diff --git a/src/components/features/factotum/add-members.tsx b/src/components/features/factotum/add-members.tsx
index 61562c4..f3ea94c 100644
--- a/src/components/features/factotum/add-members.tsx
+++ b/src/components/features/factotum/add-members.tsx
@@ -10,9 +10,13 @@ import { toast } from "sonner";
 export default function AddMembers() {
   const [emails, setEmails] = useState<string>("");
   const server = useFactotum().server;
-  const [selectedRoles, setSelectedRoles] = useState<string[]>(["mentor"]);
+  const [selectedRoles, setSelectedRoles] = useState<string[]>(["hacker"]);
 
   const availableRoles = [
+    {
+      label: "Hacker",
+      value: "hacker",
+    },
     {
       label: "Mentor",
       value: "mentor",
@@ -40,7 +44,7 @@ export default function AddMembers() {
       .split("\n")
       .map((e) => e.trim())
       .filter((e) => e.length > 0);
-    
+
     if (emailList.length === 0 || selectedRoles.length === 0) {
       toast.error("You must select at least one role and provide at least one email");
       return;
diff --git a/src/components/features/hackerapp/hacker-app-question.tsx b/src/components/features/hackerapp/hacker-app-question.tsx
index e857d05..cfc7614 100644
--- a/src/components/features/hackerapp/hacker-app-question.tsx
+++ b/src/components/features/hackerapp/hacker-app-question.tsx
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ const FORM_INPUT_OPTIONS: HackerApplicationQuestionFormInputField[] = [
   "race",
   "jobPosition",
   "connectPlus",
+  "travellingToHackathon",
 ];
 
 export const SHOW_FORM_INPUT: HackerApplicationQuestionType[] = [
diff --git a/src/lib/firebase/types.ts b/src/lib/firebase/types.ts
index b25fc36..f0fa08f 100644
--- a/src/lib/firebase/types.ts
+++ b/src/lib/firebase/types.ts
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ export interface Applicant {
     gender: string | Record<string, boolean>;
     graduation: number;
     isOfLegalAge: boolean;
+    ageByHackathon: string;
     location: string; // city
     major: ApplicantMajor | Record<string, boolean>;
     phoneNumber: string; // "+1 XXX-XXX-XXXX"
@@ -318,7 +319,8 @@ export type HackerApplicationQuestionFormInputField =
   | "pronouns"
   | "race"
   | "jobPosition"
-  | "connectPlus";
+  | "connectPlus"
+  | "travellingToHackathon";
 export interface HackerApplicationQuestion {
   _id?: string; // internal
   title?: string;
diff --git a/src/services/query.ts b/src/services/query.ts
index 6fb2931..854d261 100644
--- a/src/services/query.ts
+++ b/src/services/query.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,15 @@ export const flattenApplicantData = (applicant: Applicant, hackathon?: string):
   const hackathonYear = year ? Number.parseInt(year) : 2025;
   const isLegacyFormat = hackathonYear < 2024 || hackathon === "nwHacks2024"; 
 
+  const computedIsOfLegalAge = (applicant: Applicant) => {
+    const rawAge = applicant.basicInfo?.ageByHackathon
+    if (rawAge == "<=16") return false
+    if (rawAge == ">24") return true
+
+    const numericAge = typeof rawAge === "number" ? rawAge : Number(rawAge)
+    return numericAge >= 19
+  }
+
   const flattened: FlattenedApplicant = {
     // Basic Info
     firstName: applicant.basicInfo?.legalFirstName || applicant.basicInfo?.firstName || "",
@@ -55,7 +64,7 @@ export const flattenApplicantData = (applicant: Applicant, hackathon?: string):
           applicant.basicInfo?.gender as Record<string, boolean> | undefined,
           ''
         ),
-    isOfLegalAge: applicant.basicInfo?.isOfLegalAge || false,
+    isOfLegalAge: computedIsOfLegalAge(applicant),
     culturalBackground: returnTrueKey(applicant.basicInfo?.ethnicity || applicant.basicInfo?.culturalBackground),
     dietaryRestriction: createStringFromSelection(
       applicant.basicInfo?.dietaryRestriction,
@@ -148,6 +157,7 @@ export const getAvailableColumns = (): string[] => {
       gender: "",
       location: "",
       isOfLegalAge: true,
+      ageByHackathon: "0",
       ethnicity: {
         asian: false,
         black: false,