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  21 Firsts highlight reels from the last few years, as I prepare to say goodbye

  

  threads through the pages of an established past. The years since my coming ... experiencing the first signs of culture shock: jetlag manifesting as odd sleep ... upcoming midterm. But many of them have been in the same spirit of that first

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 8, 2017
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  First-year learning communities

  a whole lot of change happening at once. In the span of a few weeks ... are part of much smaller academic groups, the first-year learning ... students as they go through their first year at MIT. Each of the three

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  Athletics & recreation

  , the home of MIT football, lacrosse, and track and field Briggs, O ... -America citations, the most of any DIII school in the nation. As a Division III ... the coach of their sport to indicate their interest in MIT. Club &

• Explore MIT on your own

  .[/intro] Let's get started At the bottom of each page—starting with this one ... on our site, and you'll find those pages linked in the headers. When in doubt, check the blogs; out of more than 7,240 posts, there’s likely one
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  International applicants

  applying to an American school like MIT works. Some of the information in ...  and local advising centers. Am I international? For the purposes of the ... defined for the purpose of statistical records, but please know that we

• infinite MIT

  community. First Generation and/or Low Income Program: Part of the Office of the First Year, FLI builds a sense of community among first generation ... where you can watch all of the i3 videos that undergrads make to woo first
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  About MITAdmissions.org

  About MITAdmissions.org MITAdmissions.org is the official website of ... blog post and lives somewhere in the navbar structure."]static page[/annotation], or help page. Blog posts, particularly those regarding the admissions
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  First-year class profile

  For the MIT Class of 2029 Some facts and figures about the [annotation note="Class of 2029 data as of the enrolled student census conducted in October 2025."]1,155 members[/annotation] of the Class of 2029. All
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• Discover / The MIT education

  The first year

  [intro]During the first year at MIT, you will explore your interests ... . In the first term, students either pass the class or receive no record of having taken it; in the second term, students earn an A, B, C, or no
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  First-year eligibility

  The first-year application is intended for students who have ... secondary education, but may not apply using the first-year application if ... pursuing a different field of study from the bachelor’s degree you hold. By
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  WISE 2025

  are admitted to WISE has no bearing upon the consideration of your first ... , including the cost of transportation to and from MIT. We strongly encourage ... , or might be the first in their family to attend college. Please note
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  Academic foundations

  students, veterans of the U.S. military, and applicants who took an extended ... that you’re ready to do the work, and helps you make the most of the ... ='More specifically, the GIRs consist of a Science Core; the Humanities, Arts, and
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  Creative portfolios

  Room.
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  Veterans

  MIT, and helps you make the most of the Institute when you’re here ... take (or place out of, through an Advanced Standing Examination) the ... —especially calculus, the building block for many of our courses—is essential to a
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  How to write good letters of recommendation

  information and impressions we cannot glean from the rest of the application. Try to give a complete sketch of the student and the context of their ... the context of your relationship with the applicant? If you do not know
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  Letters of recommendation

  of the application regardless of how the recommender intends to submit ... We require letters of recommendation from two teachers. We recommend ...  and—when available—a School Profile and letter of recommendation). You will be able to
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  College access & advising programs

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