As a heads up, high school/university students can now attend BOTH
UMD's Bitcamp Hackathon AND the Chesapeake Regionals. Bitcamp will provide showers, endless food, and a sleeping area if you choose to attend the hackathon - and as a bonus you'll be able to check out cool tech like Oculus Rifts and Google Glass since it runs overnight Friday-Saturday and ends Sunday.
It is definitely a great opportunity for programmers and beginners alike to get noticed for that they do and they'll get a chance to build a really cool product in under 24 hours. A hackathon is worth the experience:
https://medium.com/hackathons-anonymous/3d5413601c05
Take a look at this thread for more info: http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=127113