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  • Apply / Understanding the process

    What we look for

    . Lobbying a senator to amend bad policy changes the world. There are thousands ... quantity—you don't have to do a million things to get into college. Put your ... world a better place. We’re looking to admit people who feel responsible

  • Online info sessions

    together a little virtual-MIT-choose your own-adventure experience to get you ... ="https://mitadmissions.org/explore-on-your-own/"]Get exploring![/button_link] Ask a student Have questions about what it’s like to ... [intro]There are many ways to get to know us, right from the comfort
  • Discover / Life and culture

    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
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    Creative portfolios

    to you. Please answer a brief questionnaire about your research ... . Nominate your research advisor, mentor, or Principal Investigator to submit a ... play two instruments equally well, you may optionally choose to submit a
  • Apply / Transfer applicants

    Transfer deadlines & requirements

    . Transcripts Transfer applicants are required to upload a copy of their ... professors or instructors. We recommend that one be from a math or science ... who know an applicant well as both a student and a person. You are also
  • Discover / The MIT education

    Independent Activities Period

    ,[/annotation] IAP has grown to be a unique feature of the MIT education, offering ... machine to a crash course in stand-up comedy. Other students take the time ... [intro]Independent Activities Period (IAP) is a four-week period in

  • MIT visits you

    take a look and see if we'll be in your area. We can't wait to meet you ... [intro]Not everyone can take the time to come to MIT, so we do our best to come to you. We crisscross the U.S. as often as we can, so that
  • Discover / The MIT education

    Maker education

    come to be called a "maker education."[/intro] Our motto The motto ... project-based, and require you to become a creative, skilled maker ... things, and from trying to make them work. This "maker education" is at
  • Apply / Transfer applicants

    The transfer application

    : We recommend that one letter of recommendation come from a math or ... a test by the October test date, and fall entry applicants must take a test by the March test date. School Official Report: To be completed by
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    Accessing advanced coursework

    follow the instructions to take the certification. Achieve a 90% on the ... MIT, or if you want to pursue [annotation note='To be clear, we do not expect students do anything above and beyond what is required to
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    Interview

    About the interview At MIT we don't just want to see how you look on ... , we offer an interview with a member of the MIT Educational Council, a network of over 3,500 MIT graduates around the world who volunteer to meet

  • Arts and music

    Orchestra, Festival Jazz Ensemble, and Rambax, a Senegalese drumming group, to name a few. Tune in below to watch the MIT Video Game Orchestra in their ... are more than a dozen active dance ensembles at MIT, and the best way to

  • Student life at MIT

    likely get 4,500 unique answers from each of our undergrads as to what a ... freely from lectures to labs, from dance floors to darkrooms, from study breaks to startup meetings, from dining halls to family dinners. We could
  • Help / Contact

    Visit our office

    [intro]Admissions at MIT Welcome Center[/intro] If you plan to visit ... Center The Welcome Center is open from 9 AM to 5 PM, Monday through Friday ... Please do not send application materials to this address. If you must mail
  • Apply / Transfer applicants

    Academic preparation

    academic record doesn't appear to merit credit in a certain subject, you may ... transfer students take a variety of mathematics and science courses before ... areas. To prepare for MIT’s academic program, we recommend that transfer
  • Help / Contact

    Via tesseract

    see," Mrs. Whatsit said, "if a very small insect were to move from the ... quite a long walk for him if he had to walk straight across." Swiftly ... learned to take short cuts wherever possible." "Sort of like in math?" Meg
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    Deadlines & requirements

    application portal. Please note: You’re only allowed to apply once per entry ... a math or science teacher and one from a humanities, social science ... -native English speakers who plan to apply. Mid-February February Updates &
  • Discover / Life and culture

    Housing at MIT

    [intro]Housing is a very important part of undergraduate life at MIT. You choose where you live, and each living group is a community with its ... -campus residence halls.[/intro] We believe that students should have a great deal of

  • Housing and residence life

    want to live in, giving students the chance to live in a place that feels ... (GRTs) who are there to provide snacks, life advice, or some help with a ... (blog by Shuli J. ’22) Re-orienting (blog by Fatima A. ’25) Guide to