Northwestern Wins Regional Fed Challenge Competition

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<p>[Northwestern</a> Wins Regional Fed Challenge Competition: Northwestern University News](<a href=“http://www.northwestern.edu/newscenter/stories/2013/11/northwestern-wins-regional-fed-challenge-competition.html]Northwestern”>Northwestern Wins Regional Fed Challenge Competition - Northwestern Now)</p>

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<li><p>Of the five team members, three of them are triple-major with Kellogg cert while two of them are double-major with Kellogg cert!</p></li>
<li><p>Each year, about 15-20 schools participate in the Chicago regional. Among the regulars are University of Chicago, Notre Dame, and Big Ten schools such as Michigan, Wisconsin, and Iowa. NU always beat them. ;)</p></li>
<li><p>Northwestern failed to reach the nationals only once in 2011. In that year, the score sheets showed a tie between Northwestern and Albion College, the only LAC in the contest; but the judges picked Albion after much deliberation (likely because they wanted to give another school the opportunity).</p></li>
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<p>Great to hear this!</p>

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<li><p>Some schools have a class dedicated to preparing for the competition. Lafayette and Bentley, the 2009 and 2010 national champ, respectively, are two of them. </p></li>
<li><p>The semester schools start a month earlier than NU; their teams have significantly more time to prepare than the Wildcats. </p></li>
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<p>2013 ???
2012 Northwestern
2011 Harvard
2010 Bentley
2009 Lafayette
2008 Harvard
2007 Harvard
2006 Northwestern
2005 Northwestern
2004 Northwestern</p>

<p>Go Cats!</p>