Hack on the Hill (HOTH) is a 12 hour, beginner-friendly hackathon designed to give beginners a glimpse into what a real hackathon would be and feel like. During HOTH, there are workshops, mentors, and amazing prizes! Whether you’re a hackathon veteran or you’ve never been to a hackathon before, Hack on the Hill is the best way to get involved with UCLA’s hacker community and get a feel for what it would be like to attend a real hackathon.

For our prize tracks, full workshop schedule, and more, visit our website!

Eligibility

Participants must be UCLA students. Team sizes can range from 1-4 people.

 

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

$960 in prizes
Best Machine Learning Project
1 winner

Echo Dot (3rd Gen)

Best Design
1 winner

Drawing Tablet

Best Web Project
1 winner

Solar Phone Charger

Best Hack
1 winner

Mini Projector

Best Mobile Hack
1 winner

Mini Phone Printer

Best Game
1 winner

Google Cardboard

"You do You"
1 winner

Prize: ???

Best DevX API
1 winner

$15 Amazon Giftcard

Best React Native
1 winner

Facebook Backpack

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

Rajeshwari Jadhav

Rajeshwari Jadhav
ACM Hack Officer

Jeanette Lin

Jeanette Lin
ACM Hack Officer

Tim Rediehs

Tim Rediehs
ACM Hack Officer

Sahen Rai

Sahen Rai
ACM Hack Officer

Eugene Lo

Eugene Lo
ACM Hack Intern

Jody Lin

Jody Lin
ACM Hack Officer

Connie Chen

Connie Chen
ACM Hack Officer

Galen Wong

Galen Wong
ACM Hack Officer

Xiaoyu

Xiaoyu
Facebook

Konstantinos

Konstantinos
Facebook

Ram

Ram
Facebook

Hirday

Hirday
DevX

Megha

Megha
ACM AI

Judging Criteria

  • Improvement
    Did your team start from the bottom, now the whole team here? Jokes aside, we'll be evaluating your project based on your current skills (never coded in your life) to where you are now at the end of this hackathon.
  • Technical Difficulty
  • Creativity of the Hack
  • Pitch to the Judges
    How well did you sell your project to the judges? This is all about your enthusiasm and how well you can explain the project you built.
  • Marketability
    Is the app complete and ready for use? Or partially complete, but the idea is still there?

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