Team Composition:
Teams can be made up of anywhere from 1 to 4 hackers

Project Submission Guidelines:
All project code must be written between 12:00 PM on Saturday, November 4 and 12:00 PM on Sunday, November 5. You may plan your project in advance with your team, but may not write any code prior to the event. You may use publicly available open-source code and libraries in your projects, but you must cite these clearly in your submission and demo.  You may use hardware components that you bring to the event, but you may not assemble or program any of these components prior to the hacking period.

Beginner Track Submission:
Projects that are submitted to the beginner track will not be eligible to win the grand prize in the main track.
Eligibility:
Participation in the event is limited to currently enrolled undergraduate Boston College students who are at least 18 years of age. To ensure fairness during the hackathon, qualified entries are restricted to those started within the hackathon hours. Projects that contain code written before the official hacking start time will be disqualified; however, exceptions to this rule are made for publicly available open-source code and libraries. Submission of another group’s or individual’s work is considered cheating and will result in disqualification. Only work built during the event will be considered for prizes. The Hack-the-Heights team reserves the right to disqualify projects for other forms of cheating not explicitly specified here. In particular, misrepresentation of your hack, accidental or not, is considered cheating (e.g. if you use an API or library in your backend and you do not disclose that you did not implement it yourself, you will be disqualified).

Code of Conduct:

Our hackathon is dedicated to providing a safe and comfortable environment and harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of the following:
  • gender
  • gender identity and expression
  • age
  • sexual orientation
  • disability
  • physical appearance
  • body size
  • race
  • ethnicity
  • nationality
  • religion
  • political views
  • previous hackathon attendance or lack of
  • computing experience or lack of
  • chosen programming language or tech stack
We do not tolerate harassment of hackathon participants in any form. Sexual language and imagery is not appropriate at any hackathon venue, this includes the following.
  • hacks
  • talks, presentations, or demos
  • workshops
  • any parties associated to the hackathon
  • social media
  • any other online media
Hackathon participants violating these rules may be sanctioned or expelled from the hackathon without a refund (if applicable) at the discretion of the hackathon organisers.