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  For parents

  [intro]If you're like most parents, helping your child find the right ... enough to take the social and intellectual risks that make college really ... you to review information we've posted about the first-year application
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Two thousand students walk into a Zoom call summer hssp: now virtual™

  

  with it. If that was a test, I failed. It really did feel like the months ... similar program to Splash. Except, you know, it's virtual. And the ... rocket, How to be very smart (like us), and Gayness Is Defiance. In the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 20, 2020
• Apply / Preparing for MIT

  Extracurricular activities

  Some students feel so much pressure to get into the “right” college ... four activities that are the most important to you. Your academics don ... “right” answers on the MIT application; we want you to be yourself so we
• Apply / Parents and educators

  How to write good letters of recommendation

  , but it doesn't give any real depth to the candidate. In this instance ... applicants are. Although the comments are positive, it is difficult to grasp ... assume there wasn't much to say, but if the others are better, we will
• Discover / Life and culture

  Clubs & activities

  club or organization to match your interests, it's easy to start your own ... , including: Laboratory for Chocolate Science, a club dedicated to the ... Science Fiction Society, home to the largest open-stacks library of science

• Next steps

  [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 ... to check out the FAQs if you need any help. As always, feel free to
• Discover / The MIT education

  Maker education

  come to be called a "maker education."[/intro] Our motto The motto ... Makerspace, in the works In addition to our research opportunities ... resources across MIT. It designed the Mobius app, which helps you figure out
• Apply / Preparing for MIT

  College access & advising programs

  The process of applying to college isn’t always straightforward (though we try to be as transparent as possible at MIT!) and it can take the support of a whole community. If you want help understanding the college
• Apply / First-year applicants

  Essays, activities & academics

  Rather than asking you to write one long essay, the MIT application ... makes you "look best," as opposed to the answers that are honest and easy—you're doing it wrong. Our questions For the 2025–2026 application, we're asking
• Apply / First-year applicants

  Early vs Regular

  (RA). What's the difference? Only the dates of the deadlines! It is ... is no strategic benefit to applying in one vs the other. We have two ... period, devoting more time to each application, and 2) it provides
• Discover / Life and culture

  Eating at MIT

  eat. Your options If you choose to live in one of the six ...  and eat at any dining hall on campus. If you choose to live [annotation ... program called SwipeShare. Where to shop For students who are cooking for
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  First-year learning communities

  Cambridge. “It's more than just the classes, and that's common to all the ... really come to understand the problem in its full dimensions,” McGee said ... the knowledge that student’s already have and applying it to real
• Apply / First-year applicants

  Transcripts

  application portal along with the Secondary School Report. To do this ... application portal to submit transcripts. However, they do have the option to ... -party service other than the MIT application portal. If your counselor is not
• Discover / The MIT education

  The first year

  ongoing experiment: in 2018, it was the subject of a design course called ... the MIT education works and propose innovations to improve it. The ... of having taken it; in the second term, students earn an A, B, C, or no
• Apply / Understanding the process

  Our selection process

  How it works After you click the submit button, it's easy to feel ... admissions officers, who will summarize it for the Admissions Committee. These summaries, along with your entire application, will then go to the selection
• Blog / Admissions

  Reflecting on 10 Years and Lessons Learned Happy Birthday, MIT Blogs!

  

  though, it’s easy to fall into the routine of thinking of yourself as smart ... important thing to do is to get your bearings. Whether it's your dorm, the ... through. Then, it’s also important to look closely at the situation, figure

  • by Kim D. '09
  • August 7, 2014
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  About MITAdmissions.org

  its conversations. We have also always offered the ability to comment ... update our website regularly and strive to keep it as accurate (and ... (and staff) speak directly to our applicants and the broader public. As
• Discover / About MIT

  Inventions & innovations

   associated with MIT, including everything from the World Wide Web to Technicolor ... light up if medicine is running low 2016—Recording the first direct ... diagnostic tool with the potential to transform research and global public
• Help / Contact

  Via mail

  sent online via the application itself. If you must mail application-related documents to us for some reason—or if you would like to mail us something not related to an application—you can send it to: Massachusetts Institute of
• Apply / Transfer applicants

  Veterans

  , the most important thing is to be your authentic self. If you have ... forward to supporting you through the admissions process. How to apply ... eligibility information to determine which application you should use. If you