<p>@AnnieBeats, you can’t just “do” TOC. You have to get two bids to even be eligible to attend, meaning you have to place at two national circuit tournaments (meaning you have to be an octofinalist at the least or even semifinalist). That means thousands of dollars from a school’s debate budget to afford attending two (usually many more) national circuit tournaments (I’m talking Harvard, Berkeley, UT Austin, etc.). Add on the expenses if going to TOC itself in Kentucky. It’s an extremely, extremely difficult tournament to even qualify for. If you’ve never done debate before, it’s incredibly unlikely, almost impossible, to qualify for the tournament, and from what it sounds like, the OP has no experience with debate (Mock Trial is NOT the same thing as debate). OP, don’t look at TOC. It’s not a viable option, and it costs an insane amount of money. If you want to do debate, look more at Nationals, a tournament held in June for those who qualify in their districts, which is a little easier to qualify for.</p>