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  • Apply / Understanding the process

    What we look for

    money to interesting lectures—and it’s up to each student to choose a path ... with them—know that risk-taking can lead to failure as often as it can ... understanding your academic preparedness for MIT, it's really the match
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    First-year eligibility

    [annotation note="Note that we do not formally require you to have graduated or earned a GED, though you may well choose to!"]concluded[/annotation] their secondary education and wish to pursue a bachelor's degree as a full
  • Apply / Parents and educators

    For parents

    Please note: It is MIT policy to communicate directly with applicants ... enough to take the social and intellectual risks that make college really worthwhile. In order to best understand how this process works, we encourage

  • Request a group tour

    Groups of 6–50 students are welcome to submit a request for a private group ... . Please note this tour is designed to assist prospective undergraduate ... information session, and we are not able to accommodate groups larger than 50

  • Online info sessions

    ="https://mitadmissions.org/explore-on-your-own/"]Get exploring![/button_link] Ask a student Have questions about what it’s like to ... [intro]There are many ways to get to know us, right from the comfort of your own home![/intro] Join us for an online session Sign up to see
  • Afford / Cost & affordability

    Estimate your cost

    [intro]Find out what it will cost to attend MIT with one of our cost ... a more in-depth review and to determine Pell eligibility you will need to use the Net Price Calculator. Net Price Calculator The Net Price
  • 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 ... comforting character for those of us old enough to remember videotapes

  • 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

  • infinite MIT

    authentically about what it's like to be a student here. So we encourage you to ... , it’s as if we’re choosing a 1,000-person team to climb a very ... It’s fundamental to our academic approach By working with other

  • Schedule your campus visit

    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 ... ="https://apply.mitadmissions.org/portal/visitmit"]Register[/button_link] In-person group tours If you would like to bring a group of 6–50 people
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    International applicants

    we continue to welcome them today. If you are an international student ... colleges, including MIT. This is a quick overview to help you understand how applying to an American school like MIT works. Some of the information in
  • Discover / The MIT education

    Maker education

    come to be called a "maker education."[/intro] Our motto The motto ... things, and from trying to make them work. This "maker education" is at ... training program, MakerLodge, to teach making skills to first
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    Transcripts

    to be submitted and processed, we will add it to your application as a ... entity. Counselors can submit transcripts to us in three ways: By ... -party service such as Naviance or SCOIR By sending PDFs to admissions
  • Discover / Life and culture

    Clubs & activities

    club or organization to match your interests, it's easy to start your own, and get together with your friends to nerd out however your heart ... , including: Laboratory for Chocolate Science, a club dedicated to the
  • Apply / Understanding the process

    Our mission

    helpfully publishes in a free PDF for anyone who cares to read it, remains a ... 's longstanding commitment to the public interest, a theory we put into practice ... enroll add to a vibrant campus community and will become the leaders and

  • Explore MIT on your own

    ="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 ... new things—whether on campus or off—there's more than enough to explore
  • Help / Contact

    Visit our office

    [intro]Admissions at MIT Welcome Center[/intro] If you plan to visit ... must mail application-related documents to us for some reason, please ... . We're not able to accommodate walk-in questions from prospective
  • Discover / Life and culture

    The MIT community

    anything we could tell you would fail to capture it. The next best thing you ... 't require a password, and its museums and libraries are open to the public ... , they're generally welcome on campus. It's not uncommon to see people
  • Discover / Life and culture

    Hacks, tomfoolery & pranks

    stealthily execute campus pranks according to an informal code of ethics. These ethics, loosely stated, assert that hacks must do no damage to property or any person, must be safe, and must provide joy or amusement to those who