Dartmouth College has consistently ranked first in the nation for its quality of undergraduate teaching and student-professor interactions, and at HackDartmouth, we plan to facilitate a similar environment, where hackers collaborate with mentors and each other to create innovative projects.
Eligibility
Only college students are eligible to hack. You can create a hack with teams up to four people.
Prizes
$8,300 in prizes
1st Overall Prize
$1000 cash and Samsung Galaxy S Tablets
2nd Overall Prize
$800 Cash and Dell Venue 8 Pro Tablets
3rd Overall Prize
$600 Cash and Pebble Watches
Best Microsoft Hack
Asus Vivo Tablets for each team member
Best Design (Adobe)
Creative Suite Subscription
Best Pebble Hack
(2)
Pebble Steel for each team member
Best Hack for Social Good
$1000 cash prize and Finalist entry to the KPCB Fellows Challenge
Best Real World Application (Palantir)
Prize TBD
Best Health Hack
Best hack with a health-related application. Fitbit Flex for each team member
Best Dartmouth Hack (for Dartmouth students only)
Best hack that can benefit the Dartmouth community.
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
How to enter
Make a video, website or take pictures of your hack and write an great description on your team page. Submit by Sunday at 11AM.
Judges

Thomas Cormen
Head of the Computer Science Department at Dartmouth College

Dick Green
Managing Director, RLG Analytics LLC

Phil Ferneau
Founder and Managing Director, Borealis Ventures

Barton George
Director of Developer Programs at Dell

Tim Tregubov
Technical Director of DALI Lab

Xia Zhou
Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Dartmouth College

Christina Dulude
Web Architect at Dartmouth College
Judging Criteria
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Design
How creative and engaging is the design of their hack? -
Usage
How easy to use and understandable is their hack? -
Creativity
How creative is their hack? Have you seen many ideas like this before or is this very unique? -
Impactful
Is their hack going to impact peoples lives positively? Are they helping a particular community? -
Technical
Is their hack tech-savy? Have they shown their skills well and shown how to effectively use technology to being an idea to life?
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