Remember that hackathons are like marathons. Some people go to compete but most people take part to better themselves and have fun. Whatever the reason is you're at a hackathon, make sure you're upholding the hacker spirit by collaborating with other teams, helping beginners, and having fun.

Eligibility

Students competing at hackMHS are eligible to submit projects for judging.

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

$6,250 in prizes

Best Overall

4 Leap Motions

Best Use of Web Technologies

Sponsored by getTech Domains - Amazon Gift Cards (must be submitted on a .tech domain)

Best Use of Machine Learning

Sponsored by Indico APIs - $500 of API Credit (per team member, up to 4)

Best Mobile App

4 Jetbrains Licences and $100 Indico API Credit (per team member, up to 4)

Most World Changing

iFixit Tool Kits and $250 Indico API Credit (per team member, up to 4)

Best First-Time Hack

Swag from MLH (#hackHarrasment Power Banks)

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

hackMHS V Organizers

hackMHS V Organizers

Oumaima Sriji

Oumaima Sriji
Senior at Millburn High School

Boris Burakov

Boris Burakov
Founder/CEO of Atomichronica

Albina Gofman

Albina Gofman
SVP at Citi Bank

Avi Weiss

Avi Weiss
Founder of Finidex

Judging Criteria

  • Idea
    Is the project original? Have you never seen an idea like this before? Does the project go beyond traditional rules, patterns, and/or definitions? Does the project demonstrate progressiveness and imagination? Is the new idea meaningful?
  • Technology
    How technically impressive was the hack? Was the technical problem the team tackled difficult? Did it use a particularly clever technique or did it use many different components? Did the technology involved make you go "Wow"?
  • Learning
    Did the team stretch themselves? Did they try to learn something new? What kind of projects have they worked on before?
  • Completion
    Does the hack work? Did the team achieve everything they wanted?
  • Design
    Did the team put thought into the user experience? How well designed is the interface? For a website, this might be about how beautiful the CSS or graphics are.

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