who is eligible
undergraduate students
undergraduate at MIT or officially cross-registered at MIT are eligible for participation
otherwise, full-time undergraduate students may only participate in a team of three
graduates at MIT
only graduate students attending MIT are eligible for participation
past winners
individuals who have won more than $2000 total in their 6.148 (formerly 6.470) career are not eligible to compete. special prizes do not count towards this restriction. if in doubt, please contact our staff.
You do not have to officially register for the course (6.148) to compete, as long as you are eligible. Therefore, you may compete even if you are taking another 12 unit class during IAP by not registering for the class. However, we strongly encourage that you register for the course so we have a count on the number of competitors for logistics.