General

What is a hackathon?

HackMIT is a weekend-long event where thousands of students from around the world 🌎 come together to work on cool new software 🕹 and/or hardware 🛠 projects. Websites 🖥 and mobile apps 📱 are common types of hacks, but you can build anything! Think outside of the box! 📦

When is HackMIT?

This year, we will be extending HackMIT to 3️⃣6️⃣ hours! It will start on Friday evening in the east coast, and end Sunday morning on the weekend of September 1️⃣8️⃣-2️⃣0️⃣ :)

What's the cost 💰?

Admission is free and includes mentors, workshops, $wag, resources, and a memorable experience!

Where’s the schedule?

We'll release a more detailed 🗓 schedule in August. For now, know that we’re planning for opening ceremony to start Friday at 9pm EDT and for closing ceremony to end Sunday mid-afternoon.

But I’ve never hacked!

That's totally okay! This year at HackMIT we'll be hosting a series of beginner workshops where you can start getting your hands 🤝 dirty with all things hackathon-y. Those who attend the beginner workshops are also eligible for the beginner prize! 🏅

I have more questions⁉️

Please email us at [email protected] if you've got any questions or concerns! We’d love to help you out :)

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