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How do university hackers stack up?

jonmarkgo 13y ago
This is awesome - ranking schools by the successes of their extra-curricular hacking is a really interesting way to look at things.
Hublished 13y ago
I might be slightly biased, but I think Rutgers has the best shot here with their hackathon being 1 of the 2 remaining. Carnegie Mellon is hella far away, and Rutgers has an enormous community. Strong attendance could put them in the lead.
- theyCallMeSwift 13y ago
  We'll see :) Remember, Rutgers hackers only earn 1 attendance point for hacking at HackRU since it's at their home school, but other schools will get 2 points. Every hack is gonna count.
  - jerf 13y ago
    You're changing the rules halfway through the contest?
itsswift 13y ago
Swift is a pretty cool guy.. keep up the good work.
tomatohs 13y ago
Not only are you competing for that hackathon's prize, you're competing for the reputation of the entire school. I imagine HackRU will be extra competitive.
- theyCallMeSwift 13y ago
  Don't forget the trophy too. Whatever school has the most points at the end of the season gets to keep it. http://mlh.io/img/trophy/4.jpg http://mlh.io/img/trophy/4.jpg http://mlh.io/img/trophy/5.jpg http://mlh.io/img/trophy/5.jpg
tedsanders 13y ago
Question for HN people: Do you associate the word hacking with computer security? I know I do, and it took me a long time to find that the website was talking about hackathons and not computer security. Sidenote: rewarding students for travelling seems to bias the scoring in favor of densely populated places like the NE.
- solox3 13y ago
  Considering the context of being a Y Combinator website, I'd hope most of us understand that this is not a website specifically about computer security.
- dylandrop 13y ago
  "Hacking" has long since been appropriated to refer to anything tech startup related. Business growth, usage of an API, even design (http://hackdesign.org/ http://hackdesign.org/). Essentially, replace verb X with hacking. A pet peeve of mine... but what can you do.

This is awesome - ranking schools by the successes of their extra-curricular hacking is a really interesting way to look at things.

Hublished 13y ago

I might be slightly biased, but I think Rutgers has the best shot here with their hackathon being 1 of the 2 remaining. Carnegie Mellon is hella far away, and Rutgers has an enormous community. Strong attendance could put them in the lead.

theyCallMeSwift 13y ago
We'll see :) Remember, Rutgers hackers only earn 1 attendance point for hacking at HackRU since it's at their home school, but other schools will get 2 points. Every hack is gonna count.
- jerf 13y ago
  You're changing the rules halfway through the contest?

itsswift 13y ago

Swift is a pretty cool guy.. keep up the good work.

tomatohs 13y ago

Not only are you competing for that hackathon's prize, you're competing for the reputation of the entire school. I imagine HackRU will be extra competitive.

theyCallMeSwift 13y ago
Don't forget the trophy too. Whatever school has the most points at the end of the season gets to keep it. http://mlh.io/img/trophy/4.jpg http://mlh.io/img/trophy/4.jpg http://mlh.io/img/trophy/5.jpg http://mlh.io/img/trophy/5.jpg

tedsanders 13y ago

Question for HN people: Do you associate the word hacking with computer security? I know I do, and it took me a long time to find that the website was talking about hackathons and not computer security. Sidenote: rewarding students for travelling seems to bias the scoring in favor of densely populated places like the NE.

solox3 13y ago
Considering the context of being a Y Combinator website, I'd hope most of us understand that this is not a website specifically about computer security.
dylandrop 13y ago
"Hacking" has long since been appropriated to refer to anything tech startup related. Business growth, usage of an API, even design (http://hackdesign.org/ http://hackdesign.org/). Essentially, replace verb X with hacking. A pet peeve of mine... but what can you do.