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-## [college & admin](/wiki/college-admin)
-
-1. **College Board Student Search Service** — opt-in that floods you with fake "you've been selected!" recruitment spam
-2. *(common gotcha)* **naming the wrong school in your essay** — copy-paste "Why Us?" essays with the wrong school name = instant reject
-3. *(common gotcha)* **missing FAFSA and financial aid deadlines** — separate from admission deadlines, often earlier, first-come-first-served
-4. *(common gotcha)* **starting applications too late** — 12 supplementals due in 3 weeks because you started in November
-
-## [demo & presentation](/wiki/demo-presentation)
-
-5. **not testing the full demo end-to-end** — individual pieces work, full flow doesn't. test the whole thing.
-6. **forgetting to restart the server before demo** — showing stale code with old bugs on stage
-7. **not practicing the presentation once** — one dry run is the difference between amateur and competent
-8. **not emphasizing the live demo enough** — judges want to see it work, not hear you talk about it
-9. **not memorizing a one-liner** — fumbling "what does it do?" every time someone asks
-10. **pitching matters as much as product** — bad pitch makes a great project forgettable
-11. *(common gotcha)* **slides as documentation** — packing slides with code and diagrams that nobody can read
-12. *(common gotcha)* **no backup plan for a failed demo** — live demo crashes, team freezes, judges move on
-13. *(common gotcha)* **jumping between features with no narrative** — feature tour without a story = forgettable
-
-## [scope & execution](/wiki/scope-execution)
-
-14. **perfectionism over hackathon fit** — spending 2 extra hours polishing when rough would've been fine
-15. **not matching the theme/track** — great project that doesn't fit the judging criteria
-16. *(common gotcha)* **building an all-in-one product** — auth + dashboards + analytics + social in 24 hours = nothing works
-17. *(common gotcha)* **optimizing for scale before you have users** — kubernetes for a project with 3 users (the judges)
-
-## [team dynamics](/wiki/team-dynamics)
-
-18. **teams without shared understanding** — nobody knows the plan because there was no plan
-19. **not figuring out what you want before finding partners** — different goals (win vs learn vs network) create friction
-20. **unclear roles** — three people on the backend, nobody on the pitch
-21. **solo > bad team** — a focused solo builder beats a dysfunctional team every time
-22. *(common gotcha)* **personality mismatch under pressure** — great at a meetup, terrible at 4am when the API is down
-23. *(common gotcha)* **all coders, no communicator** — incredible project, can't explain it to judges
-
-## [networking & events](/wiki/networking-events)
-
-24. **not getting contacts immediately** — "i'll get it later" = you won't. they leave.
-25. **not recording conversations** — met 20 people, forgot half of what was said by next day
-26. **introducing yourself in a way that misleads** — labels trigger assumptions. lead with what you do.
-27. **phone ringing at events** — embarrassing and avoidable. vibrate is free.
-28. *(common gotcha)* **showing up with no plan** — wandering a conference without target connections
-29. *(common gotcha)* **not following up within 48 hours** — warm connection goes cold in a week
-30. *(common gotcha)* **networking as extraction** — "what can you do for me?" energy repels people
-
-## [mindset](/wiki/mindset)
-
-31. **AI rot** — hours of prompting without independent thought. step away every 10 minutes.
-32. **FOMO trap** — jealous of what it looks like, not what they're learning
-33. **over-indexing on respected people's opinions** — their advice is for their game, not yours
-34. *(common gotcha)* **AI-assisted imposter syndrome** — "did i build this or did the AI?" erodes confidence
-35. *(common gotcha)* **comparison as motivation (until it isn't)** — borrowed energy that inverts into despair
-
-## [project planning](/wiki/project-planning)
-
-36. **the over-planning trap (Nosce/OnCue/Axon/Tellwell)** — four name changes, full PRD, zero users
-37. **the relay-build fallacy (Build Chain)** — 16 friends, sequential handoffs, fell apart
-38. *(common gotcha)* **building before validating the problem** — 3 weeks of coding, zero evidence anyone wants it
-39. *(common gotcha)* **the "just one more feature" loop** — perfectionism disguised as product sense
-
-## [submissions](/wiki/submissions)
-
-40. **not checking what you're submitting** — submitted the wrong video file for a final
-41. **Congressional App Challenge presentation** — one missing sentence about impact cost the win
-42. *(common gotcha)* **submitting right at the deadline** — upload stalls at 11:58pm, 500 others doing the same
-43. *(common gotcha)* **not reading submission requirements** — great project, garbage supplementary materials
-
-## [technical](/wiki/technical)
-
-44. **ESP32 30-hour debugging saga** — one line fix after 30 hours. the wrong assumption kills you.
-45. **Discord bot → account ban** — automated friend requests = banned. read the ToS.
-46. *(common gotcha)* **hardcoding secrets in code** — bots scrape GitHub for exposed keys within minutes
-47. *(common gotcha)* **not using version control (or using it wrong)** — can't undo, can't find the last working version
-48. *(common gotcha)* **"it works on my machine"** — runs on your laptop, crashes on the demo machine
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+## college & admin
+
+- [[college-board-student-search]] — opt-in that floods you with fake "you've been selected!" recruitment spam
+- [[naming-wrong-school-in-essay]] *(common gotcha)* — copy-paste "Why Us?" essays with the wrong school name = instant reject
+- [[missing-fafsa-deadlines]] *(common gotcha)* — separate from admission deadlines, often earlier, first-come-first-served
+- [[starting-applications-too-late]] *(common gotcha)* — 12 supplementals due in 3 weeks because you started in November
+- [[stay-on-admins-good-side]] — bank goodwill before you need favors
+
+## demo & presentation
+
+- [[test-demo-before-presenting]] — individual pieces work, full flow doesn't. test the whole thing.
+- [[restart-server-before-demo]] — showing stale code with old bugs on stage
+- [[practice-presentation-once]] — one dry run is the difference between amateur and competent
+- [[emphasize-live-demo]] — judges want to see it work, not hear you talk about it
+- [[memorize-one-liner]] — fumbling "what does it do?" every time someone asks
+- [[pitching-matters-as-much-as-product]] — bad pitch makes a great project forgettable
+- [[slides-as-documentation]] *(common gotcha)* — packing slides with code and diagrams that nobody can read
+- [[no-backup-plan-for-failed-demo]] *(common gotcha)* — live demo crashes, team freezes, judges move on
+- [[jumping-between-features-no-narrative]] *(common gotcha)* — feature tour without a story = forgettable
+
+## scope & execution
+
+- [[perfectionism-over-hackathon-fit]] — spending 2 extra hours polishing when rough would've been fine
+- [[match-the-theme-track]] — great project that doesn't fit the judging criteria
+- [[building-all-in-one-product]] *(common gotcha)* — auth + dashboards + analytics + social in 24 hours = nothing works
+- [[optimizing-for-scale-too-early]] *(common gotcha)* — kubernetes for a project with 3 users (the judges)
+
+## team dynamics
+
+- [[teams-without-shared-understanding]] — nobody knows the plan because there was no plan
+- [[figure-out-what-you-want-before-partners]] — different goals (win vs learn vs network) create friction
+- [[unclear-roles]] — three people on the backend, nobody on the pitch
+- [[solo-vs-bad-team]] — a focused solo builder beats a dysfunctional team every time
+- [[personality-mismatch-under-pressure]] *(common gotcha)* — great at a meetup, terrible at 4am when the API is down
+- [[all-coders-no-communicator]] *(common gotcha)* — incredible project, can't explain it to judges
+
+## networking & events
+
+- [[get-contacts-immediately]] — "i'll get it later" = you won't. they leave.
+- [[record-conversations]] — met 20 people, forgot half of what was said by next day
+- [[how-you-introduce-yourself]] — labels trigger assumptions. lead with what you do.
+- [[phone-on-vibrate]] — embarrassing and avoidable. vibrate is free.
+- [[showing-up-with-no-plan]] *(common gotcha)* — wandering a conference without target connections
+- [[not-following-up-within-48-hours]] *(common gotcha)* — warm connection goes cold in a week
+- [[networking-as-extraction]] *(common gotcha)* — "what can you do for me?" energy repels people
+
+## mindset
+
+- [[ai-rot]] — hours of prompting without independent thought. step away every 10 minutes.
+- [[fomo-trap]] — jealous of what it looks like, not what they're learning
+- [[over-indexing-on-opinions]] — their advice is for their game, not yours
+- [[ai-assisted-imposter-syndrome]] *(common gotcha)* — "did i build this or did the AI?" erodes confidence
+- [[comparison-as-motivation]] *(common gotcha)* — borrowed energy that inverts into despair
+
+## project planning
+
+- [[over-planning-trap]] — four name changes, full PRD, zero users
+- [[relay-build-fallacy]] — 16 friends, sequential handoffs, fell apart
+- [[building-before-validating]] *(common gotcha)* — 3 weeks of coding, zero evidence anyone wants it
+- [[just-one-more-feature-loop]] *(common gotcha)* — perfectionism disguised as product sense
+
+## submissions
+
+- [[check-what-you-submit]] — submitted the wrong video file for a final
+- [[frame-impact-explicitly]] — one missing sentence about impact cost the win
+- [[submitting-right-at-the-deadline]] *(common gotcha)* — upload stalls at 11:58pm, 500 others doing the same
+- [[not-reading-submission-requirements]] *(common gotcha)* — great project, garbage supplementary materials
+
+## technical
+
+- [[esp32-debugging-saga]] — one line fix after 30 hours. the wrong assumption kills you.
+- [[discord-bot-ban]] — automated friend requests = banned. read the ToS.
+- [[hardcoding-secrets-in-code]] *(common gotcha)* — bots scrape GitHub for exposed keys within minutes
+- [[not-using-version-control]] *(common gotcha)* — can't undo, can't find the last working version
+- [[it-works-on-my-machine]] *(common gotcha)* — runs on your laptop, crashes on the demo machine
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