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    Academic foundations

    exposure to [annotation note='By this we mean any class that teaches the core ... are required to take (or get credit for) two semesters of calculus ... analytic thinking with creative hands-on work to prepare students to solve
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    Athletics & recreation

    school, MIT does not award athletic scholarships, nor do coaches get to ... addition to a Division I crew program. MIT is highly competitive within its NEWMAC conference. It is possible to be a student and athlete at MIT
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    Returning students

    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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    Books about MIT

    Sphere: Evolving Cultures at MIT by Philip N. Alexander, which describes ... : Moments of Decision a volume edited by Professor David Kaiser, which traces ... years College Admissions and the Public Interest by former Director of
  • Discover / About MIT

    Life after MIT

    [intro]As hard as it might be to imagine sometimes, there is life after MIT, as shown by the ~146,000 MIT alumni living around the world ... advising at MIT is formally coordinated by the office of Career Advising &
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    Admissions videos

    by faculty of the need to work ethically in the production of science ... throwing cream pies in each other's faces to announce when decisions would be released, and making a video to announce Pi Day became an unexpected
  • Discover / The MIT education

    Global education

    [intro] A majority of MIT students travel to study, research, work ... can expect to have at least one international experience with research ... more than 40 countries, with most opportunities fully funded by MIT
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    Via mail

    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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    MIT’s educational philosophy

    (produced by our research and innovation) MIT also tends to [annotation note ... rigorous academics with a learning-by-doing approach.[/intro] Our guiding ... offered, of course!"]required to learn French and German[/annotation] in
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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

  • Housing and residence life

    (blog by Shuli J. ’22) Re-orienting (blog by Fatima A. ’25) Guide to ... -campus residence halls. And MIT allows its students to choose which residence they want to live in, giving students the chance to live in a place that feels
  • Apply / Transfer applicants

    The transfer application

    a test by the October test date, and fall entry applicants must take a test by the March test date. School Official Report: To be completed by ... . Remaining documents should be mailed to: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Apply / Parents and educators

    For parents

    can do to prepare for MIT. These step-by-step guides will help orient ... enough to take the social and intellectual risks that make college really worthwhile. In order to best understand how this process works, we encourage
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    Be yourself!

    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
  • Apply / Understanding the process

    Our mission

    Our work at MIT Admissions is both bound and inspired by MIT's longstanding commitment to the public interest, a theory we put into practice ... enroll add to a vibrant campus community and will become the leaders and
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    A brief history of MIT

    independent educational institution relevant to an increasingly industrialized ... envisioned a new education to unify mens et manus, mind and hand, theory and ... applied to the Massachusetts legislature for "an Act of Incorporation of the
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    Advising your students

    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
  • Apply / Transfer applicants

    Academic preparation

    be allowed to demonstrate that you are entitled to such credit by ... until after you are admitted to MIT, at which point it is evaluated by the ... areas. To prepare for MIT’s academic program, we recommend that transfer