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Ishaan from HackMIT here. Regarding interest, in the past week, we've gotten over 1500 signups –– more than we can handle, to be honest. But there's definitely
by igul222 13y ago
Ishaan from HackMIT here. Regarding interest, in the past week, we've gotten over 1500 signups –– more than we can handle, to be honest. But there's definitely no lack of interest.
- gailees 13y ago1500!? Is this going to be the largest hackathon ever?
- alanctgardner2 13y agoUnfortunately, attendance to something like this won't be anywhere near 100% of the people who express interest. Especially considering the prestige of MIT and the publicity, I bet a lot of people are considering it but ultimately won't be able to go because it's really far and a long event around midterms time. For reference (orders of magnitude different, I know), I organized a local hackathon and heard from probably 100 'interested' people. We ended up netting 30 registrations, which was the cap for our venue, but I only actually turned 2 people away. So 2/3 of the developers that I spoke to and emailed personally couldn't make it, and that was in the city they already live in.
- milhous 13y agoDoes this mean some people will be turned away if turnout exceeds capacity?