Timeline
| Now-31 Oct | Registration and fees |
| Aug-Oct | Software and Handbooks delivered to schools |
| Sep-Oct | Orientation Sessions, UT Arlington |
| Sep-Nov | Student teams design city using SimCity |
| Oct-Nov | Begin scale model design Begin essay research |
| Late Nov | Computer city design due |
| Nov-Dec | Continue model design Continue essay writing Write narrative Plan presentation |
| Mid Dec | Essay and Narrative due |
| Dec-Jan | Continue model design Practice presentation |
| Late Jan | Model and Presentation judging, UT Arlington |
| Feb Eweek | National Competition |
For specific deadlines, see this year's Schedule in the Team Center.
