YHack is Yale's largest annual hackathon, and has been running since 2013. Every year, typically, 800+ college students from all over the US (and the world!) come to Yale for a weekend, forming teams of 2-4 to brainstorm, design, and build technologies that address meaningful real-world problems, based on a set of challenges provided by our sponsors. At the conclusion of the hackathon, projects are judged by our sponsors, and the teams with the most innovative projects for each challenge are awarded prizes (courtesy of our sponsors).

This year, however, due to the COVID-19 situation, YHack will be converted to a virtual format -- dubbed YHack V. 2020 -- while still embodying the same spirit of YHack. Since we are no longer constrained by the physical constraints of travel, we have also extended YHack V. 2020 to be a week long instead, to allow participants to build more extensive and sustainable projects that will make a more tangible and substantial difference, compared to a traditional weekend hackathon.

To help us select from all the qualified candidates who apply, we have everyone go through an application process. We’ve tried to keep our questions as short as possible because we understand that students are busy people.

We also don’t differentiate based on experience. Whether you are a first-time hacker or a hackathon veteran, you are all equally encouraged to apply. YHack is a great opportunity to learn and grow as a developer, so we hope that you’ll join us for YHack V. 2020.