Our Website: edusands.netlify.app
Lead Organizer: Ali Ahmad Siddiqui in Los Angeles, CA
About the challenge
EduSands is open to global citizens and Middle Eastern students that are in middle, high school, or college! The hackathon is designed for beginner to intermediate programmers. Our theme for this year is social justice and equality. We have two divisions for our hackathon; one for middle school and one for high school/college. All competitors must register on DevPost and fill out the following form to sign up (https://forms.gle/NBHvsQndqGjqZguQA). You must be registered on the form to be considered a competitor for the hackathon (no exceptions).
Prizes
Please note that EduSands Hacks will not be offering cash prizes. We have over $200,000 worth of prizes from our contracts with the event sponsors, which may include services, memberships, products, etc.
Requirements
What to Build
You can build anything! You can submit a prototype, program, or a working web application! The only requirement is that your project has to address some sort of real-world, societal problem!
What to Submit (HIGH SCHOOL/COLLEGE)
- Your project, video, code, and submission materials must be created during the hackathon submission period and must be created for this specific hackathon. Projects that do not meet this criterion may be subject to disqualification.
- Include a video (no more than 3 minutes) that demonstrates your submission. Videos must be uploaded to YouTube and made public.
- Provide a URL to your code repository (if you are using one) Provide access by making it public. This is not required if you are submitting a proposal, idea, or a prototype.
- You must submit the google form to register for the hackathon
- Submit your project on DevPost as you normally would
- The submission category for your project's submission helps the judges understand your thoughts on how your project will score relative to hundreds of other competitors. If you apply for the Top 5 and don't make it, we will be able to consider you for the other categories (ex. Top 100). The category you selected has no influence on the judging decision on your project.
- You MUST register on the Google Form as well! Any competitors not registered through the Google Form cannot have their projects judged or scored, even if they are submitted on DevPost. You must register both on DevPost and the Google Form for your project to be considered and scored.
- MAX TEAM SIZE: 2 INDIVIDUALS
- Usage of ChatGPT to create a project will result in an automatic disqualification and forfeiture of any prizes
Prizes
Top 3 | Prize
- 1 year subscription license of Axure RP Team Edition ($500 dollar value) provided by Axure
- Awarded $169 dollar course (Interview Cake)
- 1 year paid for an .XYZ Domain (.XYZ)
- $375 dollar one-year subscription for Wolfram|Alpha Pro
- Wolfram Award
- Certificate of Accomplishment issued by NorCalHacks
- Certificate of Achievement issued by Wolfram
- Certificate of Accomplishment issued by Axure
- Names and projects will be praised and highlighted in an online article
Top 5 | Prize
- Interviews for mentorship, internship opportunities
- $169 dollar course (Interview Cake)
- 1 year paid .XYZ Domain (.XYZ)
- $375 dollar one-year subscription for Wolfram|Alpha Pro
- Wolfram Award
- Certificate of Accomplishment issued by NorCalHacks
- Certificate of Achievement issued by Wolfram Co.
- Names and projects will be recognized in a newspaper
Top 15 | Prize
- $375 dollar value to Wolfram Alpha Pro (1 year)
- Free subscription to a year of Wolfram|One Personal Edition plus a one-year subscription to Wolfram|Alpha Pro
- Sponsored by Wolfram
- $169 Coding Interview Prep Course (Interview Cake)
Top 100 | Prize
- Free .XYZ domains for 1 year
- Awarded to Top 100 participants
- Provided by our sponsor, .XYZ Domains
- $25 dollar value Wolfram|One; gives desktop and cloud access, full access to the Wolfram Language and Knowledgebase
- FreeCDF Deployment on Wolfram
- echo3D free workshop recording and 1-month premium subscription
- 5000 Wolfram|Alpha API calls, 5000 Cloud Credits
- 2 installations per user and 2 GB of Cloud Storage
- Sponsored by Wolfram
Top 600 | Prize
- Sponsored prizes based on judging evaluation
- Awarded with a combination of sponsored prizes and services based on the project's ranking from Top 1-300
- The project was not disqualified due to suspected cheating, plagiarism, or lack of honesty
- Prizes are based on ranking from 1 to 300: (may include): Wolfram|One for 30 days, gives desktop and cloud access, full access to the Wolfram Language and Knowledgebase, FreeCDF Deployment, 5000 Wolfram|Alpha API calls, 5000 Cloud Credits, 2 installations per user and 2 GB of Cloud Storage, InterviewCake course, Echo3D subscription, Echo3D premium workshop, and/or XYZ Domain 1-year paid domain subscription
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
Ali Ahmad Siddiqui
Software Engineer, Lead Organizer, and EduSands Founder
Judging Criteria
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Creativity
How unique and innovative is the idea, animation, project, etc? -
Design
Is the user experience, design, or idea of the project well planned out? -
Social Impact
Does the project idea, prototype, or app have a real-world implementation? Can it solve a social injustice? -
Complexity
How difficult is the stack being used? -
Video
Is the video clear and straight-forward? Does the project do what the video says it can do? -
Theme
How well does the project adhere to the theme of addressing social injustices? -
Truthfulness
Was the project truly created during the submission period and only for the competition?
Questions? Email the hackathon manager
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