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    Eating at MIT

    [intro]You can choose to join a conventional meal plan with access to ... learn to do eventually. There is no right or wrong answer overall, just a ... 't use all of their meals can choose to donate them to classmates through a
  • Apply / Transfer applicants

    Returning students

    need to evaluate students against a common baseline of preparation for a ... or in a non-degree program to brush up on their classroom experience ... Secondary school materials Some students apply to us after an
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    Transfer eligibility

    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 ... year of college, the earliest you can apply to transfer to MIT is during
  • Apply / Parents and educators

    For parents

    you in the process and tell you what you and your child need to know ... the admissions process as a rite of passage—a challenging initiation ... only: finding the right fit. This means finding a community where your
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    Academic foundations

    MIT to develop a broad base of knowledge across [annotation note ... students are much more likely to succeed at MIT academically when they have ... -calculus, which are designed to lay the groundwork for a calculus course that
  • Discover / About MIT

    Life after MIT

    mentorships, and chats over coffee. According to a survey of graduating students ... , and our alumni are proud of that.  Everything else There's a lot more to ... [intro]As hard as it might be to imagine sometimes, there is life

  • Policies

    providing an inclusive and accessible environment. To that end, we have a ...  attribution (give appropriate credit to MIT admissions and the blogger, and provide a link to the ... ), October 2015 A diverse student body is and has long been critical to the
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    Be yourself!

    , love to learn, and want to work on big problems to make the world a ... application as a chance to share your personal context: what has shaped you into ... community so much because we don’t just admit individuals, we admit a class

  • Next steps

    to check out the FAQs if you need any help. As always, feel free to ... [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
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    QuestBridge

    MIT is proud to be a QuestBridge partner About QuestBridge Quest ... to MIT directly. In addition to the QB application, you will also need ... be emailed to you if you are selected as a finalist. Transcripts
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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 ... school, MIT does not award athletic scholarships, nor do coaches get to
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    About MIT Admissions

    technology. The students we enroll add to a vibrant campus community and will ... financial need. We are committed to making MIT financially accessible ... admissions process, as well as our commitment to a level playing field
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    Admissions videos

    released, and making a video to announce Pi Day became an unexpected ... the country to be shown at meetings for prospective students for a ... by faculty of the need to work ethically in the production of science
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    About MITAdmissions.org

    name in order to do so. Since then, we've built up a following and sense ... only a few months old and restricted to a handful of colleges, which ruled out pretty much all of our prospective students. Twitter was still a
  • Discover / The MIT education

    MIT’s educational philosophy

    -motivated and engaged participants in a dynamic community of learners. We combine rigorous academics with a learning-by-doing approach.[/intro] Our guiding principles Since the first classes were offered in a storage warehouse in
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    DACA & undocumented applicants

    consider your (in)ability to pay for MIT in our admissions process."]need ... 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
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    Inventions & innovations

    oxygen 2014—Designing a new paper strip diagnostic test to rapidly ... plane over a sustained, steady flight, thus eliminating the need for ... -temperature superconducting electromagnet to a field strength of 20 tesla, the most powerful