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    Essays, activities & academics

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

    representative. This applies for high school and college transcripts. If your ... section of their application. Our preference is for counselors to use our ... your counselor include your name and application number in the subject

  • Policies

    one convenient location. Clery Act The Clery Act requires colleges and ... three years of campus crime and fire safety statistics and certain campus ... of diversity in MIT Admissions In undergraduate recruitment and

  • infinite MIT

    , and a lot of exploration along the way. We don't read, edit, or ... .[/annotation]We hope you'll get a good sense of the MIT community and if it might be a ... assets). Debt-free: 87% of students graduate without loans Resources and

  • Arts and music

    they are in the lab. More than half of undergrads enroll in arts and ... dozens of performance ensembles that encompass classical and contemporary music, visual and digital art, and a vibrant world of dance.[/intro] Music

  • Clubs, activities, and athletics

    of clubs, organizations, and activities covering every imaginable topic ... 's the typical newspaper, radio station, and literary journal that you ... , organize large-scale hackathons, and host educational programs for local
  • Discover / The MIT education

    General Institute Requirements

    curriculum and foundation for the rest of your education.[/intro] William ... , and social sciences, including three to four in a concentration of your ... and speaking skills Laboratory requirement: a minimum number of
  • Discover / Life and culture

    Clubs & activities

    cultural appreciation and scientific investigation of chocolate, and the only ... organized through, and recognized by, the Association of Student Activities ... ). The student leadership of the ASA helps allocate space and funding to
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    Letters of recommendation

    —when available—a School Profile and letter of recommendation). You will be able to ... understand that there are different types of schools out there, and you will ... We require letters of recommendation from two teachers. We recommend

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    through education, research, and innovation. We are fun and quirky, inventive and artistic, obsessed with numbers, and welcoming to talented people regardless of where they come from.
  • Discover / About MIT

    Inventions & innovations

    discoveries of basic research to products and infrastructure used by ordinary ... Globe published a ranked list of 150 inventions and discoveries ... flow of ions instead of moving parts to generate thrust and propel the
  • Discover / Life and culture

    The MIT community

    Institute and they'll probably say "the people." The quality of the MIT ...  humans of MIT are truly special, and we hope that among them you will find a ... range of economic and educational backgrounds, and has the highest
  • Discover / About MIT

    Basic facts

    that end, we seek the best possible community of scholars (and humans ... curated from the latest issue of the MIT Facts book and data from MIT ... playing fields 40+ gardens and green spaces 60+ public works of art
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    Admissions videos

    . It cost hundreds of thousands of dollars and was produced entirely by a ... in the Museum's archives. A product of its times, and resonant with ... MIT, "The Social Beaver" focused on the community living and range of
  • Discover / Life and culture

    Hacks, tomfoolery & pranks

    clever and elegant pranks that exist at the intersection of creative ... hacking at MIT, including Nightwork: A History of Hacks and Pranks at MIT ... [intro]At MIT, "hacks" are performed by students who safely and
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    Undergraduate research

    [intro]One of the earliest programs of its kind in the United States ... thousands of projects each year with 94% of MIT graduating seniors conducting ... .[/intro] In 1969, Margaret MacVicar, then a 26-year-old MIT professor (and
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    Social media

    MIT Social Media Hub If you want a snapshot into what all of the ... the latest research and news to the craziest hacks and campus events ... and Facebook.
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    Other videos

    , and Centers, the basic organizational entities that constitute MIT."]DLCs[/annotation]have a YouTube channel where they post videos about teaching, research, and people. It's hard to narrow down thousands of videos, but here are a few of
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    Housing at MIT

    arrangements, and prices. Some are pristine and clean, others are full of murals ... faculty Heads of House and[annotation note="Graduate students who serve as ... FSILGs. About 37% of MIT's undergraduates are affiliated with an FSILG, and

  • Student life at MIT

    likely get 4,500 unique answers from each of our undergrads as to what a “day in the life of an MIT student” looks like for them—and that's part of what makes life at MIT so vibrant.[/intro] The humans of MIT move