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  U.S. Military Veterans

  MIT has a long history of educating U.S. military veterans, both before and after their service, and we are proud to support a community of ... degree elsewhere, you may explore MIT’s options for continuing
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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
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  General Institute Requirements

  curriculum and foundation for the rest of your education.[/intro] William ... studies...of the philosopher are often the most beneficent sources of ... of study. They include the: Science core: six foundational courses
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  How to write good letters of recommendation

  [intro]Because of our highly competitive applicant pool, letters of ... information and impressions we cannot glean from the rest of the application. Try to give a complete sketch of the student and the context of their
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  Books about MIT

  , and impact on the world. Here are some of our favorites: A Widening ... : Moments of Decision a volume edited by Professor David Kaiser, which traces the evolution of MIT as seen in a series of crucial decisions over the
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  Independent Activities Period

  January during which faculty and students are freed from the rigors of ... Johnson, of saving fuel during the energy crisis.']Established in 1971,[/annotation] IAP has grown to be a unique feature of the MIT education, offering
• Apply / Transfer applicants

  The transfer application

  .S. permanent residents may apply through spring entry. Transcripts: Copies of all of your secondary/high school, college, and university transcripts should be uploaded within the MIT transfer application. Two letters of
• Discover / About MIT

  Inventions & innovations

  of world-changing advancements. These innovations translate the novel discoveries of basic research to products and infrastructure used by ordinary ... Globe published a ranked list of 150 inventions and discoveries
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  Undergraduate research

  [intro]One of the earliest programs of its kind in the United States ... thousands of projects each year with 95% of MIT graduating seniors conducting ... —redefining the nature of research at MIT. Hundreds of academic papers published
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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
• Afford / Cost & affordability

  How much it costs

  education. We offer aid that meets 100% of your demonstrated financial need.[/intro] The big picture The full price of an MIT education is $92,760 for the ... . We offer full-need financial aid, which means we meet 100% of your
• 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

• Request a group tour

  Thank you for your interest in a private group tour of MIT! Please ... Groups of 6–50 students are welcome to submit a request for a private group ... minimum of 3 weeks notice to schedule a private group tour. Please allow 3
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  First-year learning communities

  a whole lot of change happening at once. In the span of a few weeks ... are part of much smaller academic groups, the first-year learning ... students as they go through their first year at MIT. Each of the three
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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
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  MIT’s educational philosophy

  -motivated and engaged participants in a dynamic community of learners. We combine ... offered, of course!"]required to learn French and German[/annotation] in ... strong foundation in core fields of human knowledge (implemented by the

• Student life at MIT

  likely get 4,500 unique answers from each of our undergrads as to what a “day in the life of an MIT student” looks like for them—and that's part of what makes life at MIT so vibrant.[/intro] The humans of MIT move

• Policies

   central accessibility website where you can find all of MIT's accessibility resources in ... three years of campus crime and fire safety statistics and certain campus ... ’s campus, please see the following link. Hard copies of this report are