FAQ / Transfer
Can I apply if I already have a degree?
MIT doesn’t award second bachelor’s degrees, regardless of the course of study. We encourage you to apply to MIT as a graduate student.
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FAQ / Transfer
Does MIT offer fee waivers for transfer applicants?
Fee waivers are available for all applicants, domestic and international. You can request one in the Fee Waiver Request section of the ... 't have any impact on your chances of admission. -
FAQ / First-year application
Do I have to submit my final grades?
Most students apply to college at the beginning of their last year of high school, so final grades aren't available. Only admitted students are required to submit their final grades. -
FAQ / First-year application
Where can I find info on Graduate Admissions/Masters/PhD?
The Office of Undergraduate Admissions handles first-year and transfer admissions. To pursue graduate study at MIT, you need to apply to one of our departmental programs(opens in new window). Each department -
FAQ / Academics and research
What is the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory?
The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at MIT focuses the talents of a diverse array of brain scientists on a single mission: unraveling the mechanisms that drive the quintessentially human capacity to -
FAQ / Life and culture
What does “drinking from a fire hose” mean?
Getting an education from MIT has been likened to taking a drink from a fire hose—the sheer number of opportunities and rigor of our coursework can leave students feeling hosed. So it's only fair that students -
FAQ / Life and culture
What are the residence halls/housing like?
More than 70% of our undergrads live on campus, including all first-year students. Housing differs across campus and we want each student to live where they feel best. Detailed descriptions of the undergraduate residence -
FAQ / Academics and research
Can I take a summer session?
During the regular Summer Session, MIT offers a limited selection of the subjects available in the academic year, as well as a few subjects designed for special interests and needs of MIT students. All classes are for -
FAQ / First-year application
Where can my school counselor find helpful information?
Thank you for all of the good work you do for our awesome applicants! We understand what a daunting task it is for school counselors to meet all of the different requirements for so many students and schools. We -
FAQ / Interview
Do alumni conduct interviews?
MIT's Alumni Association is involved with everything MIT—from providing admission interviews all over the world, to sharing in commencement exercises 50 years after their own graduation! They're members of one of the -
FAQ / Transfer
How much does the transfer application cost?
Fee Waiver Request section of the application. MIT offers need-blind admissions, so requesting a fee waiver won’t have any impact on your chances of -
FAQ / Transfer
Can transfer applicants submit supplemental materials?
There is no expectation for you to submit additional documents beyond the required application. For transfer applicants, we accept a maximum of two additional supplemental letters of recommendation from teachers -
FAQ / Transfer
Am I eligible to apply for transfer admission?
MIT welcomes a small group of exceptional transfer students every ... many students we can accept. Students who at the time of entry to MIT will have completed at least two terms of study with high academic -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
Top Ten of All Time; 2024 Edition ft. Barack Obama aka Minesweeper Monday EP 2
of the 6 kitchens, but has a muffin tray in every single one?? None of ... , and I talk about my favorite things of this year. [video width="1280 -
FAQ / Life and culture
What kind of student support services are available?
the water pressure. They are a friendly and easily accessible hub of support for MIT students. Whether you're struggling with a pset because of ... and the holistic experience of students, especially undergraduates. S3 -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
books I read in 2024, ranked and thoughts on the best ones
probably be higher if I felt capable of Actually Understanding Poetry, but I ... letters, and a list of all the books. S: will reread again and again The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro Fun Home by Alison Bechdel -
Blog / Announcements
Meet the baby bloggers! you have to read that to the tune of meet the flintstones
Hi everyone! It is that time again, the time of my[annotation note ... "]annual[/annotation]excitement: I get to introduce you to this year's crop of baby bloggers. To hire ... wonderful group of people. And now you, like us, get to laugh, cry, and lose -
Blog / MIT History & Culture
Tech is Hell we are happy, tech is hell
top of a mountain, whence the stone would fall back of its own weight ... passions as through his torture. His scorn of the gods, his hatred of death ... that must be paid for the passions of this earth -
Blog / Announcements
meet the baby bloggers! (some of whom are older than me)
Hi everybody!! As the first week of class winds down, it is my ... of bloggers. This year,[annotation note="nice"]69[/annotation] people ... submit to the mortifying ordeal of being known). There were many excellent -
Blog / How to MIT
A Comprehensive Guide to Course Lounges press F to pay respects to the entirety of course 21 and CMS
tl;dr: the google map of course lounges is here Here at MIT ... 's majors are called 'courses'. We have a whole bunch of courses, a comprehensive list of which you can find here. Almost every course at MIT has