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    <h1 class="title" style="text-align:center">ICPC Regional Tryouts</h1>
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    <h2 class="title">What?</h2>
    Tryouts that select and form UIUC's ICPC regional teams. Participants will write code to solve problems on their own. Top-ranking contestants will form 3-5 teams each consisting 3 people. <br>
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    <h2 class="title">When?</h2>
    First tryout: <b>Saturday, September 22nd, 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM</b><br>
    Second tryout: <b>Saturday, October 6th, 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM</b><br>
    To qualify for regional team selection, you will have to participate in <b>at least one</b> of the two tryouts. Taking both tryouts is strongly recommended. <br>
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    <h2 class="title">Where?</h2>
    <b>Digital Computer Lab, Room 440 (in the basement)</b><br>
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    <h2 class="title">Registration</h2>
    Register <a href="https://goo.gl/forms/dBOwQbiFWCc0CIVu2">here</a> (requires Illinois login)<br>
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    <h2 class="title">Food</h2>
    We will be providing pizza and drinks for lunch (starting from 10:20 AM), plus snacks during the contest. You can also bring your own snacks and drinks. <br>
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    <h2 class="title">Eligibility</h2>
    You are eligible for regional team selection as long as you are eligible for the regional contest this fall. <br><br>
    You are most likely to be eligible if you are
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        <li>Enrolled in University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and</li>
        <li>Started college in 2014 or later <b>OR</b> born in 1995 or later. </li>
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    If you are uncertain about your eligibility, please see <a href="https://icpc.baylor.edu/regionals/rules">this link</a>. <br>
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    <h2 class="title">Rules</h2>
    During the contest internet usage (Google, Stack Overflow, etc) is forbidden, with the following exceptions:
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        <li><a href="/assets/domjudge/guide.pdf" target="_blank">Regional Tryouts Guide</a></li>
        <li><a href="https://en.cppreference.com/w/" target="_blank">C++ 11 Reference</a></li>
        <li><a href="https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api" target="_blank">Java 8 Reference</a></li>
        <li><a href="https://docs.python.org" target="_blank">Python 3 Reference</a></li>
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    Any physical reference materials such as notes, textbooks, printed code, etc are allowed. Electronic and digital reference materials are forbidden. <br>
    If we catch you accessing forbidden materials, you will be <b>immediately disqualified</b> for regional team selection. <br>
    The rules are tentative and are subjective to change at our discretion. <br>
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    <h2 class="title">Languages allowed</h2>
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        <li>C++ 11</li>
        <li>Java 8</li>
        <li>Python 3</li>
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    <h2 class="title">Questions?</h2>
    Please feel free to reach out to us at icpc@cs.illinois.edu
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