ArchHacks 2017 - Washington University's Student Hackathon

ArchHacks 2017 is Washington University in St. Louis' hackathon, taking place October 27-29th on WashU's campus. We are so excited to be bringing together over 350 students from across the US and Canada for a weekend of innovative and creative problem-solving. Our theme is HealthTech, but we welcome students who are interested in all areas of CS and innovative thinking.

We would love to have a strong student presence from Waterloo again! We are planning on sending 4 buses, to the 4 schools with the most number of applications. We also have a referral raffle and competition. If you refer someone or are referred by someone to apply, you will be entered into a raffle to win an Amazon Echo! Additionally, the student with the most referrals will win a special prize for them and their team at ArchHacks! Apply now here!

The hyperlink is http://archhacks.io

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