🚀 Our Third Intercollegiate Hackathon is coming April 17! Applications are open now!

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The Third Annual Intercollegiate

Hacker Handbook

Everything you need to know before you arrive.

📍 Event Location

Venue: Skyline College

Room: 4-148

Address: 3300 College Drive, San Bruno, CA 94066

🎒 What To Bring

  • đŸ’ģ Your laptop + charger
  • đŸ–ąī¸ Mouse, headphones, or any gear you prefer
  • 💧 Water bottle (food will be provided)
  • 🧑‍🚀 An open mind and your curiosity

Open to everyone — no experience required, bring your friends.

đŸ‘Ĩ Teams

  • Teams of up to 3 members
  • You can form your team through the application
  • No team yet? We'll help you find one on check-in day or in Discord
  • Solo entries welcome

đŸ›¤ī¸ Tracks & Themes

đŸĢ Improving SMCCCD

Theme: Student Success

Build something that helps students across our district succeed — tools for learning, study, campus life, advising, and beyond.

âš™ī¸ Embedded Systems / Automation

Theme: Eco-Friendly or Visualization

Pick one. Automate a process that saves energy or resources, or build a visualization that reveals something new.

đŸ•šī¸ Game Development / Data Science

Theme: Open-Ended

You decide the theme. Beginner-friendly — build a small game, a data visualization, or an interactive demo.

📜 Rules

  1. Be respectful to all participants, mentors, and organizers
  2. No harassment, discrimination, or hate speech
  3. Original work only — you can use open-source libraries and AI tools, but core ideas should be yours
  4. Teams of up to 3 people
  5. Submissions must be made by the deadline
  6. Stay in your lane — pick a track and commit to it
  7. Have fun and help each other

🧑‍đŸĢ Mentors + Help

  • Mentors will be on-site during the opening and available in Discord during the week
  • Use #ask-a-mentor for project guidance
  • Use #coding-support for technical help
  • Check #shared-resources for tools and tutorials

🏆 Judging

Projects will be evaluated on creativity, technical execution, relevance to your chosen track theme, and presentation. Prizes and judging details will be announced closer to the closing ceremony.

đŸ“Ģ Contact

Questions? Email skylinecompsciclub@gmail.com or ping us in Discord.