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    The MIT community

    Institute and they'll probably say "the people." The quality of the MIT ... even harder to leave."[/intro] The people at MIT The best asset of MIT ... try to put together the best team of students to go through MIT together
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    Visit our office

    , we are located at the MIT Welcome Center near the Kendall Square T station. You can learn more in the Visit MIT section of our site. If you ... traffic is usually awful, the layout of the roads is confusing, and
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    A brief history of MIT

    , attracted a new kind of student. Ellen Swallow Richards, the first woman in ... [intro]In 1865, the founding of MIT established a new kind of ... the public interest at the intersection of technology and humanity
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    Extracurricular activities

    outside of the classroom, choose your activities because they delight ... Some students feel so much pressure to get into the “right” college ... four activities that are the most important to you. Your academics don
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    Interview

    paper; we're interested in the whole person. That's why, whenever possible, we offer an interview with a member of the MIT Educational Council, a network of over 3,500 MIT graduates around the world who volunteer to meet
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    Books about MIT

    , and impact on the world. Here are some of our favorites: A Widening ... how MIT's first nine presidents helped transform the Institute from a ... the evolution of MIT as seen in a series of crucial decisions over the
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    Transfer eligibility

    admission. If you are in your first year of college, the earliest you can ... -year applicant regardless of how many classes you may have taken at the university ... spring term, you cannot reapply for the fall term of the same calendar year
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    Inventions & innovations

    seconds 2019—Capturing the first direct image of a black hole as part of ... of world-changing advancements. These innovations translate the novel ... . Here are a few of the accomplishments from the past decade: 2013
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    Undergraduate research

    [intro]One of the earliest programs of its kind in the United States ... —redefining the nature of research at MIT. Hundreds of academic papers published ... mentorship. The projects span every stage of the process of academic inquiry
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    Transfer credit & advanced standing

    official scores and/or certifications to the Office of the First Year, and ... of how many classes you may have taken at the university level—even if ... the subjects they teach: the Department of Mathematics reviews all math
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    Eating at MIT

    eat. Your options If you choose to live in one of the six ... delivers to campus!), while the Korean supermarket HMart carries staples of ... . During the school year, you can see daily menus here. Students who don

  • Policies

    ’s campus, please see the following link. Hard copies of this report are ... crucial for the successful future of our world to educate people from every walk of life. Statement on the role of diversity in MIT’s educational
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    Our mission

    . Alden Thresher, an economist and the first Director of Admissions at MIT ... with our admissions process and financial aid. The MIT Office of ... of some of the world’s most intelligent and creative individuals
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    For parents

    the admissions process as a rite of passage—a challenging initiation that marks the transition out of childhood and into adult responsibility ... you to review information we've posted about the first-year application
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    Accessing advanced coursework

    information.']Here’s a list of some dual enrollment programs offered across the ... [annotation note="We provide space in the Academics section of the MIT ... on the credit policies of each university. On the MIT application, you
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    Housing at MIT

    the MIT Housing website. Choosing where to live All incoming first ...  Residential Exploration (REX), where you do even more exploring of the different residence ... MIT in the first living group they picked, and some change every year
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    Life after MIT

    . Here are some of the things they do next.[/intro] Careers Career advising at MIT is formally coordinated by the office of Career Advising & ... took jobs after graduation. Of the remaining students, 49% went straight
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    Maker education

    the core of MIT. The Institute has: over 40 design ... -year undergraduate students a new state-of-the art community makerspace, the MET ... set of makerspaces where you can design and test your out-of-the
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    February Updates & Notes Form

    after completion of the fall semester (or after completion of the second ... currently attending school; MIT has all of my grades." option on the form ... directly—we will verify the accuracy of the information you submit as needed
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    Basic facts

    that end, we seek the best possible community of scholars (and humans ... curated from the latest issue of the MIT Facts book and data from MIT ... statistics and the first-year class profile; for statistics on financial aid