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• Afford / Cost & affordability

  How to apply for aid

  paint a detailed picture of what kind of aid you’ll need to be able to attend MIT affordably. Three steps to apply for aid. CSS Profile: a tool provided by the College Board that we use to determine if you qualify for a
• Apply / Preparing for MIT

  Be yourself!

  If you’re thinking about applying to MIT, you're probably curious, love to learn, and want to work on big problems to make the world a better place. It can be tricky to sum up all that you’re passionate about
• Apply / Parents and educators

  How to write good letters of recommendation

  beyond their own self-advocacy.[/intro] A guide to writing evaluations for ... . Try to give a complete sketch of the student and the context of their ... . Try to address the following questions in your evaluation: What is

• 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 so special. Before you go, we have some final resources for you to take
• Apply / Parents and educators

  Advising your students

  ways to define the best, and we think it’s important that young people be ... terms, we want students to pursue the things that interest them with energy and enthusiasm. We want students to make decisions that are
• 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 / 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 / Parents and educators

  For parents

  enough to take the social and intellectual risks that make college really worthwhile. In order to best understand how this process works, we encourage you to review information we've posted about the first-year application
• Apply / Transfer applicants

  Veterans

  their service, and we are proud to support a community of veterans on ... forward to supporting you through the admissions process. How to apply ... prospective students. While most veterans are eligible to apply for transfer
• Apply / Understanding the process

  What we look for

  Remember that there are many ways to make the world better—we're not looking for applicants to have cured all infectious disease in the world by the ... . Lobbying a senator to amend bad policy changes the world. There are thousands
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  First-year learning communities

  , you move to a new city, live with a new roommate, enroll in new classes ... trying to navigate your new life! Amidst the huge changes, some students ... . These groups help to provide a close-knit community and academic environment to
• Apply / First-year applicants

  QuestBridge

  MIT is proud to be a QuestBridge partner About QuestBridge Quest ... think they may be eligible, to learn more about QuestBridge and consider ... -achieving, high-school seniors, regardless of citizenship, to apply to QB partner
• Discover / Life and culture

  Eating at MIT

  [intro]You can choose to join a conventional meal plan with access to ... setting. [/intro] Everyone prefers to eat differently: alone or together ...  approach to housing, we give our students options about where, how, and what to
• Discover / The MIT education

  Global education

  [intro] A majority of MIT students travel to study, research, work ... can expect to have at least one international experience with research ... that offers opportunities to study for the semester, year, or summer at a
• Discover / The MIT education

  General Institute Requirements

  practical discovery and improvement.” To achieve this diverse education ... , and social sciences, including three to four in a concentration of your ... , including at least two relevant to your major, to develop effective writing
• Apply / First-year applicants

  Essays, activities & academics

  Rather than asking you to write one long essay, the MIT application consists of several short response questions and essays designed to help us get to know you. Remember that this is not a writing test. Be honest, be
• Discover / About MIT

  Life after MIT

  [intro]As hard as it might be to imagine sometimes, there is life ... for students to interact with companies through career fairs, recruiting ... mentorships, and chats over coffee. According to a survey of graduating students
• Apply / First-year applicants

  Early vs Regular

  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 ... period, devoting more time to each application, and 2) it provides
• About

  About MIT Admissions

  and selection of all undergraduate applicants to the Institute ... aspire to attend it. As one of our colleagues once wrote, we believe that ... we do not take for granted and work very hard to keep. Our Mission The
• Discover / About MIT

  A brief history of MIT

  independent educational institution relevant to an increasingly industrialized ... envisioned a new education to unify mens et manus, mind and hand, theory and ... applied to the Massachusetts legislature for "an Act of Incorporation of the