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  • Explore MIT on your own

    [intro]You don't have to travel to Cambridge to get a feel for MIT ... —you’ll find a link to the next stop in this virtual ... new things—whether on campus or off—there's more than enough to explore

  • Student life at MIT

    likely get 4,500 unique answers from each of our undergrads as to what a “day in the life of an MIT student” looks like for them—and that's part ... freely from lectures to labs, from dance floors to darkrooms, from study
  • Discover / The MIT education

    Maker education

    come to be called a "maker education."[/intro] Our motto The motto ... project-based, and require you to become a creative, skilled maker ... things, and from trying to make them work. This "maker education" is at
  • Discover / Life and culture

    Housing at MIT

    note='East Campus residence hall is closed for a two-year renovation ... for a private sublet in the area.   ... [intro]Housing is a very important part of undergraduate life at MIT

  • Clubs, activities, and athletics

    might expect. But MIT students also run a Laboratory for Chocolate Science ... [intro]From puppies to pyrotechnics, MIT students organize hundreds ... to share that excitement with.[/intro] Student activities Sure, there
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    STEM programs

    people who dare to enjoy nerdy things, and help you prepare for the rigor ... students find to be exciting resources for their growth—though your local ... students come from a wide variety of contexts and may not be able to access

  • Housing and residence life

    want to live in, giving students the chance to live in a place that feels ... [annotation note='East Campus residence hall is closed for a two-year renovation ... (GRTs) who are there to provide snacks, life advice, or some help with a
  • Apply / Understanding the process

    Our selection process

    reading—but there are a few you really need to read. These are the blog ... How it works After you click the submit button, it's easy to feel like your application has entered a black hole. So what really happens
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    Athletics & recreation

    addition to a Division I crew program. MIT is highly competitive within its NEWMAC conference. It is possible to be a student and athlete at MIT ... United States. About a quarter of our students are varsity athletes, and
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    The MIT community

    search the world for students who we think will be a good fit at MIT, and ... economic mobility index of its peer schools. Long a home for those who felt ... Association for extraordinary, lifelong service to the Institute. Our values In
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    Via tesseract

    quite a long walk for him if he had to walk straight across." Swiftly ... see," Mrs. Whatsit said, "if a very small insect were to move from the ... learned to take short cuts wherever possible." "Sort of like in math?" Meg
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    Getting started

    fees presents a hardship for some families. Fee waivers are available for ... Regular Action. There is no strategic benefit to applying during either action cycle. Just do what works for you! Application fee or waiver Our
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    Cross-registration

    to MIT for these terms. However, while on an approved domestic study ... [intro]In addition to the thousands of courses already offered by the Institute, you can cross-register for no additional cost at Harvard, Wellesley
  • Apply / Transfer applicants

    Transfer eligibility

    The transfer application is intended for students who have finished ... entering MIT. If you are still in high school, you are considered a first ... submit one application per entry year, meaning if you apply to enter in the

  • Arts and music

    Orchestra, Festival Jazz Ensemble, and Rambax, a Senegalese drumming group, to name a few. Tune in below to watch the MIT Video Game Orchestra in their ... are more than a dozen active dance ensembles at MIT, and the best way to
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    Other videos

    ."]DLCs[/annotation]have a YouTube channel where they post videos about teaching, research, and people. It's hard to narrow down thousands of videos, but here are a few of ... More than 40 MIT[annotation note="That's jargon for Departments, Labs

  • Discover

    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 ... , inventive and artistic, obsessed with numbers, and welcoming to talented
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    Books about MIT

    that enact MIT's history, from a towering module for the first real ...  by Institute Historian T. F. Peterson, which provides a lively introduction to ... , and impact on the world. Here are some of our favorites: A Widening
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    Undergraduate research

    you a point of entry to begin work that can last a lifetime. Hands ...  credit. How to UROP You may apply for advertised UROP positions or propose your ... research, for pay or for credit, during their undergraduate years