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  • Discover / The MIT education

    Undergraduate research

    thousands of projects each year with 95% of MIT graduating seniors conducting ... .[/intro] In 1969, Margaret MacVicar, then a 26-year-old MIT professor (and ... then, MIT has spent well over $100 million on the UROP program
  • Discover / The MIT education

    General Institute Requirements

    [intro]General Institute Requirements (GIRs) are MIT's core ... Barton Rogers, MIT's founding president, once wrote that "the abstract ... , General Institute Requirements are completed by everyone at MIT no matter their area
  • Policies

    Nondiscrimination policy Privacy policy Accessibility MIT is committed to ...  central accessibility website where you can find all of MIT's accessibility resources in ... security policy statements. For information on security and safety on MIT’s
  • Apply / Understanding the process

    Our mission

    Our work at MIT Admissions is both bound and inspired by MIT ... with our admissions process and financial aid. The MIT Office of ... . Alden Thresher, an economist and the first Director of Admissions at MIT
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    STEM programs

    and excitement of a college like MIT.  Here’s an incomplete list of ... specific STEM programs at MIT or otherwise. Programs hosted by MIT For students across the US: MIT hosts several residential STEM summer programs
  • Housing and residence life

    -campus residence halls. And MIT allows its students to choose which residence they ... challenging problem set. FSILGs In addition to its residence halls, MIT ... , collectively known as the FSILGs. About 37% of MIT's undergraduates are
  • Afford / Cost & affordability

    How to apply for aid

    attend MIT affordably. Three steps to apply for aid. CSS Profile: a tool ... need-based MIT Scholarship FAFSA: the form you need to fill out to see ... [button_link link="https://sfs.mit
  • Apply / Transfer applicants

    Academic preparation

    areas. To prepare for MIT’s academic program, we recommend that transfer students complete the following college courses before entering MIT ... majors at MIT include a science core that consists of two semesters of
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    Interview

    About the interview At MIT we don't just want to see how you look on ... , 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
  • Discover / Life and culture

    Hacks, tomfoolery & pranks

    [intro]At MIT, "hacks" are performed by students who safely and ... experience the hack.[/intro] At MIT, hacking refers to more than breaking into ... Wikipedia article about hacking at MIT, as well as documentation of historical
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    Summer programs

    should do to prepare for applying to MIT, and our answer is always to spend ... start, here’s an incomplete list of summer programs that MIT students have found enriching and fun. These are selective summer programs, at MIT and
  • Maps, directions, parking

    Admissions at MIT Welcome Center MIT Admissions offers two types of ... answer on our website, you can email us at admissions@mit.edu or call 1 ... address: 292 Main Street, Cambridge, MA 02142 We are located at the MIT
  • Help / Contact

    Visit our office

    [intro]Admissions at MIT Welcome Center[/intro] If you plan to visit, we are located at the MIT Welcome Center near the Kendall Square T station. You can learn more in the Visit MIT section of our site. If you
  • Apply / Parents and educators

    For school counselors

    schools as well as share with you about MIT and our admissions process. You ... address at admissions@mit.edu. Be sure to identify yourself as a counselor ... one in the Fee Waiver Request section of the application. MIT practices
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    International applicants

    MIT has a very long history of educating international students, and ... colleges, including MIT. This is a quick overview to help you understand how applying to an American school like MIT works. Some of the information in
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    Be yourself!

    If you’re thinking about applying to MIT, you're probably curious ... open your MIT application without knowing anything about you, and we use ... who you are today, who you’d like to become, and why MIT is the right
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    Transcripts

    uploading them directly into the MIT application portal By using a third-party service such as Naviance or SCOIR By sending PDFs to admissions@mit ... -party service other than the MIT application portal. If your counselor is not
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    Early vs Regular

    MIT has two application cycles: Early Action (EA) and Regular Action ... anything like that. If you choose to apply to MIT during Early Action, we do ... apply to another school during Early Action that does have a restriction, MIT
  • Discover / Life and culture

    Clubs & activities

    [intro]MIT students organize more than 450 official student groups ... desires.[/intro] The recognized student groups at MIT include ethnic and ... health and wellness Outing Club, which is dedicated to helping the MIT