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    Extracurricular activities

    Some students feel so much pressure to get into the “right” college ... ’t shape your whole personal context, and our goal is to understand more ... students to explore their interests, and some students focus their attention
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    About MIT Admissions

    and selection of all undergraduate applicants to the Institute ... aspire to attend it. As one of our colleagues once wrote, we believe that ... we do not take for granted and work very hard to keep. Our Mission The
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    International applicants

    recommend Education USA, especially their helpful 5 Steps to U.S. Study and ... familiar with the American educational system and are trying to figure out ... MIT has a very long history of educating international students, and
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    Accessing advanced coursework

    expect students do anything above and beyond what is required to ... be able to get high school (and sometimes college) credit through these ... access to the syllabi, lecture notes, course calendars, problem sets and
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    Athletics & recreation

    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 ... campus, and all students have access to them: Zesiger Sports and Fitness
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    MIT’s educational philosophy

    offered, of course!"]required to learn French and German[/annotation] in ... (produced by our research and innovation) MIT also tends to [annotation note ... Institute should be to encourage initiative, to promote the spirit of free and
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    Deadlines & requirements

    application portal. Please note: You’re only allowed to apply once per entry ... for researchers, performing artists, visual artists, and makers to ... a math or science teacher and one from a humanities, social science
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    The MIT community

    Professor Emeritus Jay Keyser once observed that "MIT is hard to get into, and ...  academic instructional staff, who possess training and credentials similar to those of ... themselves in our students, and our students, in some cases, aspire to become
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    Creative portfolios

    submitted if they feature work that is both significant to you and relevant to ... , directors, and designers: Submit up to three videos or images. 10 minutes ... total. If your work was performed and recorded, you may submit up to 10
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    Undergraduate research

    .[/intro] In 1969, Margaret MacVicar, then a 26-year-old MIT professor (and ... each year draw on UROP research, and most undergraduates will be included as coauthors on them. Every scientist was once a novice: UROP gives

  • Policies

    , culture, and socio-economic background. How much diversity is necessary to ... 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
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    The first year

    by choosing among a variety of ways to complete core subjects and ... students time to adjust to factors like increased workloads and variations in ... design principles and educational theory in order to understand how and why
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    Admissions statistics

    characteristics like these are much harder to quantify and are therefore not ... people understand complex systems and make informed decisions. So, a few ... beyond the stats already contributed to the MIT's standard Common Data Set

  • Housing and residence life

    experience, and all first-year students live in one of our 10 on-campus residence halls. And MIT allows its students to choose which residence they ... project and is anticipated to reopen in fall 2025.']in operation

  • Clubs, activities, and athletics

    [intro]From puppies to pyrotechnics, MIT students organize hundreds of clubs, organizations, and activities covering every imaginable topic ... to share that excitement with.[/intro] Student activities Sure, there

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    . The MIT community is driven by a shared purpose to make a better world through education, research, and innovation. We are fun and quirky, inventive and artistic, obsessed with numbers, and welcoming to talented

  • Arts and music

    Orchestra, Festival Jazz Ensemble, and Rambax, a Senegalese drumming group, to ... are more than a dozen active dance ensembles at MIT, and the best way to ... [intro]MIT students are as creative in the studio and on stage as
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    Clubs & activities

    , and get together with your friends to nerd out however your heart ... a venue in which to learn and practice (safe) LED prop and fire ... health and wellness Outing Club, which is dedicated to helping the MIT
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    For parents

    enough to take the social and intellectual risks that make college really ... you in the process and tell you what you and your child need to know ... that marks the transition out of childhood and into adult responsibility
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    Our mission

    enroll add to a vibrant campus community and will become the leaders and innovators of our global society. We uphold a commitment to meritocracy and ... Our work at MIT Admissions is both bound and inspired by MIT