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  • Discover / About MIT

    Inventions & innovations

    people in everyday life.[/intro] For MIT's 150th anniversary, the Boston ... -delivering channels that release medicine in response to changes in skin temperature and ... detection of gravitational waves reaching the Earth (in collaboration with
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    Interview

    paper; we're interested in the whole person. That's why, whenever possible ... with applicants in their home area. Interviews are held in person ... Action interviews will take place in November and most Regular Action

  • Schedule your campus visit

    In-person info sessions and tours We offer two types of campus visits ... ="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 ... accommodate groups of 6–50 people in our regular information sessions and tours
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    Summer programs

    your summers in the way that best suits your personal needs and goals ... any high school student can come to campus to take courses and live in ... pursue careers in science, engineering, and entrepreneurship, especially

  • Explore MIT on your own

    —you’ll find a link to the next stop in this virtual ... on our site, and you'll find those pages linked in the headers. When in ... ”"]“mind and hand”[/annotation] suggests, our learning philosophy is rooted in
  • Discover / About MIT

    Life after MIT

    completed internships while at MIT. In 2024, 44% percent of undergraduates ... , starting income, and largest employers by major, are publicly available in ... students who don't go directly to graduate school, many do so in the future
  • Apply / Parents and educators

    Advising your students

    Dean of Admissions, Stu Schmill '86, wrote in a blog post: In simple ... educationally sound for them to best prepare them to succeed in college and beyond. We want students to challenge themselves appropriately in the areas
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    Be yourself!

    and capable of in a college application.  As admissions officers, we ... your recommenders write—to better understand you and your achievements in ... inspire each other. With all that in mind, preparing yourself for MIT means
  • Apply / Understanding the process

    What we look for

    for applicants to have cured all infectious disease in the world by the time they're 15. Tutoring a single kid in math changes the world ... MIT are designed to be worked on in groups, and cross-department labs
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    Deadlines & requirements

    The application The first-year application is closed in the MIT ... to be completed online. Creative portfolios in SlideRoom are available ... ) Early Action applicants will receive an admissions decision in mid
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    International applicants

    applying to an American school like MIT works. Some of the information in ... make sure to check with other schools before applying. In addition to ... significant time in the United States, or those who have a liminal status as
  • Discover / The MIT education

    Maker education

    experiential programs give you training in modern means of manufacture: what has ... former you get from learning in the classroom, and the latter from making ... Makerspace, in the works In addition to our research opportunities
  • Discover / Life and culture

    The MIT community

    sense of home. Our undergraduates In any given year there are ~4 ... like they had no other, MIT has one of the oldest LGBTQ+ student groups in ... discussion sections for large classes, or by serving as live-in Graduate
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    Academic preparation

    applying, taking full advantage of their institution’s offerings in these ... applicants generally have a GPA of 3.5 or above, and mostly A's in mathematics ... academic record doesn't appear to merit credit in a certain subject, you may
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    About MIT Admissions

    campus tours. MIT Admissions was established in 1929, and is currently led ... , tour guides, and student workers take pride in the mission, vision ... creative individuals interested in an education centered on science and
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    Transcripts

    entity. Counselors can submit transcripts to us in three ways: By ... @mit.edu Most applicants have their counselor submit a transcript in our ... your counselor include your name and application number in the subject
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    Getting started

    both domestic and international applicants, and you can request one in ... approximately half of our students ultimately major in something entirely ... "underwater basket weaving" will give you an edge in the admissions process, so
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    First-year eligibility

    they have [annotation note="Exceptions may be granted to students in the ... not award second bachelor’s degrees—even if you are interested in ... in high school, you are considered a first-year applicant regardless of

  • MIT visits you

    in locations big and small, urban and rural, coastal and mountain; so take a look and see if we'll be in your area. We can't wait to meet you ... 've been below, and we hope to see you soon. If you don't see anything in