Join us!
At the tenth iteration of WHACK, the Wellesley College hackathon, students from colleges throughout the U.S. Northeast will come together for 24 hours to turn their ideas into reality.
Whether you’re a seasoned developer or designer, or just starting out as a beginner, there’s something at WHACK for you.
You’ll enjoy a weekend of awesome tech, swag, workshops, and mini-events while learning from inspiring mentors and peers. We consider WHACK a success if you make new connections and gain skills that will stay with you long after WHACK is over.
Join us!
Channels on transportation, team formation, and announcements. Slack will be our main method of communication throughout the weekend.
This is where you will submit your final projects. A Devpost support member will be available through Slack when submissions start rolling in.
Find a hackathon team here according to your skills, interests, and goals. Still looking for an interesting team? Create your own!
All times are in Eastern time.
Prize Categories
3 or more team members are first time hackers
Highest voted on Devpost
Current Issues
Submission Policies
Any prize awarded to teams will be in USD and specific for the United States region.
We will only accept projects completed during WHACK. Any project found to have been completed previous to Nov 6-7 or cross submitted to another hackathon will result in disqualification and a potential banning from attending any future MLH events.
Please submit all projects through our DevPost. We ask you to submit a 2-3 minute video demo of your project. Our judges will stop watching after 3 minutes.
FAQ
It’s a grand gathering of people to make their ideas come to life. Think out of the box, try new technologies, ask questions, make mistakes, discover a new language, and have fun! We will be following Major League Hacking's Code of Conduct. Check out their video explaining what a hackathon is here.
Don’t sweat it! We’ve purposefully designed WHACK to offer an encouraging and supportive environment. At WHACK, you’ll quickly learn from our workshops and army of mentors, as well as your team members and other students.
The deadline to apply is the midnight of October 31, 2021.
We welcome any undergraduate college student 18+ to participate in WHACK. It’s important to keep in mind that we are looking to create a welcoming and empowering space for women and other underrepresented identities in tech. If you have any questions about this, please contact us!
We have mentors available for everyone! Just go into the one of the mentor channels and ask your questions. You can also ask questions directly to our sponsors' channels.
All hackers are welcome to come once registered for the event.
Meet the team!
Introducing the 2021 WHACK organizing team. We’re all incredibly excited for you to join us and enjoy the amazing events we have lined up for you!
Maddie Moon
Alyssa Choi
Amanda Cheung
Toshali Goel
Wabil Asjad
Louisa WangSponsors
Want to sponsor for our 2021 hackathon? Contact us at sponsors@wellesleyhacks.org to learn more.
