A 14-hour hackathon for high-school students taking place on Apr 26, 2025, at Mountain House High School! Open to all experience levels beginner or advanced, with tons of cool stuff: food, swag (merch), workshops, prizes, dev tools, and opportunities, for ALL hackers! Whether you're looking to learn new coding skills or build revolutionary apps and win prizes, MountainHacks 2025 is for YOU!

Schedule

EVENT

START

END

Check-in

7:15 AM

8:30 AM

Opening

8:20 AM

9:00 AM

HACKING

9:00 AM

6:30 PM

Lunch

12:00 PM

12:40 PM

Judging

6:30 PM

8:30 PM

Karaoke/Games/Fun

6:30 PM

8:30 PM

Dinner

7:30 PM

8:30 PM

Closing Ceremony

8:30 PM

9:30 PM

 

Requirements

Build anything using any technology!

You can use any coding language, create a website, app, or something else, or even create a hack using electronics!

Make sure to review the judging criteria as you develop your project.

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

6 non-cash prizes
1st Place
1 winner

NordVPN + AOPS
NordVPN Subscription + AOPS Product Discounts

Interview Cake licenses, gen.xyz domains for all winners

2nd Place
1 winner

Cocalc Licenses
+
gen.xyz domains for all winners, Interview Cake Licenses

3rd Place
1 winner

Interview Cake Licenses

+
gen.xyz domains for all winners

Most Impactful
1 winner

Interview Cake Licenses
& gen.xyz domains

Best Solo Hack
1 winner

Cocalc + NordVPN
& gen.xyz domains

Best Hardware Hack
1 winner

Arduino Electronics Starter Kit
(Sponsored by MHHS Circuitry Club)

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

Sampath Santhana

Sampath Santhana
Director Product Management | Edge AI | Cloud Technologies | Product Strategy | Enterprise Platforms

Elias Naduvath Varghese

Elias Naduvath Varghese
Principal Software Engineer | Sr. DevOps Engineering Lead | Cloud Architect at Walmart eCommerce

Venkata Bhaverisetti

Venkata Bhaverisetti
Sr. Staff Software Engineer | Cloud Architect | Industrial IoT

Sakshi Agarwal

Sakshi Agarwal
Senior Software Engineer | Rubrik | Ex - Morgan Stanley

Rohan Pandey

Rohan Pandey
research @ openai | cmu ‘23

Dishu Yang

Dishu Yang
Software Engineer

Judging Criteria

  • Creativity and Originality
    How creative and unique is the project idea? Does it offer a fresh perspective or innovative approach?
  • Technical Difficulty
    How technically challenging was the project? Did the team use advanced programming concepts, algorithms, or technology?
  • Functionality
    Does the project work as intended? Is it reliable and responsive? Does it have all the major features it talks about? Are there little to no bugs?
  • Usability and Design (UI/UX)
    How user-friendly and visually appealing is the project? Is the interface easy to navigate?
  • Theme Relevance
    How related is the project to the hackathon theme?
  • Presentation and Pitch
    How well did the team present their project? Was their pitch compelling and engaging? Did they effectively communicate the value and purpose of their project? Did they seem passionate about their efforts?

Questions? Email the hackathon manager

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