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    Creative portfolios

    is designed for students who would like their work to be reviewed by ... to be reviewed by professional faculty and staff at MIT. You should ... . Consider using a voiceover explanation or text overlays to make your video
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    STEM programs

    people who dare to enjoy nerdy things, and help you prepare for the rigor ... some remarkable programs, organizations, and websites that many of our students find to be exciting resources for their growth—though your local
  • Discover / Life and culture

    Eating at MIT

    [intro]You can choose to join a conventional meal plan with access to ... setting. [/intro] Everyone prefers to eat differently: alone or together ...  approach to housing, we give our students options about where, how, and what to
  • About

    About MIT Admissions

    financial need. We are committed to making MIT financially accessible ... and selection of all undergraduate applicants to the Institute ... by Stu Schmill '86, Dean of Admissions and Student Financial Services

  • Maps, directions, parking

    hosted by admissions officers who share details about academics, campus ... . We’re not able to accommodate walk-in questions from prospective ... answer on our website, you can email us at [email protected] or call 1
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    Letters of recommendation

    recommendation, visit this page). Please note: You will only be able to submit ...  and—when available—a School Profile and letter of recommendation). You will be able to ... like to ask so that they have as much time as possible to write about you

  • 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

    Maker education

    things, and from trying to make them work. This "maker education" is at ... training program, MakerLodge, to teach making skills to first ... students that are used to make...whatever you want! Like this: [embed

  • 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 so special. Before you go, we have some final resources for you to take
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    Books about MIT

    : Kendall Square and the Making of a Global Innovation Hub by Robert Buderi, a ... Sphere: Evolving Cultures at MIT by Philip N. Alexander, which describes ... : Moments of Decision a volume edited by Professor David Kaiser, which traces
  • Apply / Parents and educators

    For parents

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

    Life after MIT

    if you like, and try to imagine what contribution you will make to the ... [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
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    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 ... by faculty of the need to work ethically in the production of science
  • Discover / The MIT education

    Majors & minors

    chart below to get a quick visual sense of what you can study at MIT, read ... confusing, but the important thing to know is that we have many things you can ... .[/intro] Your first year When you apply to MIT, you apply to the entire university