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  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    Academic foundations

    -year applicants—in other words, all domestic and international students who are ... Requirements, or GIRs. The GIRs are classes that students take once they’re at ... standardized American curriculum, this guidance is aimed at students attending
  • Discover / The MIT education

    Majors & minors

    [intro]At MIT, majors are conventionally called courses, and they ... 're counted differently than at most other universities. The terminology can be ... learn through programs that are at the leading edge of their field
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    College access & advising programs

    (though we try to be as transparent as possible at MIT!) and it can take the ... the experience of being a rural student at MIT. Warrior-Scholar Project ... information on DACA. For international students abroad Education USA is a
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    WISE 2025

    fee and completed applications are due by August 1 at 11:59 PM ET. We ... -prepared for MIT have at least some exposure calculus and physics by the end of ... right now? For more information about what each department at MIT offers
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    Letters of recommendation

    these letters at any point before submitting your application, but we ... recommendation, visit this page). Please note: You will only be able to submit ... write letters on your behalf. We don’t hold this against you at all! We
  • Discover / About MIT

    Inventions & innovations

    an international team of over 200 scientists 2021—Ramping up a high ... Experiment (MOXIE) Entrepreneurship at MIT MIT's mission demands that we apply ... each year, with 95% of MIT students participating in at least one UROP
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    Essays, activities & academics

    .) Tell us more about why this field of study at MIT appeals to you. We ... attend an international school, we'll just use your transcript. The ... completing this form). Avoid abbreviations, if at all possible, and enter the
  • Help / Contact

    Via phone

    Our phone number is 1.617.253.3400. That's it. That's the number you'd call, and we'll pick up as long as it's between 9AM and 4PM ET, Monday through Friday. This probably didn't need to be its own page, but now that
  • Discover / Life and culture

    The MIT community

    [intro]Ask anyone at MIT what their favorite thing is about the ... even harder to leave."[/intro] The people at MIT The best asset of MIT ... search the world for students who we think will be a good fit at MIT, and
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    Creative portfolios

    performance and/or study in music and theater arts while at MIT should consider ... submit one or two scripts. Submissions should be no longer than 10 pages ... to be reviewed by professional faculty and staff at MIT. You should
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    About MIT Admissions

    coordinate the Educational Council, an international network of over 3 ... working at MIT Admissions is more than a job: it is a privilege, an honor ... ’s application passes through at least five distinct stages of review and is
  • Afford / Cost & affordability

    How to apply for aid

    .mit.edu/undergraduate-students/apply-for-aid/domestic/"]Learn more and begin your application[/button_link] International students The ... . [button_link link="https://sfs.mit.edu/undergraduate-students/apply-for-aid/international

  • Student life at MIT

    [intro]No day at MIT could really be described as typical. You would ... of what makes life at MIT so vibrant.[/intro] The humans of MIT move ... (and often do) speak at length about our students, but why not get to
  • Discover / Life and culture

    Eating at MIT

     and eat at any dining hall on campus. If you choose to live [annotation ... meal plan and eat at any dining hall, or you may choose to cook for ... who need something on the go. You can learn more about eating at MIT at
  • 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 ... life. How this works is briefly reviewed below, but you can learn more at