The deadline to apply for an at-large bid to the TOC is quickly approaching. Debaters need to have their applications and payments returned by March 13th. The University of Kentucky provides the following instructions to applicants:
"For all events, 1 TOC bid is required to apply for an at-large bid. Any request for an exception to this policy must be made in writing to the Tournament Director well in advance of the at-large due date. Please be aware that any letters accompanying At-Large applications may be shared with the Advisory Committee of the respective event, since it is the Advisory Committee members who evaluate and rank the at-large applicants.Please list all tournaments attended by your at-large entry on the entry sheet. Failure to include all tournaments may result in your application being disqualified.Coaches are encouraged to submit a ONE PAGE additional letter of support with the at-large application to detail any extenuating circumstances that you may want to share with the committee for their evaluation of your application."
The application documents can be viewed and downloaded here:[gview file="https://vbriefly.com//wp-content/uploads/2015/03/TOC-Application-Forms-2015_1.docx"] We would also like to create a list of 1 bid debaters applying for an at-large bid. Please let us know in the comments if you know someone who has applied or is planning on applying before the deadline.The debaters listed below are eligible for an at large. Confirmed applicants are in bold.
| Name | School Code | # of Bids | Tournaments |
| Adam Calhoun | Adam Calhoun AC | 1 | Winston Churchill |
| Grace Hoffa | Apple Valley GH | 1 | Harvard Westlake |
| Prince Hyeamang | Apple Valley PH | 1 | Blake |
| Sienna Nordquist | Barrington SN | 1 | Caucus |
| Connor Davis | BASIS Scottsdale CD | 1 | Alta |
| Jacob Reiter | Brentwood JR | 1 | College Prep |
| Diganta Rashed | Bronx Science DR | 1 | Blake |
| Griffin Miller | Bronx Science GMi | 1 | Valley |
| Paul Erlanger | Byram Hills PE | 1 | Newark |
| Sarah Crucilla | Byram Hills SC | 1 | Bronx |
| Zane Miller | Centennial ZM | 1 | Whitman |
| Karman Singh | Cypress Falls KS | 1 | Strake Jesuit |
| Ash Israni | Del Mar AI | 1 | Voices |
| Sujay Singh | Del Mar SS | 1 | *Meadows |
| Connor Riano | Dougherty Valley CR | 1 | Berkeley |
| Cati Kalinoski | Dowling CK | 1 | Crestian |
| Amany Abu-Hijleh | Flower Mound AA | 1 | *UPenn |
| Audrey Zhang | Flower Mound AZ | 1 | UPenn |
| Jalaj Sood | Flower Mound JS | 1 | Colleyville |
| Jeremy Tsai | Flower Mound JT | 1 | Upenn |
| Karen Qi | Harker KQ | 1 | Voices |
| Sammi O'Reilly | Harrison SO | 1 | *Harvard |
| Connor Engel | Harvard-Westlake CE | 1 | Alta |
| Nicole Kastelic | Hawken NK | 1 | Harvard |
| Logan Mann | Henry W. Grady LM | 1 | St. James |
| Will Taft | Henry W. Grady WT | 1 | *St. James |
| Nina Potischman | Hunter College NP | 1 | Harvard |
| Louisa Melcher | Immaculate Heart LM | 1 | Alta |
| Alisa Liu | Interlake AL | 1 | Harvard Westlake |
| Blake Dawson | J. Graham Brown | 1 | Blake |
| Dino De La O | Law Magnet DD | 1 | Strake Jesuit |
| Brian Yang | Lincoln BY | 1 | Whitman |
| Calen Smith | Logan CS | 1 | Alta |
| James Naumovski | Los Altos JN | 1 | Harvard Westlake |
| Nicholas Rogers | Loyola NR | 1 | St. Marks |
| Lyndie Ho | Marcus LH | 1 | Grapevine |
| Annie Gersh | Marlborough AG | 1 | Alta |
| Gabe Ren | North Allegheny GR | 1 | Wake Forest |
| Nalin Vattigunta | Oxbridge NV | 1 | Dowling |
| Ishan Gaur | Peninsula IG | 1 | *Berkeley |
| Jonas LeBarillec | Peninsula JL | 1 | Meadows |
| Daniel Edelberg | Princeton DE | 1 | Yale |
| Rahul Raghavan | Southside RR | 1 | Myers Park |
| Colin Gesik | Sprague CG | 1 | UPS |
| Alejandro Frydman | University AF | 1 | Crestian |
| Jacob Ronkin | University JR | 1 | Crestian |
| Karan Choudhary | University KC | 1 | Crestian |
| Samantha Koreman | University SK | 1 | *Crestian |
| Leora Korn | Walt Whitman LK | 1 | Lexington |
| Trent Gilbert | WDM Valley TG | 1 | Caucus |
| Saavan Nanavati | Westwood SN | 1 | UT |
| Jack Ling | Winter Springs JL | 1 | Crestian |