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  • Discover / About MIT

    A brief history of MIT

    practice, into a coherent program of study within a single institution. In ... [intro]In 1865, the founding of MIT established a new kind of ... America. Since then, MIT has built a robust tradition of solving problems in
  • Discover / Learn more

    Books about MIT

    , and impact on the world. Here are some of our favorites: A Widening ... small technical school into a major research university Becoming MIT: Moments of Decision a volume edited by Professor David Kaiser, which traces
  • Discover / Life and culture

    Hacks, tomfoolery & pranks

    stealthily execute campus pranks according to an informal code of ethics. These ... experience the hack.[/intro] At MIT, hacking refers to more than breaking into computer systems. As the journalist Steven Levy wrote in his history of
  • Apply / Understanding the process

    Our mission

    's longstanding commitment to the public interest, a theory we put into practice with our admissions process and financial aid. The MIT Office of ... of some of the world’s most intelligent and creative individuals
  • 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

  • Request a group tour

    plenty of travel time to get to campus, taking Boston traffic into ... 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
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    Transcripts

    uploading them directly into the MIT application portal By using a third ... , applicants should enter their counselor’s information into the Recommenders section of their application. Our preference is for counselors to use our
  • Apply / Parents and educators

    For parents

    college feels like one of your last great parental responsibilities. We see the admissions process as a rite of passage—a challenging initiation that marks the transition out of childhood and into adult responsibility

  • Clubs, activities, and athletics

    of clubs, organizations, and activities covering every imaginable topic. Chances are, if you're into something, you can find someone else on campus ... Athletes (via Slice of MIT) A Week in the Life of a Student-Athlete (blog
  • Apply / Parents and educators

    For school counselors

    regionalized officer who exclusively presents to your school or area. All of our ... outside of the reading season. You are our professional colleagues, and we ... and mention the name and location of your school. During the reading
  • Discover / Life and culture

    The MIT community

    Institute and they'll probably say "the people." The quality of the MIT ... Professor Emeritus Jay Keyser once observed that "MIT is hard to get into, and even harder to leave."[/intro] The people at MIT The best asset of MIT

  • 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
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    International applicants

    MIT has a very long history of educating international students, and ... applying to an American school like MIT works. Some of the information in ...  and local advising centers. Am I international? For the purposes of the
  • About

    About MIT Admissions

    ."]MIT Office of Undergraduate Admissions[/annotation] oversees the recruitment and selection of all undergraduate applicants to the Institute ... coordinate the Educational Council, an international network of over 3
  • Apply / Understanding the process

    Our selection process

    committee, where multiple groups of different admissions staff and faculty ... decision is correct in the context of the overall applicant pool, and that no ... has any chance of swaying a decision unfairly. Our process is a student

  • Policies

    feel isolated; all students should come into contact with members of ...  central accessibility website where you can find all of MIT's accessibility resources in ... three years of campus crime and fire safety statistics and certain campus
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    College access & advising programs

    The process of applying to college isn’t always straightforward ... support of a whole community. If you want help understanding the college ... advising program.  Many of these programs are community-based organizations
  • 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