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    in getting to know you. This includes the secondary school materials ... Secondary school materials Some students apply to us after an ... experiences of students returning to higher education. At the same time, we
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    your life and your expectations around the narrow goal of trying to get ... If you’re thinking about applying to MIT, you're probably curious, love to learn, and want to work on big problems to make the world a
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    process that gets them there.” Once the students work to develop and present their comprehensive plan during the fall semester, they get to ... . “We take a spring break trip to kind of get to see that year’s topic in

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    [intro]You made it to the end of our virtual visit experience! We hope it helped you get to know MIT and the students that make this place so special. Before you go, we have some final resources for you to take
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    Extracurricular activities

    Some students feel so much pressure to get into the “right” college that they want to make sure they do everything “right”—down to their extracurricular or co-curricular activities.  On our application, we ask for up to
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    Creative portfolios

    submitted if they feature work that is both significant to you and relevant to ... to you. Research questionnaire: Complete a brief questionnaire ... to submit a letter of recommendation directly through the Slide
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    quantity to crowd out interest in the common good. Because when you get to ... ways to define the best, and we think it’s important that young people be ... terms, we want students to pursue the things that interest them with
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    find our mailing address below. We'll get back to you much faster via ... -related documents to us for some reason—or if you would like to mail us something not related to an application—you can send it to: Massachusetts Institute of

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    28, 2025; you can check the official policy page for the most up-to ... Nondiscrimination policy Privacy policy Accessibility MIT is committed to providing an inclusive and accessible environment. To that end, we have a
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    get to know you. Remember that this is not a writing test. Be honest, be ... trying to get a clear picture of your academic preparation by subject area ... Rather than asking you to write one long essay, the MIT application

  • Student life at MIT

    likely get 4,500 unique answers from each of our undergrads as to what a ... (and often do) speak at length about our students, but why not get to ... freely from lectures to labs, from dance floors to darkrooms, from study
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    Veterans

    their service, and we are proud to support a community of veterans on ... forward to supporting you through the admissions process. How to apply ... prospective students. While most veterans are eligible to apply for transfer
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    Clubs & activities

    club or organization to match your interests, it's easy to start your own, and get together with your friends to nerd out however your heart ... , including: Laboratory for Chocolate Science, a club dedicated to the
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    What we look for

    key components: Alignment with MIT's mission MIT’s mission is to use science, technology, and other areas of scholarship to make the world better ... . Remember that there are many ways to make an impact—we're not looking for

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    About MIT Admissions

    to what they imagine might get them into MIT, and we try to remind them ... and selection of all undergraduate applicants to the Institute ... aspire to attend it. As one of our colleagues once wrote, we believe that

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    plenty of travel time to get to campus, taking Boston traffic into ... Groups of 6–50 students are welcome to submit a request for a private group ... . Please note this tour is designed to assist prospective undergraduate