What’s Next? Qualify for the National Championship!
We are so excited that out of the 15,652 girls who registered for Girls Go Cyberstart, there are over 5,000 girls that have qualified for CyberStart Game Stage! We hope you have had a bit of time to activate your account and look around in CyberStart Game. If you need more info on CyberStart Game, make sure you check out our dedicated website.
UPDATED INFO: Now it’s time to give you some details about what’s next in Girls Go CyberStart including how to qualify for the National Championship of Girls Go CyberStart 2020 and what you can win!
Stage 3: The National Championship of Girls Go CyberStart 2020 (CyberStart Compete) will run May 20 (09:00 ET) till May 21, 2020 (18:59 ET): There are two ways that you can play in the National Championship of Girls Go CyberStart this year; one for Clubs and one for individuals.
- Club Compete event — To be eligible for CyberStart Compete, 1 girl in a Club must have solved at least one Level 6 challenge in CyberStart Game’s HQ Base by 23:59 Eastern Time on May 4th. The Club will then be invited to select 4 girls to be their representing team in Compete. Only one team per school will be able to participate in CyberStart Compete so if you have multiple Clubs at your school, you will need to coordinate between the Clubs to form a single team.
- Individual Compete event — girls who are registered as individuals must solve at least one HQ Base Level 6 challenge in CyberStart Game by 23:59 pm Eastern Time on May 4th.
- Girls who are in a Club but want to be eligible for the Individual Compete event must change their account type by May 10th. Sign into your dashboard at https://hub.girlsgocyberstart.org/sign-in and select Leave club. This changes your registration to Individual.
Prizes for Individual Track Compete event winners:
* The 5 top scoring girls will each receive a $400 prize.
Prizes for Club Track Compete event winners:
* Top scoring teams nationally:
1st prize = $400 per team member and $250 for their school
2nd prize = $300 per team member and $250 for their school
3rd prize = $200 per team member and $250 for their school
*Top scoring teams in each State:
1st prize = $100 per team member and $100 for their school
2nd prize = $75 per team member and $100 for their school|
3rd prize = $50 per team member and $100 for their school
Special Prize for Clubs:
Any Club that qualifies for CyberStart Compete will be entered into a special drawing to win an all-expenses trip for 4 girls + their chaperone to the 2021 Women in CyberSecurity (WiCys) conference. WiCys has not yet determined where the conference will be held as the venue is different each year.
