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    Arts & music

    [intro]More than half of all undergraduates take part in arts and ... of contemporary art, is home to a state-of-the-art black box performing ... beginner.[/intro] MIT is full of opportunities to showcase your artistic
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    Social media

    MIT Social Media Hub If you want a snapshot into what all of the different MIT communities/offices/labs/important people/etc are posting, the ... . @MITAdmissions You can also find @MITAdmissions social media accounts on Instagram
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    Transfer credit & advanced standing

    -secondary classes while they’re still in high school. Many of these programs offer ... of how many classes you may have taken at the university level—even if ... policies on transfer credit.  Broadly speaking, there are three ways to earn
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    Hacks, tomfoolery & pranks

    stealthily execute campus pranks according to an informal code of ethics. These ... computer systems. As the journalist Steven Levy wrote in his history of hacking, the definition of hacking descends from a much older tradition of

  • Student life at MIT

    likely get 4,500 unique answers from each of our undergrads as to what a “day in the life of an MIT student” looks like for them—and that's part of what makes life at MIT so vibrant.[/intro] The humans of MIT move
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    Returning students

    experiences of students returning to higher education. At the same time, we need to evaluate students against a common baseline of preparation for a ... while, we expect to see the results of your standardized tests, transcript
  • Discover / About MIT

    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 Institutional Research. Elsewhere on our site, you can find current admission
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    Essays, activities & academics

    ? Depending on the question, we're looking for responses of approximately 100 ... consists of several short response questions and essays designed to help us ... too much—spending a lot of time stressing or strategizing about what
  • Discover / About MIT

    Life after MIT

    won a Nobel Prize. You can browse a list of notable alumni on Wikipedia ... . Here are some of the things they do next.[/intro] Careers Career advising at MIT is formally coordinated by the office of Career Advising &
  • Discover / The MIT education

    MIT’s educational philosophy

    -motivated and engaged participants in a dynamic community of learners. We combine ... offered, of course!"]required to learn French and German[/annotation] in order to graduate. However, the MIT education has always been based on

  • Arts and music

    [intro]MIT students are as creative in the studio and on stage as they are in the lab. More than half of undergrads enroll in arts and ... dozens of performance ensembles that encompass classical and contemporary
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    Creative portfolios

    Room.
 For more information on each type of portfolio, please review the ... reflecting on your research experience. Abstract/poster: Include a PDF of ... transfer applicants. Research Supplement Students who have worked on a
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    Academic foundations

    introductory courses in economics and management science—depend on a mastery of ... This section will focus on academic preparation for first ... students, veterans of the U.S. military, and applicants who took an extended
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    Be yourself!

    better sense of yourself, and being a positive influence on those around ... , love to learn, and want to work on big problems to make the world a ... and capable of in a college application.  As admissions officers, we
  • Apply / Understanding the process

    Our mission

    with our admissions process and financial aid. The MIT Office of ... of some of the world’s most intelligent and creative individuals interested in an education centered on science and technology. The students we
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    Interview

    About the interview At MIT we don't just want to see how you look on ... , 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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    Admissions videos

    MIT, "The Social Beaver" focused on the community living and range of ... Pi Day videos (2014–2024) In 2014, we made a video of some bloggers ... comforting character for those of us old enough to remember videotapes

  • Housing and residence life

    [intro]Housing is guaranteed on campus your entire undergraduate experience, and all first-year students live in one of our 10 on ... MIT residence halls Sarah C. ’23 takes us on tour of her suite in Burton
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    Athletics & recreation

    . About 25% of MIT students participate in varsity athletics, and on average ... 'Brien, and Barry fields, which offer acres of on-campus athletics fields for ... United States. About a quarter of our students are varsity athletes, and
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    Veterans

    MIT has a long history of educating veterans, both before and after their service, and we are proud to support a community of veterans on ... in advanced math and science both improves your odds of getting into