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  • Apply / Understanding the process

    Our selection process

    How it works After you click the submit button, it's easy to feel ... summaries, along with your entire application, will then go to the selection ... reading—but there are a few you really need to read. These are the blog
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    Essays, activities & academics

    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 ... get to know you. Remember that this is not a writing test. Be honest, be
  • Apply / Parents and educators

    For school counselors

    interested in reviewing a few of the following pages to help orient you in our ... always happy to have a professional conversation on the phone, especially ... hope to both learn from you what is happening on the ground in high

  • Next steps

    [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 ... to check out the FAQs if you need any help. As always, feel free to

  • Arts and music

    are more than a dozen active dance ensembles at MIT, and the best way to get to know them is by watching them perform. Enjoy this performance by ... name a few. Tune in below to watch the MIT Video Game Orchestra in their

  • Maps, directions, parking

    .617.253.3400 between 9 AM and 4 PM ET, Monday through Friday. Getting to the Welcome ... your best option to get here! Depending on where you are coming from, you ... driving to the area, we strongly, strongly encourage you to park further out
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    Transfer credit & advanced standing

    , you get to keep your grade on the ASE as your grade in the class; if you ... supporting materials to these departments over the summer before your first ... official scores and/or certifications to the Office of the First Year, and
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    Summer programs

    . Similar to the way we look at a student’s extracurricular activities, there ... , or scoping out the stars sound like a fun way to spend your summer ... . The program is free of charge to participating students and provides
  • About

    About MIT Admissions

    and selection of all undergraduate applicants to the Institute ... we do not take for granted and work very hard to keep. Our Mission The ... technology. The students we enroll add to a vibrant campus community and will
  • Discover / The MIT education

    Maker education

    come to be called a "maker education."[/intro] Our motto The motto ... former you get from learning in the classroom, and the latter from making ... Makerspace, in the works In addition to our research opportunities
  • Apply / Transfer applicants

    Veterans

    forward to supporting you through the admissions process. How to apply ... —especially calculus, the building block for many of our courses—is essential to a ... afford to come to MIT. As a veteran of the U.S. armed forces, you may be

  • Request a group tour

    plenty of travel time to get to campus, taking Boston traffic into ... review the information below before submitting your request. Programming Groups of 6–50 students are welcome to submit a request for a private group
  • Discover / About MIT

    Inventions & innovations

    discoveries of basic research to products and infrastructure used by ordinary ...  associated with MIT, including everything from the World Wide Web to Technicolor ... diagnostic tool with the potential to transform research and global public
  • Discover / The MIT education

    The first year

    system is designed to ease the transition from high school by giving ... by choosing among a variety of ways to complete core subjects and ... ) interests in order to develop their plans for further study. Before we get to
  • Afford / Cost & affordability

    How to apply for aid

    provided by the College Board that we use to determine if you qualify for a need-based MIT Scholarship FAFSA: the form you need to fill out to see ... . CSS Profile: a tool provided by the College Board that we use to
  • Apply / Understanding the process

    What we look for

    applicants to have cured all infectious diseases in the world by the time they ... science, technology, and other areas of scholarship to make the world better ... that will be the most academically and personally fulfilling to them. If
  • Discover / Learn more

    Books about MIT

    years College Admissions and the Public Interest by former Director of ... -time digital computer to the famous Baker House Piano Drop Designing MIT ... expectations within a university Mens et Mania: The MIT Nobody Knows by
  • Afford / Cost & affordability

    How much it costs

    -free. Those who do borrow tend to have debt at graduation lower than the ... salary of $126,438 for graduates entering industry according to the most ... shouldn't keep you out. Our goal is to admit and enroll the best students
  • Discover / About MIT

    A brief history of MIT

    applied to the Massachusetts legislature for "an Act of Incorporation of the ... remain open to members of the public. The charter was granted on April 10 ... sent west to create the [annotation note="Today known as the University