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    For home educators

     Interlochen, among many others) are a great opportunity to work with other students ... helpful for many homeschooled applicants. We welcome a recommendation from a ... [intro]MIT has a long history of admitting homeschooled students, and
  • Discover / Life and culture

    Eating at MIT

    [intro]You can choose to join a conventional meal plan with access to dining halls, or cook for yourself (and often, your friends) in a community ... meal plan and eat at any dining hall, or you may choose to cook for

  • Request a group tour

    Groups of 6–50 students are welcome to submit a request for a private group ... Thank you for your interest in a private group tour of MIT! Please ... minimum of 3 weeks notice to schedule a private group tour. Please allow 3
  • Discover / The MIT education

    Global education

    that offers opportunities to study for the semester, year, or summer at a ... [intro] A majority of MIT students travel to study, research, work ... , and labs for research or work a teaching program where students teach
  • Apply / Transfer applicants

    Veterans

    —especially calculus, the building block for many of our courses—is essential to a ... their service, and we are proud to support a community of veterans on ... prospective students. While most veterans are eligible to apply for transfer
  • Apply / Transfer applicants

    Returning students

    need to evaluate students against a common baseline of preparation for a rigorous MIT education. Even though you may have been away from school for a ... or in a non-degree program to brush up on their classroom experience
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    Essays, activities & academics

    .). Use one entry only per class. For example, it’s not necessary to use a ... get to know you. Remember that this is not a writing test. Be honest, be ... tackling the world’s biggest challenges to lending a helping hand. Describe
  • Apply / Parents and educators

    Advising your students

    educationally sound for them to best prepare them to succeed in college and beyond ... siblings or working 20-30 hours a week to support their family), or who come ... offerings, to feel like they are not going to be strongly considered for
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    First-year learning communities

    , you move to a new city, live with a new roommate, enroll in new classes ... . These groups help to provide a close-knit community and academic environment to ... represent thriving communities that allow students to have a group of peers to
  • 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
  • Apply / Transfer applicants

    Transfer deadlines & requirements

    MIT transfer application to request the School Official Report. If a ... Transfer applicants are required to upload a copy of their transcripts within ... to enroll at MIT. Standardized tests The SAT or the ACT is required for

  • Next steps

    so special. Before you go, we have some final resources for you to take ... mS2kdkI[/embed] Join us for an online session Sign up to see if MIT ... [intro]You made it to the end of our virtual visit experience! We
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    Transcripts

    section of their application. Our preference is for counselors to use our ... line of the email for easier processing. Please note: If you send us a ... to be submitted and processed, we will add it to your application as a
  • Discover / The MIT education

    General Institute Requirements

    , and social sciences, including three to four in a concentration of your ... complicated and different for every student and major. However, as a rule of ... education necessary to solve hard problems in a complex world.
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    Extracurricular activities

    extracurricular or co-curricular activities.  On our application, we ask for up to ... to concentrate on just a few. Some students may spend significant time ... Some students feel so much pressure to get into the “right” college
  • Discover / Life and culture

    Arts & music

    of contemporary art, is home to a state-of-the-art black box performing ... -level training to ensembles and classes that you can join even if you’re just a ... Art, just to name a few. The arts have always been an essential part of
  • About

    About MIT Admissions

    we do not take for granted and work very hard to keep. Our Mission The ... technology. The students we enroll add to a vibrant campus community and will ... commitment to meritocracy and fair access to our admissions process for

  • Schedule your campus visit

    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 to campus, you are welcome to request a group tour. We are not able to
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    DACA & undocumented applicants

    preservation of DACA and advocating for a pathway to citizenship, and MIT filed ... As part of our mission to uphold meritocracy and fair access for ... note='A term for students who have received Deferred Action for Childhood
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    Early vs Regular

    fine to apply during either cycle. We do not have a preference, and there ... cycles for two reasons: 1) it helps us spread our work out over a longer ... apply to another school during Early Action that does have a restriction