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  How to write good letters of recommendation

  . Try to address the following questions in your evaluation: What is ... , versatile and talented student who will be an asset to your undergraduate ... this large school, I do not always have the time to personally get to
• Discover / About MIT

  Life after MIT

  [intro]As hard as it might be to imagine sometimes, there is life after MIT, as shown by the ~146,000 MIT alumni living around the world ... advising at MIT is formally coordinated by the office of Career Advising &
• Discover / The MIT education

  MIT’s educational philosophy

  (produced by our research and innovation) MIT also tends to [annotation note ... rigorous academics with a learning-by-doing approach.[/intro] Our guiding ... offered, of course!"]required to learn French and German[/annotation] in
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  Academic preparation

  are substantively equivalent to corresponding MIT subjects. If your ... be allowed to demonstrate that you are entitled to such credit by ... until after you are admitted to MIT, at which point it is evaluated by the
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  International applicants

  considered by MIT to be an international student. If you are a U.S. citizen or ... . However, this will not negatively impact your application to MIT. MIT admissions counselors are trained to understand the educational system in your
• Discover / The MIT education

  Undergraduate research

   credit. How to UROP You may apply for advertised UROP positions or propose your ... you that maybe get your feet under you first. First-year UROPs are often ... you a point of entry to begin work that can last a lifetime. Hands

• Arts and music

  get to know them is by watching them perform. Enjoy this performance by ... Orchestra, Festival Jazz Ensemble, and Rambax, a Senegalese drumming group, to name a few. Tune in below to watch the MIT Video Game Orchestra in their
• Apply / Transfer applicants

  Transfer eligibility

  apply to transfer to MIT is during your second term of study. Maximum of ... -time term equivalency to estimate your eligibility. Eligibility will be ... submit one application per entry year, meaning if you apply to enter in the
• Apply / First-year applicants

  Deadlines & requirements

  application portal. Please note: You’re only allowed to apply once per entry ... -native English speakers who plan to apply. Mid-February February Updates & ... non-native English speakers who plan to apply. (We will also accept
• Discover / The MIT education

  Cross-registration

  [intro]In addition to the thousands of courses already offered by the ... to help our students develop their interests by cross-registering when ... your GIRs, but you can take them to fulfill electives or departmental
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  About MIT Admissions

  to what they imagine might get them into MIT, and we try to remind them ... and selection of all undergraduate applicants to the Institute ... by Stu Schmill '86, Dean of Admissions and Student Financial Services
• Apply / Parents and educators

  For school counselors

  regionalized officer who exclusively presents to your school or area. All of our ... prepared to speak with you and answer your questions.[/intro] Call us We are ... for you as well as two teachers at your school to write thoughtful
• Discover / About MIT

  Inventions & innovations

  discoveries of basic research to products and infrastructure used by ordinary ... resources to help them get started on entrepreneurial projects of their own ...  associated with MIT, including everything from the World Wide Web to Technicolor
• Discover / The MIT education

  Majors & minors

  .[/intro] Your first year When you apply to MIT, you apply to the entire university ... chart below to get a quick visual sense of what you can study at MIT, read ... confusing, but the important thing to know is that we have many things you can

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  We are makers. We are thinkers. We are explorers. In all that we do. The MIT community is driven by a shared purpose to make a better world ... , inventive and artistic, obsessed with numbers, and welcoming to talented
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  Athletics & recreation

  school, MIT does not award athletic scholarships, nor do coaches get to ... addition to a Division I crew program. MIT is highly competitive within its NEWMAC conference. It is possible to be a student and athlete at MIT
• 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 ... period, devoting more time to each application, and 2) it provides
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  Admissions videos

  by faculty of the need to work ethically in the production of science ... throwing cream pies in each other's faces to announce when decisions would be released, and making a video to announce Pi Day became an unexpected
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  Via mail

  find our mailing address below. We'll get back to you much faster via ... -related documents to us for some reason—or if you would like to mail us something not related to an application—you can send it to: Massachusetts Institute of
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  Social media

  MIT Social Media Hub is your spot. The Hub shares everything MIT, from the latest research and news to the craziest hacks and campus events