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  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    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 ... of how many classes you may have taken at the university level—even if
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    Accessing advanced coursework

    recognized as the official test prep partner of the College Board. They offer ... programs, which offer college-level courses at a local high school, college, or university—including community colleges.  These programs use all
  • 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

    consortium of colleges and universities dedicated to working with high schools ... The process of applying to college isn’t always straightforward ... support of a whole community. If you want help understanding the 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 ... students. For those students who face financial barriers, we offer fee
  • 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 ... small technical school into a major research university Becoming MIT
  • Discover / The MIT education

    Cross-registration

    [intro]In addition to the thousands of courses already offered by the ... students (of any sex or gender) may cross-register at Wellesley College ... -register at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design (MassArt), a respected
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    Summer programs

    a taste of the MIT experience while working on college ... start, here’s an incomplete list of summer programs that MIT students have ... elsewhere, that offer compelling intellectual content and a rigorous
  • Discover / About MIT

    A brief history of MIT

    .[/intro] A private university in the public interest The story of MIT begins ... of Massachusetts-Amherst."]Massachusetts Agricultural College ... [intro]In 1865, the founding of MIT established a new kind of
  • Apply / Transfer applicants

    Transfer deadlines & requirements

    require two academic letters of recommendation from college professors or ... —including all secondary/high schools, colleges, and universities. Official ... official and self-reported scores may affect a student’s offer of admission.
  • Discover / The MIT education

    Global education

    university overseas a global classroom program that offers students short ... [intro] A majority of MIT students travel to study, research, work ... year, hundreds of students intern, teach, research, and collaborate in
  • 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 ... current college/university. Application fee of $75: If paying the fee
  • Apply / Transfer applicants

    Transfer eligibility

    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 ... of study with high academic standing at an accredited college
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    International applicants

    MIT has a very long history of educating international students, and ... colleges, including MIT. This is a quick overview to help you understand how applying to an American school like MIT works. Some of the information in
  • Discover / The MIT education

    Majors & minors

    We also have the Schwarzman College of Computing that coordinates ... these schools offers degrees in their courses of study, as well as minors ... 're counted differently than at most other universities. The terminology can be
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    First-year eligibility

    -time university student. Students may apply during or after their final year of ... high school and completed at least one year of college. If you are still ... southern hemisphere, on an alternate calendar, who begin their college
  • Apply / Transfer applicants

    Academic preparation

    applying, taking full advantage of their institution’s offerings in these ... college calculus and calculus-based physics, and one semester each of ... student’s offer of admission.
  • Afford / Cost & affordability

    How to apply for aid

    Applications for financial aid are processed by our office of Student ... paint a detailed picture of what kind of aid you’ll need to be able to ... provided by the College Board that we use to determine if you qualify for a
  • Apply / Understanding the process

    Admissions statistics

     determine our admissions process, but they are the result of our process. In our ... . Admissions statistics for the Class of 2029 General First-year applications ... Applicants offered a place on the wait list 561 Number admitted from the wait
  • 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 $89,340 for the ... . We offer full-need financial aid, which means we meet 100% of your