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    Transfer eligibility

    The transfer application is intended for students who have finished ... -year applicant regardless of how many classes you may have taken at the university or college level. The transfer application is available in the MIT
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    The MIT community

    [intro]Ask anyone at MIT what their favorite thing is about the Institute and they'll probably say "the people." The quality of the MIT community is the single biggest reason why admitted students enroll, and why
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    Summer programs

    . The program is free of charge to participating students and provides ... ) Research Science Institute (RSI) is a program of the Center for Excellence in ... . Open to high school juniors, the program is free of charge for those
  • Help / Contact

    Visit our office

    traffic is usually awful, the layout of the roads is confusing, and ... station. You can learn more in the Visit MIT section of our site. If you ... address: 292 Main Street, Cambridge, MA 02142 The MBTA's Red Line is your
  • 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 ... year is the last year for which we have data. Source: MIT Institutional
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    February Updates & Notes Form

    after completion of the fall semester (or after completion of the second ... currently attending school; MIT has all of my grades." option on the form ... directly—we will verify the accuracy of the information you submit as needed
  • 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 ... . Alden Thresher, an economist and the first Director of Admissions at MIT

  • Maps, directions, parking

    usually awful, the layout of the roads is confusing, and, although there is ... Welcome Center near the Kendall Square T station. The MBTA's Red Line is ... , then your best bet is to set your address for the Hayward Parking Garage
  • Apply / Parents and educators

    For parents

    the admissions process as a rite of passage—a challenging initiation that marks the transition out of childhood and into adult responsibility ... [intro]If you're like most parents, helping your child find the right
  • Apply / Understanding the process

    What we look for

    for the pleasure of it." is not a trick question. Answer it honestly! The character of the MIT community Our community is comprised of ... science, technology, and other areas of scholarship to make the world better

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    We are makers. We are thinkers. We are explorers. In all that we do. The MIT community is driven by a shared purpose to make a better world ... people regardless of where they come from.
  • Apply / Transfer applicants

    Academic preparation

    appropriate level for each of the disciplines mentioned above. Core graduation ... . Most students enter MIT as sophomores, regardless of the amount of ... until after you are admitted to MIT, at which point it is evaluated by the
  • Discover / The MIT education

    Maker education

    the core of MIT. The Institute has: over 40 design ... -year undergraduate students a new state-of-the art community makerspace, the MET ... set of makerspaces where you can design and test your out-of-the
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    Via tesseract

    "That, of course, is the impractical, long way around. We have learned to take short cuts wherever possible." "Sort of like in math?" Meg ... , my dears. Cervantes. Experience is the mother of knowledge." Mrs. Who
  • Discover / Life and culture

    Housing at MIT

    [intro]Housing is a very important part of undergraduate life at MIT ...  Residential Exploration (REX), where you do even more exploring of the different residence ... is a big part of MIT residential life. All residence halls have a live
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    International applicants

    applying to an American school like MIT works. Some of the information in ...  and local advising centers. Am I international? For the purposes of the ... defined for the purpose of statistical records, but please know that we
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    Athletics & recreation

    -America citations, the most of any DIII school in the nation. As a Division III ... the coach of their sport to indicate their interest in MIT. Club & ... between the two is that club sports compete primarily against teams from