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Registering your hackers' interest in the event!
Getting in registrations does not only make sure you have a participation pool to pass on updates for your event, rather, it is about the community you're forming around it. Every hacker that attends your hackathon becomes a member of your community and stays as one as long as you're interacting with them in the right way. For growing as a hackathon, you need to grow as a community which mean every individual needs to grow!
We recommend organizer to start some pre-registration process before they launch the main hackathon website. This helps capture the emails of interested hackers much before the main registrations start. Getting in just name and emails should be good enough for this particular process.
As the main registration process starts, it is vital to get in some demographic details of the attendees of your hackathon. Collecting data is useful for your team's ability to understand the demographics of your event. This can be typically beneficial while projecting your sponsors with your demographic charts and letting them know the impact your hackathon has had on the different sectors of the society. It is also extremely useful while going for targeted marketing for your event as you know the interested audience and their involvement with your hackathon.
Make a plan for what to do if you have more sign ups than your event is being planned for. If you exceed your initial goals you might need to make a waitlist. Try to give priority to hackers who are closer to your event since they are more likely to actually show up.
Please note: As with all personal data, use the utmost care to keep participant data safe. We recommend hackathons to use the personal data just for the day of communication and not share it with anyone until you get specific permission from your hackers to do so.
You can see our example Registration form here​
Some Important Registration Fields
First Name
Last Name
Age
We recommend this as a dropdown with specific ages instead of date of births. MLH needs this data for eligibility purposes (some codes are only available to hackers 18+). We do not collect dates of birth as part of event registration to reduce data risk.
Phone Number
Email
School (checkout MLH's list of verified schools)
Level of Study
Less than Secondary / High School
Secondary / High School
Undergraduate University (2 year - community college or similar)
Undergraduate University (3+ year)
Graduate University (Masters, Professional, Doctoral, etc)
Code School / Bootcamp
Other Vocational / Trade Program or Apprenticeship
Post Doctorate
Other 
I’m not currently a student 
Prefer not to answer
Country of Residence
​We heavily recommend using the ISO 3166 Standard for Country names.​
We recommend this as a dropdown. It’s okay to put your hackathon’s country at the top for ease of use.
Optional Demographic Fields
Dietary Restrictions (For in-Person events - see more about planning for dietary restrictions in our Event Logistics section!)
Vegetarian
Vegan
Celiac Disease
Allergies
Kosher
Halal
Do you identify as part of an underrepresented group in the technology industry? 
Yes 
No 
Unsure
Gender 
Man 
Woman 
Non-Binary 
Prefer to self-describe
Prefer Not to Answer
Race/ Ethnicity 
Asian Indian 
Black or African 
Chinese 
Filipino 
Guamanian or Chamorro 
Hispanic / Latino / Spanish Origin 
Japanese 
Korean 
Middle Eastern 
Native American or Alaskan Native 
Native Hawaiian 
Samoan 
Vietnamese 
White 
Other Asian (Thai, Cambodian, etc) 
Other Pacific Islander 
Other (Please Specify)
Prefer Not to Answer
Do you consider yourself to be any of the following? 
Heterosexual or straight 
Gay or lesbian 
Bisexual 
Different identity ________
Prefer Not to Answer
What is the highest level of formal education that you have completed? 
Less than Secondary / High School 
Secondary / High School 
Undergraduate University (2 year - community college or similar) 
Undergraduate University (3+ year) 
Graduate University (Masters, Professional, Doctoral, etc) 
Code School / Bootcamp 
Other Vocational / Trade Program or Apprenticeship 
Other (please specify) 
I’m not currently a student 
Prefer not to answer
T-shirt Size (If shipping t-shirts) 
Specify the US/ UK sizes here
Shipping Address (If shipping prizes or swag)
Address Line 1
Address Line 2
City
State
Country
Pincode
Major/Field of Study 
Computer science, computer engineering, or software engineering 
Another engineering discipline (such as civil, electrical, mechanical, etc.) 
Information systems, information technology, or system administration 
A natural science (such as biology, chemistry, physics, etc.) 
Mathematics or statistics 
Web development or web design 
Business discipline (such as accounting, finance, marketing, etc.) 
Humanities discipline (such as literature, history, philosophy, etc.) 
Social science (such as anthropology, psychology, political science, etc.) 
Fine arts or performing arts (such as graphic design, music, studio art, etc.) 
Health science (such as nursing, pharmacy, radiology, etc.) 
Other (please specify) 
Undecided / No Declared Major 
My school does not offer majors / primary areas of study 
Prefer not to answer
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