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    Advising your students

    siblings or working 20-30 hours a week to support their family), or who come ... ways to define the best, and we think it’s important that young people be ... Dean of Admissions, Stu Schmill '86, wrote in a blog post: In simple
  • Apply / Understanding the process

    What we look for

    . Lobbying a senator to amend bad policy changes the world. There are thousands ... quantity—you don't have to do a million things to get into college. Put your ... world a better place. We’re looking to admit people who feel responsible

  • Online info sessions

    together a little virtual-MIT-choose your own-adventure experience to get you ... ="https://mitadmissions.org/explore-on-your-own/"]Get exploring![/button_link] Ask a student Have questions about what it’s like to ... [intro]There are many ways to get to know us, right from the comfort
  • 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
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    Creative portfolios

    to you. Please answer a brief questionnaire about your research ... . Nominate your research advisor, mentor, or Principal Investigator to submit a ... play two instruments equally well, you may optionally choose to submit a
  • Apply / Transfer applicants

    Transfer deadlines & requirements

    . Transcripts Transfer applicants are required to upload a copy of their ... professors or instructors. We recommend that one be from a math or science ... who know an applicant well as both a student and a person. You are also
  • Discover / The MIT education

    Independent Activities Period

    ,[/annotation] IAP has grown to be a unique feature of the MIT education, offering ... machine to a crash course in stand-up comedy. Other students take the time ... [intro]Independent Activities Period (IAP) is a four-week period in

  • MIT visits you

    take a look and see if we'll be in your area. We can't wait to meet you ... [intro]Not everyone can take the time to come to MIT, so we do our best to come to you. We crisscross the U.S. as often as we can, so that
  • 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
  • Apply / Transfer applicants

    The transfer application

    : We recommend that one letter of recommendation come from a math or ... a test by the October test date, and fall entry applicants must take a test by the March test date. School Official Report: To be completed by
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    Accessing advanced coursework

    follow the instructions to take the certification. Achieve a 90% on the ... MIT, or if you want to pursue [annotation note='To be clear, we do not expect students do anything above and beyond what is required to
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    Interview

    About the interview At MIT we don't just want to see how you look on ... , we offer an interview with a member of the MIT Educational Council, a network of over 3,500 MIT graduates around the world who volunteer to meet

  • 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

  • Student life at MIT

    likely get 4,500 unique answers from each of our undergrads as to what a ... freely from lectures to labs, from dance floors to darkrooms, from study breaks to startup meetings, from dining halls to family dinners. We could
  • Help / Contact

    Visit our office

    [intro]Admissions at MIT Welcome Center[/intro] If you plan to visit ... Center The Welcome Center is open from 9 AM to 5 PM, Monday through Friday ... Please do not send application materials to this address. If you must mail
  • Apply / Transfer applicants

    Academic preparation

    academic record doesn't appear to merit credit in a certain subject, you may ... transfer students take a variety of mathematics and science courses before ... areas. To prepare for MIT’s academic program, we recommend that transfer
  • Help / Contact

    Via tesseract

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

    Deadlines & requirements

    application portal. Please note: You’re only allowed to apply once per entry ... a math or science teacher and one from a humanities, social science ... -native English speakers who plan to apply. Mid-February February Updates &
  • Discover / Life and culture

    Housing at MIT

    [intro]Housing is a very important part of undergraduate life at MIT. You choose where you live, and each living group is a community with its ... -campus residence halls.[/intro] We believe that students should have a great deal of