HCGCC is a prestigious virtual business competition for high school students around the world.

Participants will form teams of 2 to 4 to tackle business problem that popular companies face. They will receive a set amount of time to develop their solutions, strategies, and presentation for the chance to win cash prizes and a virtual work experience.

Last year, 4200+ students competed on the global stage through HCGCC. Will you be next?

While participants are required to sign up individually first , competitors must create teams of 2 to 4 students to compete in HCGCC. If you have trouble finding your team members, don't worry. You can connect with fellow students & find your team members on our exclusive discord channel.

PS - The HCGCC discord link is only shared with paid participants.

After students have registered individually, they must nominate a team leader who will then fill in a “team registration form” (which will be emailed to registered participants at a later date). This form will ask who the team members are and which category your team is competing in.

To apply, you must be aged 13-18 and currently enrolled at a secondary education institution. Gap students are eligible to participate.

Please Note: Anyone enrolled in University/College courses is NOT eligible to participate.

All team members MUST sign up and pay individually BEFORE filling in the team registration form.

Post Registration, all participants shall be sent a Team Registration link on their registered email Id to form their teams.

If your team progresses to the regional or global round, and your teammates are not registered individually, your team will automatically be disqualified.

While we encourage you to participate in the case comp with your friends and schoolmates, you are also welcome to introduce yourself and find other students to form a team with on our Discord channel.

Please join the region in which you reside:

(NOTE: The region you select must be the region you reside in or study in and must not be selected based on nationality or place of birth if it differs from the aforementioned.)

APAC (including East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, NZ & AU): Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burma, Brunei, Cambodia, China (including special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau), Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kiribati, Laos, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Mongolia, Nauru, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Niue, North Korea, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Vietnam.

North America: Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Canada, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, The Bahamas, Trinidad and Tobago, United States of America.

Europe + Central Asia: Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Holy See (Vatican City), Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Kingdom, Uzbekistan.

Latin America: Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, México, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela.

MENA + Africa + Russia: Angola, Bahrain, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Rwanda, Somalia, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Tanzania, Togo, Turkey, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

We encourage students to form teams within their countries/timezone for smoother collaboration. However, you're free to team up with students from different countries.

If your team has 2 students from the same country, your team will represent their region. However, if every member from your team is from a different country, you can choose which region you want to compete from.

All dates and times are in GMT +0.

It is not mandatory to attend the workshops. Please note that registered participants will receive a recording of the workshop a few days after they are finished.

1st place team will receive:

- Free access to a virtual work experience program at a Fortune500 company (retails for USD 4000-5000)

- $1,500 cash (for the whole team)

- $2,000 per team member in Crimson credit.

Note:

HCGCC24 winners participated in the EY work experience program for free

HCGCC23 winners participated in the PwC work experience program for free

2nd place team will receive:

- Mentorship session with an expert

- $1,000 cash (for the whole team)

- $1,500 per team member in Crimson credit.

3rd place team will receive:

- Mentorship session with an expert

- $500 cash (for the whole team)

- $1000 per team member in Crimson credit.

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No. Unfortunately we will not be providing scores, marked judging rubrics, or written comments for first round submissions as we do not have the capacity to provide this to everyone due to the immense amount of submissions.