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  Via mail

  related to an application—you can send it to: Massachusetts Institute of ... find our mailing address below. We'll get back to you much faster via email. Plus it is green and doesn't kill trees! 🌲🌳🌴
• Apply / Transfer applicants

  Returning students

  mentors can provide useful information, especially if teacher evaluations ... Secondary school materials Some students apply to us after an ... experiences of students returning to higher education. At the same time, we
• Apply / Preparing for MIT

  Academic foundations

  use your application to learn about your personal academic context. As such, it’s difficult for us to provide clear-cut rules that are useful ... recommend that you take [annotation note="We have found that it's possible to
• Apply / First-year applicants

  QuestBridge

  an appropriate teacher to complete one for you. You can add recommender ... ask an appropriate teacher to complete one for you. You can add ... MIT! After December 2: Use your QB application to apply Early Action
• Discover / The MIT education

  Majors & minors

  solve problems that matter to you. Degree chart You can skim the degree 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
• Apply / First-year applicants

  Early vs Regular

  period, devoting more time to each application, and 2) it provides ... (RA). What's the difference? Only the dates of the deadlines! It is fine to apply during either cycle. We do not have a preference, and there

• 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 you can learn more about MIT and see if it may be right for you
• Discover / About MIT

  Life after MIT

  [intro]As hard as it might be to imagine sometimes, there is life ... admissions. We believe that there is only one road to—and through—MIT. It is ... for students to interact with companies through career fairs, recruiting
• Help / Contact

  Visit our office

  [intro]Admissions at MIT Welcome Center[/intro] If you plan to visit ... station. You can learn more in the Visit MIT section of our site. If you must mail application-related documents to us for some reason, please
• Apply / Understanding the process

  What we look for

  spirit is collaboration and cooperation; you can see it all over the ... resilience—because risk leads to failure as often as it leads to success. The ... they will tell you that while grades and scores are important, it
• Apply / First-year applicants

  Getting started

  Regular Action. There is no strategic benefit to applying during either ... both domestic and international applicants, and you can request one in ... then to explore, discover new things, and change your mind. What you
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decision fatigue an occupational hazard, and how to manage it

  

  's our job to make lots of decisions quickly and well; it is our job, in ... , because it hurts and it can't do things it usually can. When I went to the ... can't figure out which sides to put where, just know it's probably

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 21, 2018
• Apply / Transfer applicants

  Transfer deadlines & requirements

  official. Applicants are encouraged to use the electronic form built into the MIT transfer application to request the School Official Report. If a ... required) to submit two supplemental letters of recommendation from high
• Discover / Learn more

  Newsletters

  [intro]Would you like to hear from us every once in a while ... (prospective undergraduates only please). It's from us(!), and contains ... around campus . You can also check out these other newsletters from around
• Discover / The MIT education

  General Institute Requirements

  specializing in your course(s) of study. It is possible to earn ... practical discovery and improvement.” To achieve this diverse education ... , and social sciences, including three to four in a concentration of your

• Explore MIT on your own

  MITx, from Introduction to Computer Science and Programming Using Python ... ="https://mitadmissions.org/student-life-at-mit-virtual/"]What's it really like to be an MIT student?[/button_link] ... [intro]You don't have to travel to Cambridge to get a feel for MIT
• Discover / Learn more

  Admissions videos

  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 tradition. You can watch them all in a YouTube playlist here, or in the

• Schedule your campus visit

  , we will not be able to accommodate you. Please note that we can only ... email. If you would like to reschedule your visit, it’s easy! Simply fill ... reservation for a session, we will not be able to accommodate you. [button

• Maps, directions, parking

  . We’re not able to accommodate walk-in questions from prospective students or families. If you have a burning question and can’t find the answer on our website, you can email us at [email protected] or call 1
• Apply / First-year applicants

  February Updates & Notes Form

  quarter, if your school uses a quarter-based system). Trimester schedule If your school uses a trimester schedule, please use your first ... . Midyear grades Please be sure to get your official midyear grades from your