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    Essays, activities & academics

    get to know you. Remember that this is not a writing test. Be honest, be open, be authentic—this is your opportunity to connect with us. You ... activities. There is only enough space to list four things—please choose the
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    WISE 2024

    [intro]WISE is a three-day program taking place October 6–8, for rising seniors to learn what it’s like to be an MIT student.[/intro] The ... words or fewer) Which MIT major/department is most interesting to you
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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
  • Discover / The MIT education

    General Institute Requirements

    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 ... -yard swim test, because your mind is in your body and we want both to be

  • MIT visits you

    apart—instead read this blog post because there is no single answer to ... areas, so check this page periodically to see what is coming up next ... [intro]Not everyone can take the time to come to MIT, so we do our

  • infinite MIT

    authentically about what it's like to be a student here. So we encourage you to ... and centers, as well as in the community. ^back to top MIT is ... , it’s as if we’re choosing a 1,000-person team to climb a very

  • Schedule your campus visit

    email. If you would like to reschedule your visit, it’s easy! Simply fill ... reservation for a session, we will not be able to accommodate you. [button ... ="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
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    Via tesseract

    section of skirt in Mrs. Who's right hand to that in her left, it would be ... "That, of course, is the impractical, long way around. We have learned to take short cuts wherever possible." "Sort of like in math?" Meg
  • Discover / About MIT

    A brief history of MIT

    ’s great challenges. MIT is dedicated to providing its students with an ... grant endowed MIT with the resources to construct its earliest academic ... .'](re)committed it[/annotation] to acting in the public interest in perpetuity.  A new
  • Discover / The MIT education

    The first year

    system is designed to ease the transition from high school by giving ... the MIT education works and propose innovations to improve it. The ... Concourse is a [annotation note="You can kind of think of it as a small
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    About MIT Admissions

    aspire to attend it. As one of our colleagues once wrote, we believe that working at MIT Admissions is more than a job: it is a privilege, an honor ... faculty reviewers. This process, which is unique in its particular design
  • Apply / Parents and educators

    For parents

    Please note: It is MIT policy to communicate directly with applicants ... enough to take the social and intellectual risks that make college really worthwhile. In order to best understand how this process works, we encourage
  • Apply / Transfer applicants

    Veterans

    Requirements, it makes students better prepared to succeed academically at MIT ... —especially calculus, the building block for many of our courses—is essential to a ... to go through MIT together. As cliché as it sounds, simply being
  • Afford / Cost & affordability

    Estimate your cost

    [intro]Find out what it will cost to attend MIT with one of our cost ... Calculator is a tool designed by the College Board to help you assess what your ... a more in-depth review and to determine Pell eligibility you will need
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    Summer programs

    should do to prepare for applying to MIT, and our answer is always to spend ... -focused summer program is what you’re looking for and you’re not sure where to ... . The program is free of charge to participating students and provides
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    Transcripts

    section of their application. Our preference is for counselors to use our ... to be submitted and processed, we will add it to your application as a ... entity. Counselors can submit transcripts to us in three ways: By
  • Discover / Life and culture

    Clubs & activities

    club or organization to match your interests, it's easy to start your own, and get together with your friends to nerd out however your heart ... health and wellness Outing Club, which is dedicated to helping the MIT

  • Explore MIT on your own

    solving problems as it is about mastering course material. As our motto ... ="https://mitadmissions.org/student-life-at-mit-virtual/"]What's it really like to be an MIT student?[/button_link] ... [intro]You don't have to travel to Cambridge to get a feel for MIT
  • Discover / The MIT education

    Maker education

    things, and from trying to make them work. This "maker education" is at ... come to be called a "maker education."[/intro] Our motto The motto ... training program, MakerLodge, to teach making skills to first