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• Explore MIT on your own

  .[/intro] Let's get started At the bottom of each page—starting with this one ... rabbit hole deep into the digital MIT universe...we consider that a success.) We’ve written pretty extensively about each of these topics elsewhere
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  First-year learning communities

  all of the instructors and faculty available and hanging around in the ... 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
• 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

  Transfer application materials

  required to upload a copy of their transcripts to the MIT transfer ... /high schools, colleges, and universities. Official transcripts are only required ... . College instructor recommendations We require two academic letters of
• Apply / Transfer applicants

  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
• Apply / Preparing for MIT

  Summer programs

  start, here’s an incomplete list of summer programs that MIT students have ... educational approach, a great community of like-minded peers, and are either ... , then you might try one of these: MIT Introduction to Technology
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  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
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  Essays, activities & academics

  outside of your high school (at a local junior college or university, for ... consists of several short response questions and essays designed to help us ... too much—spending a lot of time stressing or strategizing about what

• Policies

   central accessibility website where you can find all of MIT's accessibility resources in ... universities to publish an annual report every year by October 1 that contains three years of campus crime and fire safety statistics and certain campus

• infinite MIT

  , and a lot of exploration along the way. We don't read, edit, or ... check them out, there are 7,300 as of this writing."] student bloggers.[/annotation]We hope you'll get a good sense of the MIT community and if it might be a
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  Letters of recommendation

  We require letters of recommendation from two teachers. We recommend ... counselor (or another school official) may also include a letter of ... teacher letters of recommendations, we recommend that one letter be from a
• Discover / The MIT education

  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
• Apply / Parents and educators

  How to write good letters of recommendation

  [intro]Because of our highly competitive applicant pool, letters of ... beyond their own self-advocacy.[/intro] A guide to writing letters of ... information and impressions we cannot glean from the rest of the application
• Discover / The MIT education

  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
• 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
• Discover / The MIT education

  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