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    First-year learning communities

    communities (FLCs): Terrascope, Experimental Study Group (ESG), and Concourse. These groups help to provide a close-knit community and academic environment to ... study with, socialize with, and complain about p-sets with from day one
  • Discover / The MIT education

    The first year

    by choosing among a variety of ways to complete core subjects and ... simultaneously exploring their academic (as well as social and residential ... first term, and at any time during their course of study. This grading
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    Extracurricular activities

    ’t shape your whole personal context, and our goal is to understand more about who you are and how you spend your time outside of schoolwork ... other obligations. Different communities across the country—and across the
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    Transfer credit & advanced standing

    Many students who apply to MIT are passionate about learning and find ... enrollment opportunities, early college programs, and other ways to take post ... both high school and college credit—or even [annotation note="If you
  • About

    About MITAdmissions.org

    blogs back in 2004, we had to use external hosting and an external domain name in order to do so. Since then, we've built up a following and sense ... resource about first-year and transfer admissions. We do not conduct

  • Maps, directions, parking

    campus visits: Info session and student-led tour: Our info sessions are ... life, the application process, and financial aid. A student-led campus ... places on campus. Info sessions last half an hour, and student-led tours
  • Help / Contact

    Via phone

    Our phone number is 1.617.253.3400. That's it. That's the number you'd call, and we'll pick up as long as it's between 9AM and 4PM ET, Monday ... it's here, you can watch this true and factual documentary video of
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    Visit our office

    two types of campus visits: Info session and student-led tour: Our ... academics, campus life, the application process, and financial aid. A student ... places on campus. Info sessions last half an hour, and student-led tours
  • Discover / Life and culture

    Eating at MIT

    dining halls, or cook for yourself (and often, your friends) in a community ... , made or served, vegan or paleo, and so on. So, just like in our approach to housing, we give our students options about where, how, and what to
  • Discover / About MIT

    Inventions & innovations

    with engineering and scientific studies—and produced an unending stream ... discoveries of basic research to products and infrastructure used by ordinary ... Globe published a ranked list of 150 inventions and discoveries
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    Academic foundations

    -year applicants—in other words, all domestic and international students who are ... students, veterans of the U.S. military, and applicants who took an extended ... that you’re ready to do the work, and helps you make the most of the

  • Explore MIT on your own

    . Since folks at the Institute are always making, writing, and discovering ... you click any link and watch any video that piques your interest. (And ... on our site, and you'll find those pages linked in the headers. When in
  • Help / Contact

    Via mail

    email. Plus it is green and doesn't kill trees! 🌲🌳🌴[/intro] Application materials and other 🐌 mail Most documents can be completed and ... have a reservation for an info session and/or student-led tour.
  • Apply / Transfer applicants

    The transfer application

    application for fall entry is due March 1, 2026. Only U.S. citizens and U ... all of your secondary/high school, college, and university transcripts ... science professor and the other from any academic professor who knows you
  • Discover / The MIT education

    Cross-registration

    , and MassArt.[/intro] We believe that MIT students should [annotation ... and objective inquiry, and recognize and provide opportunities for unusual interests and aptitudes...”']choose their own education adventure
  • Apply / Parents and educators

    For home educators

    [intro]MIT has a long history of admitting homeschooled students, and these students are successful and vibrant members of our community ... . Homeschooled applicants make up less than 1% of our applicant pool (and less than

  • Schedule your campus visit

    In-person info sessions and tours We offer two types of campus visits each week. Info session and student-led tour: Our info sessions are ... life, the application process, and financial aid. A student-led campus
  • Discover / Life and culture

    Hacks, tomfoolery & pranks

    [intro]At MIT, "hacks" are performed by students who safely and ... any person, must be safe, and must provide joy or amusement to those who ... clever and elegant pranks that exist at the intersection of creative
  • Apply / Transfer applicants

    Academic preparation

    Coursework and test requirements We recommend that prospective transfer students take a variety of mathematics and science courses before ... college calculus and calculus-based physics, and one semester each of

  • Student life at MIT

    “day in the life of an MIT student” looks like for them—and that's part ... (and often do) speak at length about our students, but why not get to ... '25, Allison '27, Amber '24, Ali '26, and Audrey '24) Next stop