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• Apply / First-year applicants

  First-year eligibility

  [annotation note="Note that we do not formally require you to have graduated or earned a GED, though you may well choose to!"]concluded[/annotation] their secondary education and wish to pursue a bachelor's degree as a full
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  Newsletters

  [intro]Would you like to hear from us every once in a while ... campus. MIT Daily, from the MIT News Office, offers regular updates on ... on important developments in artificial intelligence, blockchain, the
• 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 ... apply to another school during Early Action that does have a restriction
• Apply / Transfer applicants

  The transfer application

  recommendation: We recommend that one letter of recommendation come from a math or ... 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

• MIT visits you

  take a look and see if we'll be in your area. We can't wait to meet you ... to this question.) 2025 Upcoming visits Don't worry if there isn't a ... [intro]Not everyone can take the time to come to MIT, so we do our
• Discover / The MIT education

  The first year

  designate up to 48 units to be graded on a pass/no record basis after their ... by choosing among a variety of ways to complete core subjects and ... Terrascope is a learning community where students work on interdisciplinary

• Student life at MIT

  likely get 4,500 unique answers from each of our undergrads as to what a ... freely from lectures to labs, from dance floors to darkrooms, from study breaks to startup meetings, from dining halls to family dinners. We could

• Housing and residence life

  want to live in, giving students the chance to live in a place that feels ... (GRTs) who are there to provide snacks, life advice, or some help with a ... (blog by Shuli J. ’22) Re-orienting (blog by Fatima A. ’25) Guide to
• Apply / Preparing for MIT

  Academic foundations

  analytic thinking with creative hands-on work to prepare students to solve ... MIT to develop a broad base of knowledge across [annotation note ... introductory courses in economics and management science—depend on a mastery of
• Apply / Understanding the process

  Our selection process

  region to compare you against each other; each applicant stands on their ... reading—but there are a few you really need to read. These are the blog ... How it works After you click the submit button, it's easy to feel

• 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
• Apply / Transfer applicants

  Academic preparation

  academic record doesn't appear to merit credit in a certain subject, you may ... transfer students take a variety of mathematics and science courses before ... areas. To prepare for MIT’s academic program, we recommend that transfer
• Discover / Life and culture

  Hacks, tomfoolery & pranks

  stealthily execute campus pranks according to an informal code of ethics. These ethics, loosely stated, assert that hacks must do no damage to property or any person, must be safe, and must provide joy or amusement to those who
• Apply / Understanding the process

  First-year class profile

  citizens and excluded from all other categories). All percentages rounded to nearest whole number.  The International Students Office has a breakdown of ...  http://iso.mit.edu/about/statistics.shtml. Socioeconomic Status First generation in their family to attend college 20
• Apply / Understanding the process

  Admissions statistics

  deferred students) 614 Offered a place on the wait list 590 Wait list Applicants offered a place on the wait list 590 Number admitted from the wait ... people understand complex systems and make informed decisions. So, a few
• Discover / The MIT education

  Cross-registration

  to MIT for these terms. However, while on an approved domestic study ... [intro]In addition to the thousands of courses already offered by the ... note='As the 1949 Lewis Report on the MIT undergraduate education wrote
• Discover / About MIT

  Basic facts

  relevance to the practical world and transforming society for the better. To ... ) who will contribute to MIT and the world.[/intro] These basic facts are ... Institutional Research. Elsewhere on our site, you can find current admission
• Discover / The MIT education

  General Institute Requirements

  , and social sciences, including three to four in a concentration of your ... education necessary to solve hard problems in a complex world. ... practical discovery and improvement.” To achieve this diverse education
• Apply / First-year applicants

  Transcripts

  to be submitted and processed, we will add it to your application as a ... We require an official transcript sent by a school counselor or ... school does not have a school counselor, your transcript may be submitted
• Apply / Parents and educators

  Advising your students

  siblings or working 20-30 hours a week to support their family), or who come ... ways to define the best, and we think it’s important that young people be ... Dean of Admissions, Stu Schmill '86, wrote in a blog post: In simple