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    College access & advising programs

    The process of applying to college isn’t always straightforward ... consortium of colleges and universities dedicated to working with high schools ... support of a whole community. If you want help understanding the college
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    How to apply for aid

    Applications for financial aid are processed by our office of Student ... paint a detailed picture of what kind of aid you’ll need to be able to attend MIT affordably. Three steps to apply for aid. CSS Profile: a tool

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    WISE 2025

    your interest in STEM (the fields of science, technology, engineering ... Weekend Immersion in Science & Engineering program is completely free, including the cost of transportation to and from MIT. We strongly encourage
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    For home educators

    [intro]MIT has a long history of admitting homeschooled students, and these students are successful and vibrant members of our community ... . Homeschooled applicants make up less than 1% of our applicant pool (and less than
  • Apply / Transfer applicants

    Returning students

    Secondary school materials Some students apply to us after an ... experiences of students returning to higher education. At the same time, we need to evaluate students against a common baseline of preparation for a
  • Discover / About MIT

    Life after MIT

    : 54% of 2024 bachelor’s degree graduates had internship/externship that ... . Here are some of the things they do next.[/intro] Careers Career advising at MIT is formally coordinated by the office of Career Advising &
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    QuestBridge

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    full financial need of all admitted students who apply for aid, which ... , and a lot of exploration along the way. We don't read, edit, or ... check them out, there are 7,300 as of this writing."] student bloggers
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    About MIT Admissions

    reality that the vast majority of our applicants will not be offered ... ."]MIT Office of Undergraduate Admissions[/annotation] oversees the recruitment and selection of all undergraduate applicants to the Institute
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    First-year learning communities

    of science and art, philosophy, and literature. This course structure ... concrete theories of science, but also asks further questions about human ... a whole lot of change happening at once. In the span of a few weeks
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    Athletics & recreation

    other universities, while intramural sports are teams of MIT students ... 'Brien, and Barry fields, which offer acres of on-campus athletics fields for ... United States. About a quarter of our students are varsity athletes, and
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    The MIT community

    alumni, while others come from hundreds of other universities around the ... . This unusual degree of access has deep cultural roots in our longstanding ... Institute and they'll probably say "the people." The quality of the MIT

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    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 ... _link link="https://apply
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    STEM programs

    You might think math and science are serious fun, but you aren’t sure ... your imagination and powers of analysis, connect you with other young ... and excitement of a college like MIT.  Here’s an incomplete list of

  • Request a group tour

    refunds will be offered in the case of an Institute-wide closure or a sick ... 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
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    Early vs Regular

    (RA). What's the difference? Only the dates of the deadlines! It is fine to apply during either cycle. We do not have a preference, and there is no strategic benefit to applying in one vs the other. We have two