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  • Apply / Transfer applicants

    Transfer eligibility

    apply to transfer to MIT is during your second term of study. Maximum of ... -time term equivalency to estimate your eligibility. Eligibility will be ... submit one application per entry year, meaning if you apply to enter in the

  • Student life at MIT

    likely get 4,500 unique answers from each of our undergrads as to what a ... of what makes life at MIT so vibrant.[/intro] The humans of MIT move freely from lectures to labs, from dance floors to darkrooms, from study
  • Discover / The MIT education

    Undergraduate research

     credit. How to UROP You may apply for advertised UROP positions or propose your own. Or conduct your research at MIT, off campus, or even ... you a point of entry to begin work that can last a lifetime. Hands
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    Summer programs

    -focused summer program is what you’re looking for and you’re not sure where to ... , or scoping out the stars sound like a fun way to spend your summer ... should do to prepare for applying to MIT, and our answer is always to spend
  • Discover / The MIT education

    MIT’s educational philosophy

    offered, of course!"]required to learn French and German[/annotation] in order to graduate. However, the MIT education has always been based on ... particular area of expertise (obtained through your major(s) and courses of
  • Discover / The MIT education

    The first year

    [intro]During the first year at MIT, you will explore your interests 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
  • Discover / Learn more

    Admissions videos

    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 ... comforting character for those of us old enough to remember videotapes
  • Apply / Transfer applicants

    Academic preparation

    are substantively equivalent to corresponding MIT subjects. If your ... offered at your institution to those offered at MIT, you can refer to the ... areas. To prepare for MIT’s academic program, we recommend that transfer
  • Blog / Academics & Research

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    MIT student blogger Vincent A. '17
    pair of socks) but I came just in time to hear one of the Google engineers speak about his route to the company, starting from his freshman ... out my resume to several other companies (which would result in several

  • Clubs, activities, and athletics

    [intro]From puppies to pyrotechnics, MIT students organize hundreds ... . Chances are, if you're into something, you can find someone else on campus to share that excitement with.[/intro] Student activities Sure, there
  • Help / Contact

    Via tesseract

    learned to take short cuts wherever possible." "Sort of like in math?" Meg asked. "Like in math." Mrs. Whatsit looked over at Mrs. Who. "Take your ... see," Mrs. Whatsit said, "if a very small insect were to move from the
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    Deadlines & requirements

    application portal. Please note: You’re only allowed to apply once per entry ... -native English speakers who plan to apply. Mid-February February Updates & ... non-native English speakers who plan to apply. (We will also accept
  • About

    About MIT Admissions

    financial need. We are committed to making MIT financially accessible ... and selection of all undergraduate applicants to the Institute ... aspire to attend it. As one of our colleagues once wrote, we believe that
  • Discover / The MIT education

    Cross-registration

    your GIRs, but you can take them to fulfill electives or departmental ... [intro]In addition to the thousands of courses already offered by the ... .[/annotation] To that end, we have established strong ties with nearby institutions

  • Housing and residence life

    [intro]Housing is guaranteed on campus your entire undergraduate ... -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 / Parents and educators

    For home educators

    . Homeschooled applicants make up less than 1% of our applicant pool (and less than ... having taken initiative, showing an entrepreneurial spirit, and making the ... less constrained educational environment to take on exciting projects, go
  • Discover / About MIT

    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
  • Help / Contact

    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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    Via email

    , then we'll sort out who needs to respond and [annotation note="We get ... emails tend to spike especially around the application deadlines, so please be patient if we don't respond in realtime."] get back to you as

  • MIT visits you

    [intro]Not everyone can take the time to come to MIT, so we do our best to come to you. We crisscross the U.S. as often as we can, so that you can learn more about MIT and see if it may be right for you