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  • Clubs, activities, and athletics

    might expect. But MIT students also run a Laboratory for Chocolate Science ... Athletes (via Slice of MIT) A Week in the Life of a Student-Athlete (blog
  • Apply / Parents and educators

    For parents

    the admissions process as a rite of passage—a challenging initiation ... only: finding the right fit. This means finding a community where your
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    Transfer credit & advanced standing

    're still in high school, you're considered a first-year applicant regardless ... you graduate with both a high school diploma and an associate's degree ... Baccalaureate, A-level, Baccalauréat, etc. Some MIT departments have established

  • Housing and residence life

    want to live in, giving students the chance to live in a place that feels ... [annotation note='East Campus residence hall is closed for a two-year renovation ... kitchens! All residence halls have a live-in house team who cultivate
  • Apply / Parents and educators

    Advising your students

    Dean of Admissions, Stu Schmill '86, wrote in a blog post: In simple ... a sense of competition, rather than the joy of learning. We don’t want a laundry list of a million activities. And we don’t want students
  • Discover / Life and culture

    Housing at MIT

    [intro]Housing is a very important part of undergraduate life at MIT. You choose where you live, and each living group is a community with its ... -campus residence halls.[/intro] We believe that students should have a great deal of
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    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 ... significant time in the United States, or those who have a liminal status as
  • Discover / Life and culture

    The MIT community

    search the world for students who we think will be a good fit at MIT, and ... will inspire and guide you along the way. What follows is a brief ...  humans of MIT are truly special, and we hope that among them you will find a
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    Getting started

    fees presents a hardship for some families. Fee waivers are available for ... -blind admissions, so requesting a fee waiver will not have any negative impact on ... the end of your first year at MIT—there's a lot of time between now and
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    Early vs Regular

    fine to apply during either cycle. We do not have a preference, and there ... cycles for two reasons: 1) it helps us spread our work out over a longer ... apply to another school during Early Action that does have a restriction

  • QuestBridge

    MIT is proud to be a QuestBridge partner About QuestBridge Quest ... applying through the program. About the National College Match As a ... participating in the National College Match Finalists ranking MIT If you are a
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    Newsletters

    [intro]Would you like to hear from us every once in a while?[/intro] Then you should sign up for our MIT Admissions monthly newsletter (prospective undergraduates only please). It's from us(!), and contains
  • Discover / The MIT education

    Majors & minors

    , not to a specific major or school, so all first-year students begin MIT ... . Students may complete a traditional degree, an interdisciplinary degree, a joint degree, or a double major. However, at MIT, the focus is less on

  • Policies

    providing an inclusive and accessible environment. To that end, we have a ...  attribution (give appropriate credit to MIT admissions and the blogger, and provide a link to the ... licensing our content under different terms (i.e. for use in a commercial

  • Explore MIT on your own

    [intro]You don't have to travel to Cambridge to get a feel for MIT ... —you’ll find a link to the next stop in this virtual ... rabbit hole deep into the digital MIT universe...we consider that a success
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    STEM programs

    and excitement of a college like MIT.  Here’s an incomplete list of ... students come from a wide variety of contexts and may not be able to access ... students PRIMES-USA, a free, year-long research program in math open to