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  Essays, activities & academics

  —you're doing it wrong. Our questions For the 2025–2026 application, we're asking ... of you. Tell us about something you do simply for the pleasure of it
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  About MIT Admissions

  we do not take for granted and work very hard to keep. Our Mission The ... realizing our vision, we are guided by several principles that help us do the ... not only equally but equitably on every applicant.  However, we do the
• Apply / First-year applicants

  First-year eligibility

  The first-year application is intended for students who have [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
• Apply / First-year applicants

  Interview

  interviews are not usually formal affairs. You do not have to dress up for your

• 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
• Discover / The MIT education

  MIT’s educational philosophy

  [intro]MIT believes the best education occurs when students are self-motivated and engaged participants in a dynamic community of learners. We combine rigorous academics with a learning-by-doing approach.[/intro] Our guiding
• Discover / Life and culture

  Hacks, tomfoolery & pranks

  [intro]At MIT, "hacks" are performed by students who safely and 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
• Apply / First-year applicants

  Getting started

  action cycle. Just do what works for you! Application fee or waiver Our
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  About MITAdmissions.org

  name in order to do so. Since then, we've built up a following and sense ... resource about first-year and transfer admissions. We do not conduct ... expense of the audience don't get the blogs shut down: catchall for doing
• Discover / Life and culture

  The MIT community

  can do is read the blogs and see for yourself. Graduate students There ... nation and the world. Graduate students do not teach undergraduate classes at MIT, but they do serve as academic and social mentors, by leading
• Apply / Preparing for MIT

  Academic foundations

  that you’re ready to do the work, and helps you make the most of the ... matters is that you are prepared to take, and do well in, a class that ... Core and HASS Requirement as soon as you arrive. We do this through your
• Apply / Parents and educators

  Advising your students

  ethical character. We don’t want students to do things just because they
• Apply / Understanding the process

  Admissions statistics

  . Holistic admissions It is important to understand that these numbers do not

• Request a group tour

  students in their college search process. These visits do not include an
• Discover / Life and culture

  Eating at MIT

  learn to do eventually. There is no right or wrong answer overall, just a
• Apply / First-year applicants

  Biographical & personal information

  . However, we do not share your contact information with them, we reach out on
• Apply / First-year applicants

  DACA & undocumented applicants

  waivers on our application, conduct [annotation note="This means we do not
• Afford / Cost & affordability

  How much it costs

  -free. Those who do borrow tend to have debt at graduation lower than the
• Discover / Life and culture

  Athletics & recreation

  school, MIT does not award athletic scholarships, nor do coaches get to
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  First-year learning communities

  . Unlike some of the other FLCs, Terrascope students do not take their core ... bean bag chairs, where students can be found doing p-sets at all hours of