[UA] New Year, New Prizes: MIT COVID Hack

Fri Jan 1 19:14:26 EST 2021

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Hello Undergrads!

Happy New Year!! We promised big change and big prizes— here it is!

Kick off the new year with us and get HYPE for MIT COVID Hack! COVID Hack is our opportunity to shape Spring Semester, whether you’ll be on campus or not. MIT has set money and energy aside to bring the best student ideas to life so remember to sign up by January 6 here<https://tinyurl.com/mitcovidhack2021>. We need you and your ideas!

In addition to the prizes<http://ua.mit.edu/prizes> you can earn by winning one of the Hack’s tracks (Airpods, Patagonias, Drones, galore!), you can also rack up points towards prizes for your communities. Introducing...

  *   Community Competition
  *   HackHype Week
  *   Sprint Challenges

Community Competition

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Rally your communities (student groups, teams, living communities, or friend groups!) to register for the Hack and rack up points to win prizes for your community! (Yes, you have the chance to get those custom club bucket hats you’ve always wanted! And yes, beanbag chairs and TVs galore!) We’ve got all of that and more.

Your community up for the challenge? Sign up for the competition here<https://tinyurl.com/hack-community-competition>! Further details and point system outlined here<http://ua.mit.edu/community-competition>.

HackHype Week

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We’re super excited to share this experience with you, and it all kicks off this coming week with HackHype Week. If you have any questions about MIT COVID Hack or just want to explore what this is all about, we’ll have open sessions to answer them. (We’re also always available over email in case you can’t make it.) Find new friends, participate in Game Night for Community Competition points, and maybe even meet some new teammates! Check out the schedule for the week above.

All events aside from the Instagram Live Q+A (@ua_mit) will be held on this Zoom<https://tinyurl.com/hackhype>.

Sprint Challenges

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More prizes, you say? You asked, we deliver. Throughout HackHype Week, we will be releasing Sprint Challenges, each sponsored by a different community at MIT. COVID-19 has affected all of our communities in different ways. These challenges are designed to help kickstart ideation around some of the most pressing, unique obstacles that different communities have faced over the last few months to get us ideating before the real Hack begins!

All sprint challenge submissions are due by January 6th at 11:59PM ET here<https://forms.gle/GPrLiZJSYv6bjgM89> and all team members must be registered for the Hack.

To kick us off, we have four challenges from the International Students Association, Interfraternity Council, and the MIT Student Athlete Advisory Committee pictured above. Note that you do not need to be affiliated with the sponsoring communities to participate. Details and guidance about the Sprint Challenges can be found on our website<http://ua.mit.edu/community-sprint-challenges>.

Be on the lookout for challenges from the First Generation and/or Low-Income Coalition, the Panhellenic Association, the Education Collaborative, and more!! To be announced on our social media<https://www.instagram.com/ua_mit/> and website<http://ua.mit.edu/community-sprint-challenges>.

Other MIT COVID Hack Details

MIT COVID Hack weekend is going to be way more than just hacking. We kick off on Friday with a series of chats with President Reif, Vice President and Dean for Student Life Suzy Nelson, and Mayor Siddiqui of Cambridge. We’ll wrap up with five-minute presentations from each team on Sunday afternoon, and a grand closing ceremony where winning ideas will be announced.

Don’t miss out on all the fun and the opportunity to make some real change at MIT. Let’s take on 2021 and register here<https://tinyurl.com/mitcovidhack2021> by Wednesday, January 6!

Happy Hacking!

Best,
Yu Jing
She/Her/Hers
Vice President of the Undergraduate Association

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