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• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I Chose MIT On deciding where to go, now that you're in

  

  it was my answer to the big “Why MIT?” question. But I didn’t really ... maybe the first time in your life, all of your peers will be as smart as ... learn the material in your classes, but you will also learn how to manage

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 29, 2012
• Discover / The MIT education

  Undergraduate research

  each year draw on UROP research, and most undergraduates will be included ... [intro]One of the earliest programs of its kind in the United States, the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) supports

• Clubs, activities, and athletics

  Rhg[/embed]   Athletics Surprised to hear that MIT is home to the nation ... ="https://mitadmissions.org/arts-and-music-virtual"]We're not all STEM all the time, you know[/button_link] ... [intro]From puppies to pyrotechnics, MIT students organize hundreds
• Apply / Preparing for MIT

  Accessing advanced coursework

  MIT, or if you want to pursue [annotation note='To be clear, we do not ... certification: Use the button below to be taken to the Course Challenge box for ... that can supplement your education. You’ll be able to report any courses
• Afford / Cost & affordability

  How to apply for aid

  paint a detailed picture of what kind of aid you’ll need to be able to ... provided by the College Board that we use to determine if you qualify for a need-based MIT Scholarship FAFSA: the form you need to fill out to see
• Apply / Understanding the process

  First-year class profile

  [/annotation] of the Class of 2028. You may also be interested in this post from our Dean of Admissions + Student Financial Services about the composition of ... For the MIT Class of 2028 Some facts and figures about the
• Apply / Understanding the process

  Our mission

  enroll add to a vibrant campus community and will become the leaders and ... 's longstanding commitment to the public interest, a theory we put into practice ... the values we hope to realize through our actions.
• Discover / The MIT education

  Maker education

  come to be called a "maker education."[/intro] Our motto The motto ... Makerspace, in the works In addition to our research opportunities ... students that are used to make...whatever you want! Like this: [embed]https://youtu.be

• 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 / First-year applicants

  Early vs Regular

  there during the early period—you may not simultaneously apply to MIT, and ... fine to apply during either cycle. We do not have a preference, and there is no strategic benefit to applying in one vs the other. We have two
• Discover / Life and culture

  Clubs & activities

  , including: Laboratory for Chocolate Science, a club dedicated to the ... Science Fiction Society, home to the largest open-stacks library of science ... -relieving effects of animal interaction to improve the state of community mental
• Discover / Learn more

  Other videos

  , and Centers, the basic organizational entities that constitute MIT ... people. It's hard to narrow down thousands of videos, but here are a few of our favorite videos produced by other offices that highlight the humans
• Discover / Life and culture

  Eating at MIT

  eat. Your options If you choose to live in one of the six ... delivers to campus!), while the Korean supermarket HMart carries staples of ... [intro]You can choose to join a conventional meal plan with access to
• Help / Contact

  Via email

  emails tend to spike especially around the application deadlines, so please be patient if we don't respond in realtime."] get back to you as ... , then we'll sort out who needs to respond and [annotation note="We get

• Online info sessions

  [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 ... be an MIT student? Send an email to [email protected] and you’ll be
• Apply / Preparing for MIT

  Summer programs

  . 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 ... , or scoping out the stars sound like a fun way to spend your summer
• 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
• 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 ... low socioeconomic means, live in a rural area, or might be the first in
• Apply / Understanding the process

  Admissions statistics

  beyond the stats already contributed to the MIT's standard Common Data Set. Holistic admissions It is important to understand that these numbers do not ... characteristics like these are much harder to quantify and are therefore not
• Discover / Learn more

  Books about MIT

  -time digital computer to the famous Baker House Piano Drop Designing MIT ... to negotiating with student protesters Mind and Hand: The Birth of ... MIT hacks, from the police car on the Great Dome to the abduction of the