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    International applicants

    MIT has a very long history of educating international students, and ... colleges, including MIT. This is a quick overview to help you understand how applying to an American school like MIT works. Some of the information in

  • 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 ... students in their college search process. These visits do not include an
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    Extracurricular activities

    Some students feel so much pressure to get into the “right” college ... about who you are and how you spend your time outside of schoolwork ... outside of the classroom, choose your activities because they delight
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    WISE 2024

    , including the cost of transportation to and from MIT. We strongly encourage ... , or might be the first in their family to attend college. Please note: You must attend high school in the United States or one of its
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    Transcripts

    representative. This applies for high school and college transcripts. If your ... section of their application. Our preference is for counselors to use our ... line of the email for easier processing. Please note: If you send us a

  • Explore MIT on your own

    new things—whether on campus or off—there's more than enough to explore ... .[/intro] Let's get started At the bottom of each page—starting with this one ... .) We’ve written pretty extensively about each of these topics elsewhere
  • Apply / Parents and educators

    For school counselors

    regionalized officer who exclusively presents to your school or area. All of our ... outside of the reading season. You are our professional colleagues, and we ... and mention the name and location of your school. During the reading
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    Essays, activities & academics

    outside of your high school (at a local junior college or university, for ... consists of several short response questions and essays designed to help us ... too much—spending a lot of time stressing or strategizing about what
  • Discover / The MIT education

    Maker education

    -year undergraduate students a new state-of-the art community makerspace, the MET ... [intro]MIT's dozens of makerspaces, dedicated hands-on classes, and experiential programs give you training in modern means of manufacture: what has
  • Discover / Life and culture

    Clubs & activities

    cultural appreciation and scientific investigation of chocolate, and the only group on campus that orders more than 500 pounds of chocolate a year Science Fiction Society, home to the largest open-stacks library of science

  • Housing and residence life

    experience, and all first-year students live in one of our 10 on ... halls—and others are more alternative, full of murals, cats, and community ... community among their residence, including faculty Heads of House (professors

  • MIT visits you

    .[/intro] You will find us at NACAC college fairs and hosting information sessions ... them as well! Check out the list of where we're headed below, and we ... application process. There is a Q&A period at the end of session as well

  • Maps, directions, parking

    MIT section of our site. The Welcome Center is open from 9 AM to 5 PM ... . Cambridge traffic is usually awful, the layout of the roads is confusing, and ... , you can conveniently visit many other colleges along the way! If you
  • Help / Contact

    Visit our office

    station. You can learn more in the Visit MIT section of our site. Welcome ... usually awful, the layout of the roads is confusing, and, although there is ... environment, you can conveniently visit many other colleges along the way! If

  • Schedule your campus visit

    In-person info sessions and tours We offer two types of campus visits ... : One of our amazing students will take you on a tour of their favorite ... ="https://apply.mitadmissions.org/portal/visitmit"]Register[/button_link] In-person group tours If you would like to bring a group of 6–50 people
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    About MITAdmissions.org

    only a few months old and restricted to a handful of colleges, which ... About MITAdmissions.org MITAdmissions.org is the official website of MIT's Office of Undergraduate Admissions. We are located on our own
  • About

    About MIT Admissions

    ."]MIT Office of Undergraduate Admissions[/annotation] oversees the recruitment and selection of all undergraduate applicants to the Institute ... coordinate the Educational Council, an international network of over 3
  • Discover / The MIT education

    The first year

    by choosing among a variety of ways to complete core subjects and ... of having taken it; in the second term, students earn an A, B, C, or no record. As part of the flexible pass/no record grading option, students may

  • Policies

     central accessibility website where you can find all of MIT's accessibility resources in one convenient location. Clery Act The Clery Act requires colleges and ... three years of campus crime and fire safety statistics and certain campus
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    STEM programs

    and excitement of a college like MIT.  Here’s an incomplete list of some remarkable programs, organizations, and websites that many of our ... your imagination and powers of analysis, connect you with other young