CTP Hacks 2026

CTP Hacks is CUNY Tech Prep's annual learning-first hackathon for our incoming cohort of fellows, students from across the CUNY system in computer science and related majors. This year, we're partnering with Major League Hacking (MLH) as an official MLH Hack Day, powered by Google Gemini. Fellows will spend the day building AI-powered projects in teams of 4, with mentors available to help them brainstorm, debug, and build.

There's no fixed problem theme, this event is your chance to explore building with Google Gemini AI. Build any creative application of your choosing that puts Gemini's capabilities to use, whether that's a smart assistant, a data tool, a creative experiment, or something entirely your own.

First hackathon? Never used AI to build something before? No experience needed...this is a friendly, low-stakes, learning-first environment. Come as you are!