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  • Apply / Understanding the process

    Our mission

    with our admissions process and financial aid. The MIT Office of ... of some of the world’s most intelligent and creative individuals interested in an education centered on science and technology. The students we
  • Discover / Life and culture

    Hacks, tomfoolery & pranks

    stealthily execute campus pranks according to an informal code of ethics. These ... computer systems. As the journalist Steven Levy wrote in his history of hacking, the definition of hacking descends from a much older tradition of
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    Letters of recommendation

    We require letters of recommendation from two teachers. We recommend ...  and—when available—a School Profile and letter of recommendation). You will be able to ... ! (If you're a teacher looking for guides on how to write good letters of
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    Interview

    , we offer an interview with a member of the MIT Educational Council, a network of over 3,500 MIT graduates around the world who volunteer to meet ... interviews will take place in January. If we are unable to offer you an
  • Afford / Cost & affordability

    How much it costs

    education. We offer aid that meets 100% of your demonstrated financial need.[/intro] The big picture The full price of an MIT education is $85,960 for the ... . We offer full-need financial aid, which means we meet 100% of your
  • Apply / Understanding the process

    What we look for

    Institute. Many of the problem sets (our affectionate term for homework) at ... 's really the match between applicant and the Institute that drives our ... of examples. Collaborative and cooperative spirit The core of the MIT
  • Afford / Cost & affordability

    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 ... following documents help us paint a detailed picture of what kind of aid you
  • Apply / Understanding the process

    Admissions statistics

     determine our admissions process, but they are the result of our process. In our ... . Admissions statistics for the Class of 2028 See also: First-year class profile ... deferred students) 614 Offered a place on the wait list 590 Wait list
  • Discover / Life and culture

    Athletics & recreation

    '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 ... teams, we offer the largest Division III program in the nation, in
  • Discover / About MIT

    Inventions & innovations

    [intro]For more than 150 years, the Institute has married teaching ... of world-changing advancements. These innovations translate the novel discoveries of basic research to products and infrastructure used by ordinary
  • Apply / Parents and educators

    Advising your students

    Dean of Admissions, Stu Schmill '86, wrote in a blog post: In simple ... think they have to. We don’t want students to take advanced classes out of a sense of competition, rather than the joy of learning. We don’t want
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    College access & advising programs

    The process of applying to college isn’t always straightforward ... support of a whole community. If you want help understanding the college ... advising program.  Many of these programs are community-based organizations
  • Discover / Life and culture

    Eating at MIT

    eat. Your options If you choose to live in one of the six ... Bon Appétit, offer options for food sensitivities and special diets ... 't use all of their meals can choose to donate them to classmates through a
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    International applicants

    MIT has a very long history of educating international students, and ... applying to an American school like MIT works. Some of the information in ...  and local advising centers. Am I international? For the purposes of the
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    STEM programs

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

    Creative portfolios

    Room.
 For more information on each type of portfolio, please review the ... significant research project outside of high school classes may consider ... experience. Include a PDF of your abstract or research poster, if available

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