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    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

  • Math certifications

    math on Khan Academy: Khan Academy offers free online lessons and ... status, which requires a fee. If you are unable to afford the cost of a ... ="https://support.edx.org/hc/en-us/articles/215167857-Does-edX-offer-financial-assistance-How-do-I-apply-?utm_source
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    Eating at MIT

    eat. Your options If you choose to live in one of the six ... Bon Appétit, offer options for food sensitivities and special diets ... 't use all of their meals can choose to donate them to classmates through a

  • infinite MIT

    , and a lot of exploration along the way. We don't read, edit, or ... check them out, there are 7,126 as of this writing."] student bloggers.[/annotation]We hope you'll get a good sense of the MIT community and if it might be a
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    Assistant Director, Special Cohorts

    other MIT offices. How does this role advance the mission and vision of ... entrepreneurial abilities —  even by the standards of MIT students generally —  who will benefit from the unmatched resources of an education at the
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    Creative portfolios

    Room.
 For more information on each type of portfolio, please review the ... of high school classes are welcome to submit the Research Supplement ... brief questionnaire about your research experience. Include a PDF of
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    International applicants

    MIT has a very long history of educating international students, and ... applying to an American school like MIT works. Some of the information in ...  and local advising centers. Am I international? For the purposes of the
  • Discover / The MIT education

    Majors & minors

    these schools offers degrees in their courses of study, as well as minors ... learn through programs that are at the leading edge of their field ... best; you are then free to choose from among any of MIT's courses of
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    WISE 2024

    , including the cost of transportation to and from MIT. We strongly encourage ... : You must attend high school in the United States or one of its ... financial aid application process. Travel The cost of transportation to and
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    Letters of recommendation

    We require letters of recommendation from two teachers. We recommend ...  and—when available—a School Profile and letter of recommendation). You will be able to ... ! (If you're a teacher looking for guides on how to write good letters of

  • En Español

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  • 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 / Understanding the process

    First-year class profile

    For the MIT Class of 2027 Some facts and figures about the [annotation note="Class of 2027 data as of September 2023."]1,092 members[/annotation] of the Class of 2027. See also Admissions statistics. Gender* Men 49
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    Getting started

    the Fee Waiver Request section of the application. MIT practices need ... your chances of admission. Field of study We're asking about your preferred field of study because we're curious about what interests you right
  • About

    Meet the admissions officers

    MIT admissions officers are involved with all aspects of the ... decisions. Admissions officers have a wide variety of backgrounds and ... process. Please note that MIT's Office of Admissions is not regionalized
  • Discover / Life and culture

    Clubs & activities

    cultural appreciation and scientific investigation of chocolate, and the only group on campus that orders more than 500 pounds of chocolate a year Science Fiction Society, home to the largest open-stacks library of science
  • Discover / Life and culture

    Hacks, tomfoolery & pranks

    stealthily execute campus pranks according to an informal code of ethics. These ... computer systems. As the journalist Steven Levy wrote in his history of hacking, the definition of hacking descends from a much older tradition of
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    Other videos

    people. It's hard to narrow down thousands of videos, but here are a few of ... of MIT. [embed]https://youtu.be/TA1UX8NCD08[/embed] [embed
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    Essays, activities & academics

    consists of several short response questions and essays designed to help us ... too much—spending a lot of time stressing or strategizing about what ... these short answer essay questions: What field of study appeals to you