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    STEM programs

    these activities. We don't expect or require applicants to participate in ...  that are either free to attend or, like MIT, offer generous need ... students PRIMES-USA, a free, year-long research program in math open to
  • Discover / Life and culture

    Hacks, tomfoolery & pranks

    stealthily execute campus pranks according to an informal code of ethics. These ethics, loosely stated, assert that hacks must do no damage to property or any person, must be safe, and must provide joy or amusement to those who
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    Letters of recommendation

    like to ask so that they have as much time as possible to write about you ... not be penalized in this case. We are also able to accept a ... their materials. Our preference is for recommenders to use our application
  • Apply / Understanding the process

    Admissions statistics

    . Holistic admissions It is important to understand that these numbers do not ... characteristics like these are much harder to quantify and are therefore not included in the tables below, despite their centrality to our process. The
  • Discover / The MIT education

    General Institute Requirements

    -yard swim test, because your mind is in your body and we want both to be ... specializing in your course(s) of study. It is possible to earn advanced placement or advanced standing in the GIRs. The important thing to know is
  • Help / Contact

    Visit our office

    Center The Welcome Center is open from 9 AM to 5 PM, Monday through Friday ... . Getting to the Welcome Center The MBTA's Red Line is your best option to get ... strongly encourage visitors not to drive to campus. Cambridge traffic is
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    Books about MIT

    , values, and controversies in which the college admissions process is ... — that much of campus conflict and students' personal anxiety is caused by ... the evolution of MIT as seen in a series of crucial decisions over the
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    What we look for

    for applicants to have cured all infectious disease in the world by the ... MIT are designed to be worked on in groups, and cross-department labs ... are also not afraid to fail. When people take risks in life, they learn

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    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
  • Discover / About MIT

    Life after MIT

    [intro]As hard as it might be to imagine sometimes, there is life ... students who don't go directly to graduate school, many do so in the future ... to all alumni. MIT alumni also volunteer in formal service to the
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    Admissions videos

    by faculty of the need to work ethically in the production of science ... throwing cream pies in each other's faces to announce when decisions would be ... was sent in reels across the country to be shown to nostalgic alumni and
  • Discover / Life and culture

    Arts & music

    of contemporary art, is home to a state-of-the-art black box performing ... beginner.[/intro] MIT is full of opportunities to showcase your artistic ... . The MIT Symphony Orchestra is open to all students who would like to
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    Housing at MIT

    project and is anticipated to reopen in fall 2025.']in operation ... nowhere is this principle better put into practice than in our residential ... is a big part of MIT residential life. All residence halls have a live-in
  • Discover / About MIT

    A brief history of MIT

    congressman and senator in a state's congressional delegation—to fund colleges and universities, open in their admission to ordinary people, that would ... .'](re)committed it[/annotation] to acting in the public interest in perpetuity.  A new
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    Via tesseract

    learned to take short cuts wherever possible." "Sort of like in math?" Meg ... section of skirt in Mrs. Who's right hand to that in her left, it would be ... . That is how we travel.” [annotation note="Madeleine L'Engle, A Wrinkle In
  • Discover / The MIT education

    Global education

    Research abroad In addition to MISTI research internships, you can conduct an ... Social Innovation Challenge, which offers up to $20,000 in grant funding to ... [intro] A majority of MIT students travel to study, research, work

  • MIT visits you

    take a look and see if we'll be in your area. We can't wait to meet you ... 've been below, and we hope to see you soon. If you don't see anything in ... apart—instead read this blog post because there is no single answer to
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    College access & advising programs

    found helpful in their education journeys. You may also want to talk to counselors, teachers, or other leaders in your local community to explore ... Hawaiian high school students, open to current sophomores and juniors. MIT is

  • Housing and residence life

    project and is anticipated to reopen in fall 2025.']in operation ... want to live in, giving students the chance to live in a place that feels ... challenging problem set. FSILGs In addition to its residence halls

  • Schedule your campus visit

    ="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 ... In-person info sessions and tours We offer two types of campus visits ... reservation for a session, we will not be able to accommodate you. [button