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    General Institute Requirements

    , and social sciences, including three to four in a concentration of your ... , including at least two relevant to your major, to develop effective writing ... credits of practical, project-based work to stimulate your resourcefulness
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    Transcripts

    to be submitted and processed, we will add it to your application as a ... representative. This applies for high school and college transcripts. If your school does not have a school counselor, your transcript may be submitted
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    February Updates & Notes Form

    . Midyear grades Please be sure to get your official midyear grades from your ... accurately. Your counselor does not need to mail your midyear grades to us ... . The February Updates & Notes Form will be available on your
  • Afford / Cost & affordability

    How to apply for aid

    paint a detailed picture of what kind of aid you’ll need to be able to attend MIT affordably. Three steps to apply for aid. CSS Profile: a tool provided by the College Board that we use to determine if you qualify for a
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    Interview

    typically use the email address you provided on your application to contact ... range from 30 minutes to two hours long. Before you meet with your EC ... interviews are not usually formal affairs. You do not have to dress up for your
  • Blog / Academics & Research

    Google

    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
  • Apply / Understanding the process

    Admissions statistics

    people understand complex systems and make informed decisions. So, a few ... beyond the stats already contributed to the MIT's standard Common Data Set. Holistic admissions It is important to understand that these numbers do not
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    Getting started

    then to explore, discover new things, and change your mind. What you ... Application deadlines Your application must be submitted by November 1 if you're applying Early Action, or January 5 if you're applying

  • Discover

    We are makers. We are thinkers. We are explorers. In all that we do. The MIT community is driven by a shared purpose to make a better world ... , inventive and artistic, obsessed with numbers, and welcoming to talented
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    For school counselors

    regionalized officer who exclusively presents to your school or area. All of our ... prepared to speak with you and answer your questions.[/intro] Call us We are ... for you as well as two teachers at your school to write thoughtful
  • Discover / The MIT education

    Majors & minors

    .[/intro] Your first year When you apply to MIT, you apply to the entire university, not to a specific major or school, so all first-year students begin MIT ... confusing, but the important thing to know is that we have many things you can

  • MIT visits you

    take a look and see if we'll be in your area. We can't wait to meet you, and don't forget to share this information with your family, we welcome ... [intro]Not everyone can take the time to come to MIT, so we do our
  • Apply / Transfer applicants

    The transfer application

    sure to include your name, date of birth, and application reference ... all of your secondary/high school, college, and university transcripts ... test by the March test date. School Official Report: To be completed by
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    Letters of recommendation

    ! (If you're a teacher looking for guides on how to write good letters of ... Social studies Geography How to submit Your school counselor (or ... , social science, or language teacher. We also require materials from your
  • Discover / Life and culture

    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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    Books about MIT

    -time digital computer to the famous Baker House Piano Drop Designing MIT ... to negotiating with student protesters Mind and Hand: The Birth of ...  by Institute Historian T. F. Peterson, which provides a lively introduction to
  • Apply / Transfer applicants

    Returning students

    while, we expect to see the results of your standardized tests, transcript ... Secondary school materials Some students apply to us after an ... experiences of students returning to higher education. At the same time, we
  • Apply / Understanding the process

    Our selection process

    summaries, along with your entire application, will then go to the selection ... How it works After you click the submit button, it's easy to feel like your application has entered a black hole. So what really happens
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    Early vs Regular

    fine to apply during either cycle. We do not have a preference, and there is no strategic benefit to applying in one vs the other. We have two ... period, devoting more time to each application, and 2) it provides