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    Letters of recommendation

    ! (If you're a teacher looking for guides on how to write good letters of ... evaluation. Please refer to the instructions on how to submit recommendations ... of the application regardless of how the recommender intends to submit
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    For home educators

     Stanford OHS. Transcripts of these courses, in addition to an evaluation of the ... strongly encourage all of our applicants to interview, if available. ... .[/intro] Over the past decade, we have seen a surge in homeschooled applicants
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    STEM programs

    people who dare to enjoy nerdy things, and help you prepare for the rigor ... programs If you enjoy pure science research, hands-on projects, or the thrill ... team of its top 4-6 students in each field. Here’s a list of the major
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    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
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    Via email

    emails tend to spike especially around the application deadlines, so please be patient if we don't respond in realtime."] get back to you as ... Our email address is [email protected]. If you email that address
  • Apply / Transfer applicants

    The transfer application

    test by the March test date. School Official Report: To be completed by ... current college/university. Application fee of $75: If paying the fee ... The following components should be submitted online: Transfer
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    Admissions videos

    the country to be shown at meetings for prospective students for a ... in the Museum's archives. A product of its times, and resonant with ... by faculty of the need to work ethically in the production of science
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    International applicants

    we continue to welcome them today. If you are an international student ... applying to an American school like MIT works. Some of the information in ... note='We recognize that this designation may not correspond to the lived
  • Discover / The MIT education

    General Institute Requirements

    subjects of Restricted Electives in Science and Technology to give you the ... 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
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    First-year eligibility

    secondary education, but may not apply using the first-year application if they have [annotation note="Exceptions may be granted to students in the ... how many classes you may have taken at the university level. If you are
  • Afford / Cost & affordability

    Estimate your cost

    [intro]Find out what it will cost to attend MIT with one of our cost ... to use the Net Price Calculator. Net Price Calculator The Net Price Calculator is a tool designed by the College Board to help you assess what your

  • Student life at MIT

    likely get 4,500 unique answers from each of our undergrads as to what a “day in the life of an MIT student” looks like for them—and that's part of what makes life at MIT so vibrant.[/intro] The humans of MIT move
  • Discover / The MIT education

    Global education

    that offers opportunities to study for the semester, year, or summer at a ... to global poverty challenges The Legatum Center manages fellowships ... [intro] A majority of MIT students travel to study, research, work
  • Discover / The MIT education

    MIT’s educational philosophy

    order to graduate. However, the MIT education has always been based on ... ='As the Lewis Report put it long ago: “We believe that the mission of the Institute should be to encourage initiative, to promote the spirit of free and
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    Advising your students

    ways to define the best, and we think it’s important that young people be ... terms, we want students to pursue the things that interest them with ... . We want students to challenge themselves appropriately in the areas
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    First-year class profile

    , but is higher than zero, which is indicated by <1%."]rounded to the ... composition of the Class of 2029 according to the [annotation note='The IPEDS ... universities use when collecting and reporting sex data for students to the U
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    Newsletters

    [intro]Would you like to hear from us every once in a while ... (prospective undergraduates only please). It's from us(!), and contains ... campus. MIT Daily, from the MIT News Office, offers regular updates on