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Originally Posted by GeeTwo
... It also means that you won't find out if you're qualified for CMP until much too late to raise the funds for registration or travel; you essentially have to have it in the bank, or at least promised as a grant or loan before DCMP.
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There were a few teams from MAR last year who weren't planning on attending CMP but scrambled to get the funds in about a week. Personally, I like the district model better because you get more playing time and a chance to make improvements between competitions (think 2 Thursdays at regionals instead of 1). I think the ranking system is very fair and consistently advances only the best teams. I just wish there was a little more heads up on registration for DCMP and CMP. We had to raise $4000 for DCMP registration in 4 days!
(we did it though)