ABOUT THE CHALLENGE

- Student Hacks is a month long virtual hackathon for high school students from all around the world. Our team is made up of highschool students from Fremont High School and is running this hackathon for fellow students. It is an opportunity to build impactful software that tackles various global or local issues while allowing participants to compete for amazing prizes. You will also be able to connect with other motivated students to create impactful software while gaining valuable experience. 

 

Hackathon theme will be released soon!

GET STARTED

- You can get started by registering for the devpost, where you will submit your project. For additional information, check the website: https://student-hacks.glitch.me/

Requirements

WHAT TO BUILD

Option 1: Create software to address a global or local issue. You could alternatively create software to help students. This could be education, mental health, etc. You are free to address any issue no matter how big or small. 

Option 2: Create software to help benefit others or animals. As long as your project can have some positive impact on others it is eligible for submission.

WHAT TO SUBMIT

- Submit the project on devpost and filling out all the required sections including the project description. Make sure to include a link to your project's github with all the code. You also have to submit a short video explaining and demoing your project. 

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

$205,004 in prizes
Next Step
121 winners

738 Next Step services are available for participants. This is not a participatory prize!

1Password Families
5 winners

Top 5 teams will win this.

.xyz domains
1 winner

350 domains will be provided to select participants. They will be provided during our minigames, for early submissions, and to select participants. These are NOT a participatory prize and are NOT available for everyone.

Interview Cake
50 winners

Axure RP Team Edition
1 winner

PM Interview Course
3 winners

PM Resume Course
20 winners

738 PM Resume Courses are available as prizes

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

Student Hacks Team

Student Hacks Team

Yanjia Guo

Yanjia Guo
Co-Founder of Mathos.ai

Samarth Shah
Technical Lead - Google

Nilesh Jain

Nilesh Jain
Engineering Lead - Oracle America, Inc

Aparna Achanta
Principle Security Architect - IBM

Judging Criteria

  • Criteria
    Project Impact Project Quality Project Effort

Questions? Email the hackathon manager

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