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  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    College access & advising programs

    The process of applying to college isn’t always straightforward (though we try to be as transparent as possible at MIT!) and it can take the ... application process, learning how to tell your story, and finding a school where
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    First-year learning communities

    Cambridge. “It's more than just the classes, and that's common to all the ... really come to understand the problem in its full dimensions,” McGee said ... the knowledge that student’s already have and applying it to real
  • Discover / The MIT education

    MIT’s educational philosophy

    offered, of course!"]required to learn French and German[/annotation] in order to graduate. However, the MIT education has always been based on ... (produced by our research and innovation) MIT also tends to [annotation note
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    Accessing advanced coursework

    U.S.[/annotation] It can also be helpful to work with your school ... MIT, or if you want to pursue [annotation note='To be clear, we do not expect students do anything above and beyond what is required to
  • Apply / Transfer applicants

    Veterans

    Requirements, it makes students better prepared to succeed academically at MIT ... to go through MIT together. As cliché as it sounds, simply being ... information as it pertains to your service. Activities, jobs, and distinctions
  • Discover / Life and culture

    Housing at MIT

    ). After your first year, you may want to move into FSILG housing or remain ... . It's up to you. Residence halls We have 10 residence halls [annotation ... and cats. It's up to you where you choose to make your home. Mentorship
  • Discover / The MIT education

    The first year

    designate up to 48 units to be graded on a pass/no record basis after their ... the MIT education works and propose innovations to improve it. The ... by choosing among a variety of ways to complete core subjects and
  • Apply / Transfer applicants

    Academic preparation

    until after you are admitted to MIT, at which point it is evaluated by the ... areas. To prepare for MIT’s academic program, we recommend that transfer ... chemistry and biology. For more details about the GIRs, please refer to the
  • Discover / About MIT

    Basic facts

    relevance to the practical world and transforming society for the better. To that end, we seek the best possible community of scholars (and humans) who will contribute to MIT and the world.[/intro] These basic facts are

  • Policies

    such qualified candidates, it is necessary to collect and process certain ... Nondiscrimination policy Privacy policy Accessibility MIT is committed to providing an inclusive and accessible environment. To that end, we have a
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    Summer programs

    should do to prepare for applying to MIT, and our answer is always to spend ... . Similar to the way we look at a student’s extracurricular activities, there ... -focused summer program is what you’re looking for and you’re not sure where to
  • Help / Contact

    Via phone

    Our phone number is 1.617.253.3400. That's it. That's the number you'd call. This probably didn't need to be its own page, but now that it's here, you can watch this true and factual documentary video of what it

  • Next steps

    [intro]You made it to the end of our virtual visit experience! We hope it helped you get to know MIT and the students that make this place ... about what it’s like to be an MIT student? Send an email to askastudent
  • Apply / Transfer applicants

    Returning students

    Secondary school materials Some students apply to us after an ... experiences of students returning to higher education. At the same time, we need to evaluate students against a common baseline of preparation for a
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    Extracurricular activities

    Some students feel so much pressure to get into the “right” college that they want to make sure they do everything “right”—down to their extracurricular or co-curricular activities.  On our application, we ask for up to
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    Be yourself!

    better place. It can be tricky to sum up all that you’re passionate about ... the context of your life.  It’s important to think of any college ... . It’s as if we’re choosing a 1,100-person team to climb a very
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    QuestBridge

    MIT, we will reach out to you with your options after December 1. Keep ... MIT! After December 2: Use your QB application to apply Early Action ... MIT is proud to be a QuestBridge partner About QuestBridge Quest
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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 / Understanding the process

    What we look for

    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 ... Remember that there are many ways to make the world better—we're not looking
  • 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