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    International applicants

    English for fewer than 5 years or do not speak English at home or in school ... , you may not be familiar with the application process for American ... here is also true for American colleges other than MIT, but you should
  • Afford / Cost & affordability

    How to apply for aid

    Applications for financial aid are processed by our office of Student ... attend MIT affordably. Three steps to apply for aid. CSS Profile: a tool provided by the College Board that we use to determine if you qualify for a
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    Accessing advanced coursework

    free online lessons and practice for you to learn new material at your ... If your high school doesn’t offer courses that help you prepare for ... demonstrate their readiness for the MIT education. However, we also know that
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    Transcripts

    representative. This applies for high school and college transcripts. If your ... section of their application. Our preference is for counselors to use our ... -party service, they can send them to us as PDFs at [email protected]. Please have
  • Discover / Life and culture

    Athletics & recreation

    ice hockey team his first winter at MIT. This is why some say that, for ... NEWMAC conference. It is possible to be a student and athlete at MIT ... ; intramural sports If you want to play sports but not at the varsity level, you
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    STEM programs

    specific STEM programs at MIT or otherwise. Programs hosted by MIT For ... people who dare to enjoy nerdy things, and help you prepare for the rigor ... students find to be exciting resources for their growth—though your local

  • MIT visits you

    you can learn more about MIT and see if it may be right for you.[/intro] You will often find us at NACAC college fairs and hosting information
  • Discover / About MIT

    Inventions & innovations

    [intro]For more than 150 years, the Institute has married teaching ... people in everyday life.[/intro] For MIT's 150th anniversary, the Boston ... rather than DNA, for use as a rapid, inexpensive, highly sensitive
  • Discover / The MIT education

    The first year

    [intro]During the first year at MIT, you will explore your interests ... prepare for further undergraduate study.[/intro] Academic exploration Because all students enroll at MIT "undeclared," their first year at MIT is
  • Apply / Understanding the process

    Our selection process

    admissions officers, who will summarize it for the Admissions Committee. These ... members will weigh in. At least a dozen people will significantly discuss ... own. We have no quotas by school, state, or region. You are not at any
  • Apply / Parents and educators

    Advising your students

    that you want what is best for your students. However, there are many ... educationally sound for them to best prepare them to succeed in college and beyond ... sacrificing quality for quantity–something that is happening far too often. We
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    Getting started

    action cycle. Just do what works for you! Application fee or waiver Our ... fees presents a hardship for some families. Fee waivers are available for ... the end of your first year at MIT—there's a lot of time between now and
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    Interview

    About the interview At MIT we don't just want to see how you look on ... interviews are not usually formal affairs. You do not have to dress up for your interview. Finally, as is true for all parts of our application process, just

  • Arts and music

    are more than a dozen active dance ensembles at MIT, and the best way to ... Fixation, MIT's competitive contemporary dance group, at Footwork 2019, a ... ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNN6RXRRtKk[/embed] Other dance highlights Dance at MIT!!! mega
  • Discover / The MIT education

    Maker education

    things, and from trying to make them work. This "maker education" is at ...  and independent activities, resources supporting makers at MIT include: Project ... ]https://youtu.be/87-u1DebjBs[/embed] Project-based classes Many classes at MIT are
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    First-year learning communities

    humanities classes at the Institute, but for first-year students that want to ... By Julia Davis August 25, 2018 Your first year at MIT can seem like a whole lot of change happening at once. In the span of a few weeks
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    About MIT Admissions

    Our Office The [annotation note="MIT Admissions for short ... working at MIT Admissions is more than a job: it is a privilege, an honor ... we do not take for granted and work very hard to keep. Our Mission The
  • Apply / Understanding the process

    First-year class profile

    For the MIT Class of 2029 Some facts and figures about the ... percentages are [annotation note="Except for when a number would round to zero ... universities use when collecting and reporting sex data for students to the U
  • Discover / About MIT

    A brief history of MIT

    the public interest at the intersection of technology and humanity ... applied to the Massachusetts legislature for "an Act of Incorporation of the ... , which allowed states to sell up to 30,000 acres of public land—for each