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    how to sail against the wind on tacking

    MIT blogger CJ Q. '23
    san francisco bay, reaping enjoyment from the kind of wealth that came ... , we set sail. the san francisco bay was surrounded by city skylines ... extremes of thirty degrees. we headed against the wind, tacking back and
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    Transfer credit & advanced standing

    of how many classes you may have taken at the university level—even if you graduate with both a high school diploma and an associate's degree ... -secondary classes while they’re still in high school. Many of these programs offer
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    Accessing advanced coursework

    many of our applicants have interests, aptitudes, and curiosities that ... that you take outside of your high school on your MIT application.  Here are four options that many of our students have found useful to prepare
  • 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 / First-year applicants

    First-year eligibility

    pursuing a different field of study from the bachelor’s degree you hold. By ... secondary education and wish to pursue a bachelor's degree as a full-time university student. Students may apply during or after their final year of

  • MIT visits you

    . Check out the list of where we're headed below, and we'll see you soon. If ... application process. There is a Q&A period at the end of session as well ... Carolina October California Florida Maryland Massachusetts
  • Apply / Transfer applicants

    Transfer eligibility

    different field of study from the bachelor’s degree you hold. If you are ... high school and will have completed at least one year of college before ... -year applicant regardless of how many classes you may have taken at the university
  • 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
  • Discover / About MIT

    Life after MIT

    : 54% of 2024 bachelor’s degree graduates had internship/externship that ... . Here are some of the things they do next.[/intro] Careers Career advising at MIT is formally coordinated by the office of Career Advising &
  • Apply / Transfer applicants

    Returning students

    experiences of students returning to higher education. At the same time, we need to evaluate students against a common baseline of preparation for a ... while, we expect to see the results of your standardized tests, transcript
  • Discover / Life and culture

    Arts & music

    [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 ... beginner.[/intro] MIT is full of opportunities to showcase your artistic
  • Apply / Transfer applicants

    Academic preparation & credit

    variety of mathematics and science courses before applying, taking full advantage of their institution’s offerings in these areas. To prepare for MIT ... , IB, etc.), then you should enroll at the appropriate level for each of
  • Discover / The MIT education

    The first year

    by choosing among a variety of ways to complete core subjects and ... of having taken it; in the second term, students earn an A, B, C, or no record. As part of the flexible pass/no record grading option, students may
  • Discover / Life and culture

    The MIT community

    . This unusual degree of access has deep cultural roots in our longstanding ... Institute and they'll probably say "the people." The quality of the MIT ... even harder to leave."[/intro] The people at MIT The best asset of MIT
  • Discover / The MIT education

    Cross-registration

    [intro]In addition to the thousands of courses already offered by the ... : “the Institute should encourage initiative, promote the spirit of free ... Harvard University for degree credit at no extra charge. Harvard subjects