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    International applicants

    we continue to welcome them today. If you are an international student ... 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

  • Online info sessions

    [intro]There are many ways to get to know us, right from the comfort ... online session once a month. Sign up to see if MIT might be right for you ... together a little virtual-MIT-choose your own-adventure experience to get you
  • Afford / Cost & affordability

    Estimate your cost

    [intro]Find out what it will cost to attend MIT with one of our cost ... a more in-depth review and to determine Pell eligibility you will need to use the Net Price Calculator. Net Price Calculator The Net Price

  • Schedule your campus visit

    reservation for a session, due to MIT's Covid-19 policies, we will not be able to accommodate you. [button_link link="https://apply.mitadmissions.org/portal/visitmit"]Register[/button_link] In-person group tours If you would like to bring a group of 6–50 people
  • Apply / Transfer applicants

    Academic preparation

    areas. To prepare for MIT’s academic program, we recommend that transfer ... chemistry and biology. For more details about the GIRs, please refer to the ... . Go out of your way to find projects, research, activities, internships
  • Help / Contact

    Via email

    , then we'll sort out who needs to respond and [annotation note="We get ... emails tend to spike especially around the application deadlines, so please be patient if we don't respond in realtime."] get back to you as
  • About

    About MITAdmissions.org

    blogs back in 2004, we had to use external hosting and an external domain name in order to do so. Since then, we've built up a following and sense ... update our website regularly and strive to keep it as accurate (and

  • Policies

    Nondiscrimination policy Privacy policy Accessibility MIT is committed to providing an inclusive and accessible environment. To that end, we have a ... universities to publish an annual report every year by October 1 that contains
  • Discover / Life and culture

    Arts & music

    of contemporary art, is home to a state-of-the-art black box performing ... -level training to ensembles and classes that you can join even if you’re just a beginner.[/intro] MIT is full of opportunities to showcase your artistic
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    First-year eligibility

    [annotation note="Note that we do not formally require you to have graduated or earned a GED, though you may well choose to!"]concluded[/annotation] their secondary education and wish to pursue a bachelor's degree as a full
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    Interview

    About the interview At MIT we don't just want to see how you look on ... network of over 3,500 MIT graduates around the world who volunteer to meet ... typically use the email address you provided on your application to contact
  • Discover / The MIT education

    MIT’s educational philosophy

    offered, of course!"]required to learn French and German[/annotation] in order to graduate. However, the MIT education has always been based on ... (produced by our research and innovation) MIT also tends to [annotation note
  • Apply / Understanding the process

    Our mission

    's longstanding commitment to the public interest, a theory we put into practice ... enroll add to a vibrant campus community and will become the leaders and innovators of our global society. We uphold a commitment to meritocracy and
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    Advanced classes & credit

    MIT does not require applicants to take advanced courses beyond what is commonly available in high school. Credit for coursework We love to ... credit for advanced coursework, generally because we prefer to make sure
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    Letters of recommendation

     and—when available—a School Profile and letter of recommendation). You will be able to ... like to ask so that they have as much time as possible to write about you! (If you're a teacher looking for guides on how to write good letters of
  • Discover / The MIT education

    The first year

    by choosing among a variety of ways to complete core subjects and ... ) interests in order to develop their plans for further study. Before we get to ... designate up to 48 units to be graded on a pass/no record basis after their
  • Discover / Learn more

    Admissions videos

    throwing cream pies in each other's faces to announce when decisions would be released, and making a video to announce Pi Day became an unexpected ... comforting character for those of us old enough to remember videotapes
  • Discover / The MIT education

    Maker education

    come to be called a "maker education."[/intro] Our motto The motto ... things, and from trying to make them work. This "maker education" is at ... training program, MakerLodge, to teach making skills to first

  • Explore MIT on your own

    [intro]You don't have to travel to Cambridge to get a feel for MIT ... new things—whether on campus or off—there's more than enough to explore from home. Consider this your starting point as you get to know MIT