Transfer applicants: Transfer deadlines & requirements

The transfer application is open in the MIT application portal.

Please review the transfer eligibility terms and requirements below before starting your application.

Transfer application requirements

The MIT application portal is where you’ll manage all required components of your application:

• MIT Transfer Application form: The form includes sections for biographical and personal information, essays, activities, transcripts, test scores, and recommendations.
• Transcripts: We require copies of all of your secondary/high school, college, and university transcripts to be uploaded within the transfer application.
• Letters of recommendation: We require two academic letters of recommendation from college instructors. One recommendation should come from a math or science instructor; the other can come from another academic instructor who knows you well.
• School Official Report: We require a School Official Report from your advisor, registrar, or another school official from your current college/university.
• Standardized tests: We require the SAT or ACT. Applicants must take required tests by October 31 for spring entry, and before March 31 for fall entry.
• Application fee of $75 (or fee waiver)

After submitting your application, the portal is also where you can manage your recommenders, update test scores, and see your admission decision.

Have supplemental materials? Creative portfolios in SlideRoom are available for researchers, performing artists, visual artists, and makers to submit optional supplemental materials by the corresponding application cycle deadline. Creative portfolios are truly optional, and should only be submitted if they feature work that is both significant to you and relevant to your MIT application.

Please note: You’re only allowed to submit one application per entry year, meaning if you apply to enter in the spring term, you cannot reapply for the fall term of the same calendar year.

Deadlines

Spring entry (February) applications are due October 15, 2026. Only U.S. citizens and U.S. permanent residents may apply through spring entry.

Fall entry (September) applications are due March 1, 2027.

Financial aid applications are managed separately from admissions applications, and are due February 15 for all transfer applicants.

* Please note: You should add your recommenders and submit your application by the deadline; you don’t have to wait for your recommenders to submit their materials first. We ask recommenders to submit by the deadline as well, but materials that arrive later are still accepted and attached to your application.