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  • Apply / First-year applicants

    Deadlines & requirements

    application portal. [button_link link="https://apply.mitadmissions.org/portal/apply"]Apply now![/button_link] Please note: You’re only allowed to apply once per ... , activities, academics, etc. November 1 Two letters of recommendation—one from
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    First-year learning communities

    a whole lot of change happening at once. In the span of a few weeks ... are part of much smaller academic groups, the first-year learning ... students as they go through their first year at MIT. Each of the three
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    Getting started

    1 if you're applying Early Action, or January 6 if you're applying Regular Action. There is no strategic benefit to applying during either ... the Fee Waiver Request section of the application. MIT practices need
  • Discover / Learn more

    Newsletters

    campus. MIT Daily, from the MIT News Office, offers regular updates on ... future of work, and technology in general.
  • Discover / The MIT education

    MIT’s educational philosophy

    offered, of course!"]required to learn French and German[/annotation] in ... -motivated and engaged participants in a dynamic community of learners. We combine ... principles Since the first classes were offered in a storage warehouse in
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    Interview

    , 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 ... interviews will take place in January. If we are unable to offer you an
  • 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
  • Policies

     central accessibility website where you can find all of MIT's accessibility resources in ... universities to publish an annual report every year by October 1 that contains three years of campus crime and fire safety statistics and certain campus
  • Apply / Understanding the process

    Our selection process

    between when you apply and when you receive your decision? Once your ... committee, where multiple groups of different admissions staff and faculty ... decision is correct in the context of the overall applicant pool, and that no
  • Discover / Life and culture

    Arts & music

    -based laboratory offering an undergraduate minor and concentration, plus a variety of ... [intro]More than half of all undergraduates take part in arts and ... of contemporary art, is home to a state-of-the-art black box performing
  • MIT visits you

    them as well! Check out the list of where we're headed below, and we ... affordability & financial aid workshops as well. [button_link link="https://apply ... application process. There is a Q&A period at the end of session as well
  • Apply / Transfer applicants

    Returning students

    Secondary school materials Some students apply to us after an ... experiences of students returning to higher education. At the same time, we need to evaluate students against a common baseline of preparation for a
  • Discover / The MIT education

    Undergraduate research

    [intro]One of the earliest programs of its kind in the United States ... thousands of projects each year with 94% of MIT graduating seniors conducting ... —redefining the nature of research at MIT. Hundreds of academic papers published
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    February Updates & Notes Form

    deferred in Early Action, and all students who applied for Regular Action ... after completion of the fall semester (or after completion of the second ... currently attending school; MIT has all of my grades." option on the form
  • Afford / Cost & affordability

    Estimate your cost

    [intro]Find out what it will cost to attend MIT with one of our cost ... eligibility for financial aid might be and estimate your out-of-pocket expenses. The Net Price Calculator will give you an estimate of your net cost and
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    Be yourself!

    If you’re thinking about applying to MIT, you're probably curious ... and capable of in a college application.  As admissions officers, we ... the context of your life.  It’s important to think of any college
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    Essays, activities & academics

    outside of your high school (at a local junior college or university, for ... consists of several short response questions and essays designed to help us ... too much—spending a lot of time stressing or strategizing about what
  • Next steps

    [intro]You made it to the end of our virtual visit experience! We ... advantage of.[/intro] Tour campus, virtually Follow blogger CJ Q. ’23 as he ... might be right for you. [button_link link="https://apply
  • Apply / Parents and educators

    Advising your students

    Dean of Admissions, Stu Schmill '86, wrote in a blog post: In simple ... think they have to. We don’t want students to take advanced classes out of a sense of competition, rather than the joy of learning. We don’t want
  • Discover / About MIT

    Life after MIT

    . Here are some of the things they do next.[/intro] Careers Career advising at MIT is formally coordinated by the office of Career Advising & ... event that takes place every September and typically welcomes hundreds of