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BEVHACKS 2025!!

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Now in its 5th year, Brearley's BevHacks is bigger and better! A day long in-person hackathon at The Brearley School (590 East 83rd St, New York, NY 10028), with lots of speakers, workshops, food, free swag, and PRIZES!

This hackathon is designed for all middle and high school students to learn how to solve real-world problems and make big changes. We are beginner friendly, hosting intro workshops and mentor assistance for students to leap into the world of coding!

Speakers:

Speaker 1 - Emma Yang

Emma Yang (Brearley ’21) is a senior at Harvard studying Computer Science & Physics. She is a 3-time Carnegie Hall Performer, MIT Solver, TEDx Speaker, World Science Scholar, Arm Global Youth Ambassador, and a finalist of the Global Student Prize and Regeneron ISEF & STS. Passionate about computer science, entrepreneurship, technology & AI, and advocacy for women in STEM, Emma frequently speaks in national and international forums, such as TEDxFoggyBottom, Talks at Google, the Global Education and Skills Forum in Dubai, and Women Who Code. Most recently, she was the keynote speaker at the World Summit of Technovation, of which she is a proud alumna. She is also the President & Founder of the Harvard Undergraduate Quantum Computing Association. Upon graduating, she will be starting her career at Hudson River Trading as a Quantitative Researcher in the HRT AI Labs.

Speaker 2 - Humphrey Chen

Humphrey Chen is the CEO and Co-Founder of CLIPr, a generative AI startup that fights crime. He is a corporatized entrepreneur who has bought, advised, and built start-ups in a multitude of different technology-based industries throughout his career. Prior to CLIPr, Humphrey was also the Head of Key Initiatives for the Amazon Computer Vision API’s, former Chief Product Officer for VidMob, and led the New Technologies division at Verizon Wireless during the launch of 4G LTE networks. Chen currently serves on the Board of Advisors for Noom, DialPad, GrayMeta, and VidMob. He has always had a passion for making new and meaningful things happen. Chen went to MIT for his undergraduate degree and has an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Rules

All competitors must be middle or high school students with valid school ID
Teams of 1 - 3 students
Code presented to judges must be written during competition time
Code must be written by competitors
Idea must be original and contrived during competition time

We only review projects submitted by BevHacks contestants that hackers have worked on during the allotted hacking time. We do not allow pre-made projects. If a project uses a non-standard module or package, please make note of it in your submission. If you have questions about using 'standard modules', please reach out to organizers during hacking time.

Judging Criteria

Creativity: How original is the idea? Is the project something that is commonly done before, or is it a new idea? (This can be for the idea itself or how the problem was approached.)
Impact: Is the impact of the project explained?
Presentation: How organized, innovative, and engaging are the video and description?
Functionality: What is the current state of the project? Is it usable as is right now? How good is the navigation?
UI/UX: Is the app accessible and intuitive to use?
Technical Difficulty: Is the project technically interesting or difficult? Were there real technical challenges to overcome?

What do you have to do?

Think of an idea that is related to or solving the prompt / theme
Execute as much as you can of that idea
Make a 2-3 (max 4) minute presentation on your idea
Submit on Devpost your write-up of your idea, and attach the video and code

Planning Ahead

Make sure you signed up for Devpost and joined our hackathon there (this will allow you to share your project to us for judging):
If you know what coding language you want to use, make sure it is running properly on your computer without any updates or installations necessary.

Most hackathon projects are apps or websites, so if you would like to use HTML to make a website, you can use any editor (Mac: TextEdit, Sublime, etc. Windows: Notes, Notepad++, etc.).

If you would like to use Xcode to make an app you can only do it on a Mac and need to have downloaded Xcode. It is a very large download (~12 gigabytes) so it takes a long time and uses a decent amount of storage on your computer. You are welcome to use any language, but these are the ones we will do workshops in if you are interested in beginner workshops.

Awards

Best Overall
Best in Beginner
Best UI/UX Design

Prizes include Beats headphones, Instax cameras, gaming keyboards, and cozy hoodies!

Award Qualifications:

For the UI/UX Prize: The app must incorporate a galaxy theme and have an accessible, intuitive, and user-centered design.
For the Beginner Prize: BevHacks must be the first hackathon for all team members.
For the Brearley Prize: All team members must be Brearley students.

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