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    WISE 2025

    able to find one on your school’s website or in a trusted database ... ; please draft your responses on a separate page or document. How to apply in ... on campus with a current MIT undergraduate student and learn firsthand
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    First-year learning communities

    , you move to a new city, live with a new roommate, enroll in new classes, find your way around a new school. We get it, it can be overwhelming trying to navigate your new life! Amidst the huge changes, some students

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    providing an inclusive and accessible environment. To that end, we have a ...  attribution (give appropriate credit to MIT admissions and the blogger, and provide a link to the ... request on a case-by-case basis. Diversity statement Statement on the role
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    STEM programs

    students come from a wide variety of contexts and may not be able to access ... students PRIMES-USA, a free, year-long research program in math open to ... -week courses (Cascade or HSSP) to a single day educational extravaganza (Splash
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    Inventions & innovations

    —Developing a new steelmaking process that produces no emissions other than pure oxygen 2014—Designing a new paper strip diagnostic test to rapidly ... health 2018—Developing the first-ever plane that relies on a powerful
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    Clubs & activities

    , a radio station, student government, and so on. But alongside these ... , including: Laboratory for Chocolate Science, a club dedicated to the ... group on campus that orders more than 500 pounds of chocolate a year
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    About MIT Admissions

    technology. The students we enroll add to a vibrant campus community and will ... admissions process, as well as our commitment to a level playing field ... , being responsible means acknowledging that we have a moral obligation to

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    : One of our amazing students will take you on a tour of their favorite ... reservation for a session, we will not be able to accommodate you. [button ... ="https://apply.mitadmissions.org/portal/visitmit"]Register[/button_link] In-person group tours If you would like to bring a group of 6–50 people
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    Maker education

    come to be called a "maker education."[/intro] Our motto The motto ... /build/project spaces a new music and arts innovation makerspace, MIT Voxel Lab a ... -year undergraduate students a new state-of-the art community makerspace, the MET
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    International applicants

    colleges, including MIT. This is a quick overview to help you understand how ... considered by MIT to be an international student. If you are a U.S. citizen or ... page is simply intended to be a helpful resource for people who are less
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    What we look for

    . Lobbying a senator to amend bad policy changes the world. There are thousands ... MIT are designed to be worked on in groups, and cross-department labs ... , seed money, and interesting lectures aren't simply handed to students on
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    Books about MIT

    , and impact on the world. Here are some of our favorites: A Widening ...  by Institute Historian T. F. Peterson, which provides a lively introduction to MIT hacks, from the police car on the Great Dome to the abduction of the
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    Summer programs

    . Similar to the way we look at a student’s extracurricular activities, there ... , specialized programs on campus. If studying the human genome, building a robot, or scoping out the stars sound like a fun way to spend your summer
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    Majors & minors

    chart below to get a quick visual sense of what you can study at MIT, read ... , not to a specific major or school, so all first-year students begin MIT ... joint degree, or a double major. However, at MIT, the focus is less on
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    Getting started

    -blind admissions, so requesting a fee waiver will not have any negative impact on ... then to explore, discover new things, and change your mind. What you ... Regular Action. There is no strategic benefit to applying during either
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    For home educators

    less constrained educational environment to take on exciting projects, go ...  Interlochen, among many others) are a great opportunity to work with other students ... [intro]MIT has a long history of admitting homeschooled students, and
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    Be yourself!

    , love to learn, and want to work on big problems to make the world a ... you, then you can succeed on your own terms and be a better applicant to ... application as a chance to share your personal context: what has shaped you into
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    Extracurricular activities

    to concentrate on just a few. Some students may spend significant time ... extracurricular or co-curricular activities.  On our application, we ask for up to ... “right” answers on the MIT application; we want you to be yourself so we