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    Transfer credit & advanced standing

    enrollment opportunities, early college programs, and other ways to take post-secondary classes while they’re still in high school. Many of these programs offer both high school and college credit—or even [annotation note="If you
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    Accessing advanced coursework

    recognized as the official test prep partner of the College Board. They offer ... many of our applicants have interests, aptitudes, and curiosities that ... programs, which offer college-level courses at a local high school, college
  • 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
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    College access & advising programs

    one of 45–50 colleges and selected high school college counselors ... consortium of colleges and universities dedicated to working with high schools ... preparation and advising resources, including lists of free and low-cost pre-college
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    DACA & undocumented applicants

    As part of our mission to uphold meritocracy and fair access for ... , regardless of citizenship or immigration status. Undocumented and [annotation ... ."]need-blind[/annotation] admissions, and provide generous financial aid that meets 100% of a family
  • Apply / Transfer applicants

    Academic preparation

    college calculus and calculus-based physics, and one semester each of ... transfer students take a variety of mathematics and science courses before applying, taking full advantage of their institution’s offerings in these
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    Summer programs

    elsewhere, that offer compelling intellectual content and a rigorous educational approach, a great community of like-minded peers, and are either ... . MITES Semester is a six-month, hybrid learning STEM and college
  • Apply / Understanding the process

    Admissions statistics

    Middle 50% score range of admitted students (25th and 75th percentiles ... people understand complex systems and make informed decisions. So, a few ...  determine our admissions process, but they are the result of our process. In our
  • Discover / The MIT education

    Cross-registration

    -register at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design (MassArt), a respected ... [intro]In addition to the thousands of courses already offered by the ... can count toward fulfillment of major and minor requirements, including
  • Discover / Learn more

    Books about MIT

    years College Admissions and the Public Interest by former Director of ... , and impact on the world. Here are some of our favorites: A Widening ... , values, and controversies in which the college admissions process is
  • Discover / Life and culture

    Arts & music

    & Technology, and cross-registration with Massachusetts College of ... -based laboratory offering an undergraduate minor and concentration, plus a variety of ... [intro]More than half of all undergraduates take part in arts and
  • Apply / Parents and educators

    Advising your students

    educationally sound for them to best prepare them to succeed in college and beyond ... a laundry list of a million activities. And we don’t want students ... admission because of their circumstances. And we don’t want this push for
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    Outreach and access

    and juniors. MIT is one of 45–50 colleges and selected high school ... brings together a consortium of colleges and universities dedicated to ... We take an active role in a number of recruitment, outreach, and
  • Afford / Cost & affordability

    How much it costs

    . We offer full-need financial aid, which means we meet 100% of your ... recent data, college graduates who borrowed, owed an average of $29,100 in ... are one of only eight schools in the U.S. that is need blind and meets
  • Discover / About MIT

    A brief history of MIT

    the public interest at the intersection of technology and humanity ... of the arts, and a school of industrial science. The state agreed, and ... congressman and senator in a state's congressional delegation—to fund colleges

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    campus. Disruptive behavior will result in the termination of your tour and loss of future tour privileges. Cancellations and refunds Cancellations ... refunds will be offered in the case of an Institute-wide closure or a sick
  • Discover / The MIT education

    Independent Activities Period

    Departments offer hundreds of credit-bearing subjects during IAP. And any member ... January during which faculty and students are freed from the rigors of ... ,[/annotation] IAP has grown to be a unique feature of the MIT education, offering
  • Discover / The MIT education

    Global education

    year, hundreds of students intern, teach, research, and collaborate in ... [intro] A majority of MIT students travel to study, research, work, and perform service around the world.[/intro] As an MIT student, you