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• Request a group tour

  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
• Discover / About MIT

  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

• Discover

  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
• Apply / Parents and educators

  How to write good letters of recommendation

  recommendation hold substantial weight in our admissions decisions. A well ... beyond their own self-advocacy.[/intro] A guide to writing evaluations for ... . Try to give a complete sketch of the student and the context of their

• 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
• Help / Contact

  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
• Apply / First-year applicants

  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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  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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  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
• Apply / Parents and educators

  For school counselors

  always happy to have a professional conversation on the phone, especially ... address at [email protected]. Be sure to identify yourself as a counselor ... letters on behalf of your applicants. For our advice and tips on writing a
• 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
• Apply / First-year applicants

  Essays, activities & academics

  get to know you. Remember that this is not a writing test. Be honest, be ... too much—spending a lot of time stressing or strategizing about what ... the most right now? (Note: Applicants select from a drop-down list
• Discover / Life and culture

  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