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    Accessing advanced coursework

    If your high school doesn’t offer courses that help you prepare for ... may carry themselves beyond what is offered at their local high school ... programs, which offer college-level courses at a local high school, college
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    For home educators

    these students are successful and vibrant members of our community ... granted a formal high school diploma, while others have not. Please note that we do not require a high school diploma or GED from our applicants
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    Summer programs

    elsewhere, that offer compelling intellectual content and a rigorous educational approach, a great community of like-minded peers, and are either free to attend or (like MIT) offer generous need-based financial aid. MIT
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    Athletics & recreation

    United States. About a quarter of our students are varsity athletes, and ... teams, we offer the largest Division III program in the nation, in ... organized by MIT community members compete annually at different
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    College access & advising programs

    support of a whole community. If you want help understanding the college ... advising program.  Many of these programs are community-based organizations ... counselors, teachers, or other leaders in your local community to explore
  • Discover / The MIT education

    Maker education

    -year undergraduate students a new state-of-the art community makerspace, the MET ... -of-the-classroom projects. [embed]https://youtu.be/WQvgfjLmO8w[/embed] D-Lab D-Lab offers
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    The MIT community

    community is the single biggest reason why admitted students enroll, and why ... ,500 undergraduates at MIT. They hail from all 50 states and more than 100 countries ... December 2020, responding to calls from the community that MIT would benefit
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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 ... communities focuses on academics through a different lens, but they all
  • Discover / About MIT

    A brief history of MIT

    of the arts, and a school of industrial science. The state agreed, and ... , which allowed states to sell up to 30,000 acres of public land—for each congressman and senator in a state's congressional delegation—to fund colleges
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    About MITAdmissions.org

    community we hoped to build around MIT Admissions. We think our blogs are a ... the Institute, unless stated specifically otherwise. A final note on ... about. About the comments Since 2004 we have offered an open comment
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    STEM programs

    community may have some great programs, too! To be clear, we understand that ...  that are either free to attend or, like MIT, offer generous need ... Olympiads that the United States competes in, along with their [annotation
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    DACA & undocumented applicants

    students. For those students who face financial barriers, we offer fee ... our community as well as outside the Institute. In 2017, MIT's 17th ... undocumented student (esta guía está disponible en español). QuestBridge offers
  • Discover / The MIT education

    Independent Activities Period

    ,[/annotation] IAP has grown to be a unique feature of the MIT education, offering ... than 600 activities are offered each year, and regular students paying ... Departments offer hundreds of credit-bearing subjects during IAP. And any member
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    WISE 2024

    : You must attend high school in the United States or one of its ... campus community by working with and getting to know current students and ... right now? For more information about what each department at MIT offers
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    About MIT Admissions

    technology. The students we enroll add to a vibrant campus community and will ... athletic recruitment. We have no quotas by school, state, region, or ... offers interviews to as many students as it can to help demystify MIT. We
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    MIT’s educational philosophy

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

    students and community members first, and applicants second.[/intro] As our ... community in their pursuits. And, we want students who demonstrate strong ... offerings, to feel like they are not going to be strongly considered for
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    Eating at MIT

    dining halls, or cook for yourself (and often, your friends) in a community ... yourself in large, well-appointed community kitchens, or both. Some students ... Bon Appétit, offer options for food sensitivities and special diets