Qualifying for Nationals

To be eligible for Nationals you must accrue six (6) points. One accrues these points by:

Being in the top 50% at Regionals in each age/level/style in which you want to compete – Qualified (if 3 or fewer couples, all qualify) = 6 points, and you have qualified for Nationals
Attend one Regional and compete in each age/level/style you want to dance, without reaching the top 50% = 4 points, and one other competition, dancing those same events, to gain an additional 2 points (Collegiate Challenge, Challenge, or another Regional Championship) – Qualified regardless of placement
Attend any 3 competitions and compete in each age/level/style in which you want to compete to reach 6 points (Collegiate Challenge, Challenge, or Regional Championship) – Qualified regardless of placement
Hawaii / Alaska – Attend one sanctioned competition (sanctioned Collegiate Challenge, Challenge, Regional Championship) and dance in each age/level/style in which you want to compete – Qualified regardless of placement
Senior V and Senior VI couples who want to compete only in Senior V or Senior VI events, do not have to qualify for Nationals. If a Senior V or Senior VI couple wants to compete in any other age category, they will have to qualify in that age level to compete at Nationals
No qualification needed for Showdance, Solo, Pro/Am, Teacher/Student, Mixed Proficiency, and Professional events

College Students – Additional Registration and Qualifying Rules:

Full-time college students (35 and under) automatically qualify, without attending a qualifying event, for one collegiate level/style and the same level/style in adult categories, this is considered your “registration fee events” and no per/dance fee will be charged.
For a second level/style of events, which must be consecutive to your “registration fee events” level, you will have to qualify by achieving at least 6 qualifying points in each style in which you want to compete.
- If you achieve the six qualifying points/style, this will entitle you to dance in both the Collegiate and Adult events. For this second level, you will be charged the per/dance fee for your collegiate events, but the per/dance fee for the Adult events will be removed.
Exception is Championship Level events where collegiate students must qualify like all other couples for the non-collegiate Championship events.
Those couples with mixed (1 full-time college student and 1 non-college student) must qualify like all other couples for all events and they are not allowed to compete in the Collegiate events.

Regional Competitions = 6 points if you reach the top 50% in your category and = 4 points if you do not

All Challenge (Collegiate & non-Collegiate) Competitions = 2 points