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Please note:

The MIT Welcome Center is closed until January 5. The Admissions Office is available to answer questions by phone or email, but will be closed on Thursday, December 18 from 1–4 PM.

Do letters of recommendation have to be submitted in the MIT application portal?

Our preference is for recommenders to use our application portal to submit documents. However, they do have the option to submit their additional documents via Naviance, SOCIR, or other methods. Applications will not be disadvantaged if recommenders submit their recommendations through a third-party service other than the MIT application portal.

Applicants should enter their recommender and counselor (or equivalent) information into the Recommendations section of the application, regardless of how the recommender intends to submit their materials, because it will help us match the materials to their application.