Our admissions process is not regionalized, so there is no regionalized officer who exclusively presents to your school or area. All of our admissions officers read applications from around the country and world, and are prepared to speak with you and answer your questions.
Reach out to us
We are always happy to have a professional conversation on the phone, especially outside of the reading season.01 During the reading season (November–April), most admissions officers will either be away from the office reading applications or sequestered in the admissions committee. You are our professional colleagues, and we hope to both learn from you what is happening on the ground in high schools as well as share with you about MIT and our admissions process.
You are welcome to call our office during business hours (Monday–Friday, 9 AM–5 PM ET) at 1.617.253.3400, or to email us at [email protected]. Be sure to identify yourself as a counselor and mention the name and location of your school.
Submitting transcripts and recommendation materials
In this process, applicants must invite a school counselor (or equivalent school official, if your school does not have one) via the application portal in order for you to submit a Secondary School Report (SSR) with a transcript, along with other available materials such as a letter of recommendation or school profile.
For our advice and tips on writing a helpful and effective letter, see our guide to writing recommendations. If you do not or cannot write letters of recommendation for students, or do not have a school profile, that’s OK — we ask for these materials to be submitted only if available and applicants will not be disadvantaged in this case.
Documents can be uploaded through the secure, personal, MIT-specific form you’ll receive via email once you’re invited by the applicant. We prefer to receive documents through direct upload in this recommendation form, but also accept documents sent through other accepted methods, including through platforms such as Parchment, Naviance, or SCOIR.
Please contact us if you have any questions about transcripts and recommendation materials — we are happy to help!
Fee waivers
Our application fee is $75. However, we understand that paying college application fees presents a hardship for some families. Fee waivers are available for both domestic and international applicants, and applicants can request one in the Fee Waiver Request section of the application. MIT practices need-blind admissions, so requesting a fee waiver will not have any negative impact on the applicant’s chances of admission.
Matching a student with MIT
If you are a counselor, teacher, or school administrator interested in supporting a student’s candidacy for admission to MIT, you may be interested in reviewing a few of the following pages to help orient you in our application process:
- During the reading season (November–April), most admissions officers will either be away from the office reading applications or sequestered in the admissions committee. back to text ↑