Students and recent college graduates* can join us at BigRedHacks to network, code, collaborate, and compete for a chance to win one or more of this year's amazing prizes! We welcome hackers from all disciplines, backgrounds, & technical levels!

 

Requirements

What to Build

Any Project related to the theme.

Tracks

Either Fundamentals or Overall is something everyone will submit to but only one track per project.

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

4 non-cash prizes
1st Place Overall
1 winner

$50 Giftcard of your choice for each member of the winning team

Raffle for submitting a project
1 winner

Any participant who was part of a team who submitted will be entered into the raffle to win a $50 gift card of their choice.

2nd Place Overall
1 winner

Scholarship lamar

3rd Place Overall
2 winners

Lamar Scholarship

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

Bilal Maqsood

Michael Stewart

Judging Criteria

  • Creativity (Originality/Innovation)
    How creative/original your project idea is based on the theme given.
  • Design
    How the project looks and how clear, polished and user-friendly the design is.
  • Technical Difficulty
    How challenging the project was to build(structure, features, logic and implementation. *Projects that are mostly AI-generated or "vibe coded" will receive fewer points in this category*
  • Presentation
    Quality of the required team video explaining and demonstrating the project
  • AI Usage
    How much AI was used in the project. Lower AI usage earns a higher score.

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