cmu budgeting contest
The Student Campaign That Changed CMU Financial Planning
The new Invitational is a live, week-long budgeting workshop that turns classroom theory into real-time decision-making for undergraduates. It immerses students in authentic financial planning scenarios, letting them build, forecast, and audit budgets under pressure. In 2025, the CMU Invitational hosted 48 undergraduate teams, each completing ten real-hour simulation rounds