xTREME Games

Congratulations to all our 2008 xTAX and xACT participants!

Last fall, students from 83 schools competed for the distinguished title of xTAX (extreme tax) or xACT (extreme accounting) campus winner at their college or university. These PwC challenges are referred to collectively as the xTREME games. xTREME is a competitive learning experience, designed to give college students an opportunity to solve real-world tax, accounting and related business issues while furthering students' interpersonal, organizational, and presentation skills. The 2008 competition was demanding with a record number of teams participating. The cases were intellectually stimulating, while the time frame for completion was just a short two weeks. Competition judging criteria focused on critical thinking, teamwork, research and presentation skills and the winning team from each campus received a $1,000 prize.

From the top campus winning teams, five national finalist teams were selected to present their cases to PwC's national firm leadership at the final competition in New York and Washington, D.C. for xACT and xTAX, respectively. Each of these five finalist teams received a $10,000 prize and the outstanding opportunity to network with PwC leaders and to experience the profession first-hand. In addition to presenting their cases, the teams participated in hot topics sessions related to the public accounting field, team-building and leadership activities.

To learn more about the xTREME competition and how you can be a part of the games in the coming year, please visit www.pwc.com/xtreme.

Congratulations to our National Winning Teams:

xACT

Hampton University
LaSalle University
Louisiana State University
University of Illinois
Villanova University

xTAX

Baylor University
Bentley University
Brigham Young University
University of Texas
University of Wisconsin