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    [intro]There are many ways to get to know us, right from the comfort of your own home![/intro] Join us for an online session Sign up to see ... ="https://apply.mitadmissions.org/portal/virtualmit"]Online session registration[/button_link] Explore MIT on your own We have put
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    Be yourself!

    better sense of yourself, and being a positive influence on those around ... , love to learn, and want to work on big problems to make the world a ... and capable of in a college application.  As admissions officers, we
  • 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
  • Discover / The MIT education

    Undergraduate research

    you a point of entry to begin work that can last a lifetime. Hands-on ... [intro]One of the earliest programs of its kind in the United States ... thousands of projects each year with 95% of MIT graduating seniors conducting
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    Via tesseract

    "That, of course, is the impractical, long way around. We have learned to take short cuts wherever possible." "Sort of like in math?" Meg ... , my dears. Cervantes. Experience is the mother of knowledge." Mrs. Who
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    Extracurricular activities

    extracurricular or co-curricular activities.  On our application, we ask for up to ... about who you are and how you spend your time outside of schoolwork ... to concentrate on just a few. Some students may spend significant time
  • Apply / Transfer applicants

    The transfer application

    number, which is located on the right-hand side of the application portal. ... .S. permanent residents may apply through spring entry. Transcripts: Copies of all of your secondary/high school, college, and university transcripts
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    Newsletters

    campus. MIT Daily, from the MIT News Office, offers regular updates on ... on important developments in artificial intelligence, blockchain, the future of work, and technology in general.
  • Apply / Parents and educators

    For school counselors

    letters on behalf of your applicants. For our advice and tips on writing a ... negative impact on the applicant's chances of admission. Matching a student ... regionalized officer who exclusively presents to your school or area. All of our
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    Social media

    MIT Social Media Hub If you want a snapshot into what all of the different MIT communities/offices/labs/important people/etc are posting, the ... . @MITAdmissions You can also find @MITAdmissions social media accounts on Instagram
  • 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

    Transcripts

    entity. Counselors can submit transcripts to us in three ways: By ... 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

  • 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
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    Returning students

    experiences of students returning to higher education. At the same time, we need to evaluate students against a common baseline of preparation for a ... while, we expect to see the results of your standardized tests, transcript
  • 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 Institutional Research. Elsewhere on our site, you can find current admission
  • Discover / The MIT education

    MIT’s educational philosophy

    -motivated and engaged participants in a dynamic community of learners. We combine ... offered, of course!"]required to learn French and German[/annotation] in order to graduate. However, the MIT education has always been based on
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    Creative portfolios

    Room.
 For more information on each type of portfolio, please review the ... reflecting on your research experience. Abstract/poster: Include a PDF of ... transfer applicants. Research Supplement Students who have worked on a