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    First-year learning communities

    . These groups help to provide a close-knit community and academic environment to ... Terrascope students are given a “mission” that they collaborate on and come up ... explore that year’s topic up close and personal during a spring break trip

  • 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 tour led by a current MIT student. Tours last approximately 60 minutes
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    General Institute Requirements

    , and social sciences, including three to four in a concentration of your ... and speaking skills Laboratory requirement: a minimum number of ... complicated and different for every student and major. However, as a rule of
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    Independent Activities Period

    [intro]Independent Activities Period (IAP) is a four-week period in January during which faculty and students are freed from the rigors of ... ,[/annotation] IAP has grown to be a unique feature of the MIT education, offering
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    About MITAdmissions.org

    name in order to do so. Since then, we've built up a following and sense ... only a few months old and restricted to a handful of colleges, which ... said, and a blog conversation is much the same. “Once you take out the
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    Global education

    , and labs for research or work a teaching program where students teach STEM in foreign high schools and universities a study abroad program ... [intro] A majority of MIT students travel to study, research, work
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    About MIT Admissions

    than 45,000 visitors a year who attend our information sessions and ... , and a responsibility, and requires a public and institutional trust that ... MIT Office of Undergraduate Admissions enrolls a talented and diverse
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    Inventions & innovations

    Globe published a ranked list of 150 inventions and discoveries ... with engineering and scientific studies—and produced an unending stream ... discoveries of basic research to products and infrastructure used by ordinary

  • 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 ... (and often do) speak at length about our students, but why not get to

  • Schedule your campus visit

    life, the application process, and financial aid. A student-led campus ... In-person info sessions and tours We offer two types of campus visits each week. Info session and student-led tour: Our info sessions are
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    For parents

    the admissions process as a rite of passage—a challenging initiation that marks the transition out of childhood and into adult responsibility.[/intro] The college search and application process should be about one thing
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    The transfer application

    must take a test by the October test date, and fall entry applicants must ... fee presents a hardship for you and your family, you may request a fee ... application for fall (September) entry is due March 15. If you are a citizen of
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    DACA & undocumented applicants

    ."]need-blind[/annotation] admissions, and provide generous financial aid that meets 100% of a family ... preservation of DACA and advocating for a pathway to citizenship, and MIT filed ... published a comprehensive website that includes colleges’ and universities
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    Eating at MIT

    [intro]You can choose to join a conventional meal plan with access to dining halls, or cook for yourself (and often, your friends) in a community ...  residences that have a dining hall, you must buy into a conventional meal plan and
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    Majors & minors

    and Engineering 3 & 3-A ✅Yes ✅ Mathematical Economics 14 ... [intro]At MIT, majors are conventionally called courses, and they're numbered rather than named; meanwhile, our credits are called units and they

  • infinite MIT

    , and a lot of exploration along the way. We don't read, edit, or ... .[/annotation]We hope you'll get a good sense of the MIT community and if it might be a ... , to a wide range of individual gifts, talents, interests and
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    What we look for

    enjoy doing. Intensity, curiosity, and excitement In a nutshell, you ... heart into a few things that you truly care about and that will be enough ... thoughtful people from a wide variety of backgrounds and worldviews who take
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    Veterans

    MIT has a long history of educating veterans, both before and after their service, and we are proud to support a community of veterans on campus. If you are a veteran interested in an MIT education, please know
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    Life after MIT

    mentorships, and chats over coffee. According to a survey of graduating students ... world one day as well. It is a point of policy and principle that MIT ... , and our alumni are proud of that.  Everything else There's a lot more to
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    For school counselors

    letters on behalf of your applicants. For our advice and tips on writing a ... automatically receive an email with a link where you can fill out and submit your ...  admissions officers read applications from around the country and world, and are