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  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    Enrichment opportunities

    young people who dare to enjoy science and math, and help you prepare for ... courses (HSSP) to a single day educational extravaganza (SPLASH) and more ... competitions in math and science. Ultimately, each country fields a team of its
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    Be yourself!

    , and achievements. We are emphatically not looking for a batch of ... learning a lot, developing a better sense of yourself, and being a positive influence on those around you, then you can succeed on your own terms and be a
  • Apply / Parents and educators

    Advising your students

    ways to define the best, and we think it’s important that young people be ... a laundry list of a million activities. And we don’t want students ... [intro]As parents, counselors, teachers, mentors, and allies, we know
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    Summer programs

    intellectual content and a rigorous educational approach, a great community of ... here are a few more from other organizations: Science and research ... learning as much hands-on math, science, and engineering as you can, you
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    Creative portfolios

    application and demonstrates strong creative talent for a young artist. We ... . Include the title, medium, a brief description, date completed, and a brief ... , demo at a hackathon, or just do for yourself and friends, then the Maker
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    Outreach and access

    We take an active role in a number of recruitment, outreach, and ... ) and local high schools. College Horizons College Horizons is a pre ... Semester MITES Semester is a six-month, hybrid learning STEM and college

  • Arts and music

    music, visual and digital art, and a vibrant world of dance.[/intro] Music ... Orchestra, Festival Jazz Ensemble, and Rambax, a Senegalese drumming group, to ... are more than a dozen active dance ensembles at MIT, and the best way to

  • Discover

    . The MIT community is driven by a shared purpose to make a better world through education, research, and innovation. We are fun and quirky, inventive and artistic, obsessed with numbers, and welcoming to talented

  • Housing and residence life

    experience, and all first-year students live in one of our 10 on-campus residence halls. And MIT allows its students to choose which residence they want to live in, giving students the chance to live in a place that feels
  • Discover / About MIT

    A brief history of MIT

    and a practical education as fundamentally incompatible, its founders envisioned a new education to unify mens et manus, mind and hand, theory and ... of the arts, and a school of industrial science. The state agreed, and
  • Apply / Understanding the process

    Our mission

    Admissions enrolls a talented and diverse undergraduate student body composed ... 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
  • Discover / Life and culture

    Clubs & activities

    organizations, activism groups, and many more including a newspaper, a debate team, a radio station, student government, and so on. But alongside these ... a venue in which to learn and practice (safe) LED prop and fire
  • Discover / The MIT education

    MIT’s educational philosophy

    -motivated and engaged participants in a dynamic community of learners. We combine ... certain principles that guide us even today. These include: a broad and ... General Institute Requirements) a deep and skillful training in a

  • Clubs, activities, and athletics

    of clubs, organizations, and activities covering every imaginable topic ... 's the typical newspaper, radio station, and literary journal that you might expect. But MIT students also run a Laboratory for Chocolate Science
  • Discover / Life and culture

    Arts & music

    -level training to ensembles and classes that you can join even if you’re just a ... the MIT culture and a cross-disciplinary curriculum exists in all five ... program in Art, Culture and Technology is a critical studies and production
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    Books about MIT

    , and impact on the world. Here are some of our favorites: A Widening ... MIT by former President Julius A. Stratton and Loretta H. Mannix, which ... chief campus planner Nightwork: A History of Hacks and Pranks at MIT
  • Discover / The MIT education

    Maker education

    /build/project spaces a new music and arts innovation makerspace, MIT Voxel Lab a ...  where you can upload a design and have it manufactured on demand. [embed ... -led clubs and teams, courses in engineering and high-speed photography, and a
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    Admissions videos

    released, and making a video to announce Pi Day became an unexpected ... . It cost hundreds of thousands of dollars and was produced entirely by a ... ) A long-lost MIT admissions and recruitment vehicle recently discovered
  • Discover / Life and culture

    Athletics & recreation

    United States. About a quarter of our students are varsity athletes, and ... NEWMAC conference. It is possible to be a student and athlete at MIT ... , a state-of-the-art fitness center, and a fully staffed sports medicine