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  General Institute Requirements

  -yard swim test, because your mind is in your body and we want both to be ... specializing in your course(s) of study. It is possible to earn advanced placement or advanced standing in the GIRs. The important thing to know is
• Apply / First-year applicants

  Letters of recommendation

  ! (If you're a teacher looking for guides on how to write good letters of ... evaluation. Please refer to the instructions on how to submit recommendations ... well on all the tests. We find that the best recommendations are written
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  How to find your way around MIT mit building numbers are logical, but weirdly

  

  ’s your orientation, in the literal sense. This is what the campus looks ... campus is a group of buildings, not to be confused with the building that ... campus. These parts are defined by roads. Everything to the west of

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 11, 2020
• Apply / Transfer applicants

  The transfer application

  a test by the October test date, and fall entry applicants must take a test by the March test date. School Official Report: To be completed by ... Application: The application for spring entry is due October 15, 2025. The
• Apply / First-year applicants

  February Updates & Notes Form

  . Midyear grades Please be sure to get your official midyear grades from your college counselor to complete the February Updates & Notes Form ... . The February Updates & Notes Form will be available on your
• Apply / Preparing for MIT

  Extracurricular activities

  Some students feel so much pressure to get into the “right” college ... four activities that are the most important to you. Your academics don’t shape your whole personal context, and our goal is to understand more
• Blog / About Decisions

  So Chance Me Maybe? Hey! I just met you, and this is crazy, but here's my SAT...

  

  lead me to convincing myself to apply is sobering at best, horrifying at ... even the ordinary. This isn’t true here. The admissions office is run by ... I just said is a horrible lie. Here’s the truth: I have never taken

  • by Joel G. '18
  • October 8, 2014
• Discover / The MIT education

  Maker education

  come to be called a "maker education."[/intro] Our motto The motto ... former you get from learning in the classroom, and the latter from making things, and from trying to make them work. This "maker education" is at
• Discover / Life and culture

  Arts & music

  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 ... . The MIT Symphony Orchestra is open to all students who would like to
• Discover / The MIT education

  Independent Activities Period

  January is entirely up to you. IAP is also the time during which many ... note='With the unintentional benefit, according to then-President Howard ... ,[/annotation] IAP has grown to be a unique feature of the MIT education, offering
• Discover / About MIT

  Inventions & innovations

  the knowledge we produce. One way this happens is through ... discoveries of basic research to products and infrastructure used by ordinary ...  associated with MIT, including everything from the World Wide Web to Technicolor

• 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 ... take a look and see if we'll be in your area. We can't wait to meet you
• Blog / Personal Projects

  [Guest Post] How to Write a Chess Variant Website in Six Months protochess.com: the chess website that lets you make custom pieces and boards

  

  chess program is picking a way to represent your board. A natural approach ... standard chess game, but the whole point of protochess is to design your own ... within facial recognition technology (which, by the way, is really accurate

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 3, 2020
• Apply / Preparing for MIT

  Academic foundations

  foundation before you come to MIT contributes to your own development, shows us that you’re ready to do the work, and helps you make the most of the ... exposure to [annotation note='By this we mean any class that teaches the core
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  ten reflections on mit

  

  that the only way to make it through here is by working with and ... ’ve changed. Then, I need to account for my own “MIT-tinted googles”: for the ... to compare to, but such is the nature of life. Two examples (and these

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • February 15, 2023
• Apply / First-year applicants

  Biographical & personal information

  on your application should match the email that you used to create your ... option later in the application. Addresses We want to know your home ... bit of information about the people you consider to be your parents in
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  dormspam-the-game (Part 3) parting remarks from no-longer-anonymous gamemasters

  

  feel like every day is the same in quarantine, and this was one way to ... one place to hide and one place to seek; your goal is to find the most ... you can choose the best spot to seek, and vice versa for your choice in

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • October 6, 2020
• Apply / First-year applicants

  Early vs Regular

  is no strategic benefit to applying in one vs the other. We have two ... (RA). What's the difference? Only the dates of the deadlines! It is ... there during the early period—you may not simultaneously apply to MIT, and
• Apply / First-year applicants

  Interview

  typically use the email address you provided on your application to contact ... About the interview At MIT we don't just want to see how you look on ... network of over 3,500 MIT graduates around the world who volunteer to meet
• Apply / Transfer applicants

  Returning students

  while, we expect to see the results of your standardized tests, transcript ... in getting to know you. This includes the secondary school materials ... send for review is left up to the individual non-traditional applicant to