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    Thank you for your interest in a private group tour of MIT! Please ... Groups of 6–50 students are welcome to submit a request for a private group tour led by a current MIT student. Tours last approximately 60 minutes
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    A brief history of MIT

    [intro]In 1865, the founding of MIT established a new kind of ... America. Since then, MIT has built a robust tradition of solving problems in ... .[/intro] A private university in the public interest The story of MIT begins
  • Apply / Understanding the process

    Our mission

    's longstanding commitment to the public interest, a theory we put into practice ... Admissions enrolls a talented and diverse undergraduate student body composed ... enroll add to a vibrant campus community and will become the leaders and

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    We are makers. We are thinkers. We are explorers. In all that we do. The MIT community is driven by a shared purpose to make a better world through education, research, and innovation. We are fun and quirky

  • Schedule your campus visit

    life, the application process, and financial aid. A student-led campus ... : One of our amazing students will take you on a tour of their favorite ... are one hour. Reservations are required. Should you arrive without a
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    Via email

    about 70,000 emails a year that are answered by a dedicated staff of about four people. We average a response within 24 hours, but the number of
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    Books about MIT

    , and impact on the world. Here are some of our favorites: A Widening ... how MIT's first nine presidents helped transform the Institute from a small technical school into a major research university Becoming MIT
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    First-year learning communities

    a whole lot of change happening at once. In the span of a few weeks, you move to a new city, live with a new roommate, enroll in new classes, find your way around a new school. We get it, it can be overwhelming
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    Creative portfolios

    transfer applicants. Research Supplement Students who have worked on a ... to you. Please answer a brief questionnaire about your research experience. Include a PDF of your abstract or research poster, if available
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    About MITAdmissions.org

    name in order to do so. Since then, we've built up a following and sense of home at this domain, so we've just stayed here. This website is a ... accessible) as possible. As a general rule, you may consider as authoritative
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    Be yourself!

    , love to learn, and want to work on big problems to make the world a ... and capable of in a college application.  As admissions officers, we ... application as a chance to share your personal context: what has shaped you into
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    Letters of recommendation

    one evaluation from a math/science teacher, and one from a humanities ...  and—when available—a School Profile and letter of recommendation). You will be able to ... ! (If you're a teacher looking for guides on how to write good letters of
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    Admissions videos

    Pi Day videos (2014–2024) In 2014, we made a video of some bloggers ... released, and making a video to announce Pi Day became an unexpected tradition. You can watch them all in a YouTube playlist here, or in the
  • Discover / Life and culture

    Clubs & activities

    organizations, activism groups, and many more including a newspaper, a debate team, a radio station, student government, and so on. But alongside these ... , including: Laboratory for Chocolate Science, a club dedicated to the
  • Discover / The MIT education

    MIT’s educational philosophy

    -motivated and engaged participants in a dynamic community of learners. We combine rigorous academics with a learning-by-doing approach.[/intro] Our guiding principles Since the first classes were offered in a storage warehouse in
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    Athletics & recreation

    United States. About a quarter of our students are varsity athletes, and ... addition to a Division I crew program. MIT is highly competitive within its NEWMAC conference. It is possible to be a student and athlete at MIT
  • Discover / About MIT

    Inventions & innovations

    Globe published a ranked list of 150 inventions and discoveries ... . Here are a few of the accomplishments from the past decade: 2013—Developing a new steelmaking process that produces no emissions other than pure