cup Committee can provide a handout that can be distributed to the students)
- ACG Representative provide a list of potential judges to the School Representatives (preferably, but not exclusively alumni)
- School Representatives provide a list of potential alumni to act as judges (preferably, but not exclusively, ACG members)
- School Representatives call potential judges to invite them to act as judges at the competition (ACG Representative to help as needed)
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School Representatives
ACG Representative
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December 31
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- Get firm commitment from 4-6 judges for Round 1
- Get firm commitment from 4-6 judges for Round 2
- Provide list of judges to ACG Representative for future distribution of judges’ guidance
- Send a sign-up email to the student body at each school
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ACG Representative
School Representatives
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December 31 (or before winter break)
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- Student teams complete the sign-up process and select Team Leader (the Team Leader will receive the case study, via email or data room access, when it is distributed. School Representatives ensure that the sign-up process is completed and that they have a list of Team Leaders and participants
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School Representatives
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One week before Round 1 at each school
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- ACG Representatives receive the Round 1 case from National Cup Committee
- ACG Representatives distribute Round 1 Case to the School Representatives
- School Representatives distribute Round 1 Case to the Team Leaders, who distribute to their team members
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ACG Representative
School Representatives
Team Leaders
Participants
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- Round 1 Competitions at most schools will be completed by January 31
- Host competition, including feedback from and networking with judges on the evening of the competition
- Judges at each school selects a winning team to continue on to Round 2
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ACG Representative
School Representatives
Judges
Team Leaders
Participants
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One week before Round 2
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- ACG Representatives receive the Round 2 case from National Cup Committee
- ACG Representatives distribute Round 2 Case to the School Representatives
- School Representatives distribute Round 2 Case to the Team Leaders, who distribute to their team members
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ACG Representative
School Representatives
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February 7
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- Round 2 Competitions at most schools will be completed by February 11
- Host inter-school competition at one host school, including feedback from and networking with judges on the evening of the competition
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ACG Representative
School Representatives
Judges
Team Leaders
Participants
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[1] - The competition dates are for guidance only. Chapters may have Round 1 and Round 2 at a different time as long as the dates have been cleared with the National Committee.