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  • Explore MIT on your own

    [intro]You don't have to travel to Cambridge to get a feel for MIT ... from home. Consider this your starting point as you get to know MIT.[/intro] Let's get started At the bottom of each page—starting with this one
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    Academic foundations

    students are much more likely to succeed at MIT academically when they have ... are required to take (or get credit for) two semesters of calculus ... Baccalaureate— students may be limited on how many science courses they can take
  • Apply / Understanding the process

    Admissions statistics

    We love data at MIT. Reliable data, properly contextualized, can help people understand complex systems and make informed decisions. So, a few ... characteristics like these are much harder to quantify and are therefore not
  • Discover / The MIT education

    Maker education

    former you get from learning in the classroom, and the latter from making ...  where you can upload a design and have it manufactured on demand. [embed ... set of makerspaces where you can design and test your out
  • Discover / About MIT

    Inventions & innovations

    bandage of the future: a gel-like material that can incorporate tiny drug ... that can indicate the presence of bacterial contaminants in food in ... resources to help them get started on entrepreneurial projects of their own
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    Summer programs

    (BWSI) is an intensive four-week program where high school juniors can get ... We often get asked if there are particular summer programs students ... any high school student can come to campus to take courses and live in
  • Apply / Understanding the process

    What we look for

    spirit is collaboration and cooperation; you can see it all over the ... -on place. Innovation is risky and messy! Getting your hands dirty and trying ... quantity—you don't have to do a million things to get into college. Put your
  • Discover / The MIT education

    Majors & minors

    chart below to get a quick visual sense of what you can study at MIT, read ... 're counted differently than at most other universities. The terminology can be confusing, but the important thing to know is that we have many things you can
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    WISE 2024

    campus community by working with and getting to know current students and ... through your high school, we recommend several programs that can supplement ... .']high school transcript(s)[/annotation] An [annotation note="You can download
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    About MIT Admissions

    best we possibly can to consider each student's achievements and ... can.[/annotation] We are as transparent about our work as possible: we ... offers interviews to as many students as it can to help demystify MIT. We
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    College access & advising programs

    (though we try to be as transparent as possible at MIT!) and it can take the ... to apply to, get admitted to, and receive adequate financial aid. Quest ... virtual college fairs, and works with student ambassadors who can speak to
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    Via email

    Our email address is [email protected]. If you email that address, then we'll sort out who needs to respond and [annotation note="We get ... be patient if we don't respond in realtime."] get back to you as

  • Policies

     central accessibility website where you can find all of MIT's accessibility resources in ... more than just individual excellence. Because our students learn so much ... , culture, and socio-economic background. How much diversity is necessary to

  • MIT visits 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 you can learn more about MIT and see if it may be right for you