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  First-year learning communities

  a whole lot of change happening at once. In the span of a few weeks, you move to a new city, live with a new roommate, enroll in new classes ... filled with couches and bean bags for students to relax in between classes
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  Our mission

  interested in an education centered on science and technology. The students we ... . In 1966, he wrote a legendary, and still relevant, book called College Admissions in the Public Interest. This book, which the College Board
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  The first year

  ) interests in order to develop their plans for further study. Before we get to ... . In the first term, students either pass the class or receive no record of having taken it; in the second term, students earn an A, B, C, or no

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  We are makers. We are thinkers. We are explorers. In all that we do. The MIT community is driven by a shared purpose to make a better world through education, research, and innovation. We are fun and quirky

• Arts and music

  [intro]MIT students are as creative in the studio and on stage as they are in the lab. More than half of undergrads enroll in arts and ... name a few. Tune in below to watch the MIT Video Game Orchestra in their
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  Admissions videos

  Pi Day videos (2014–2024) In 2014, we made a video of some bloggers throwing cream pies in each other's faces to announce when decisions would be ... tradition. You can watch them all in a YouTube playlist here, or in the
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  Our selection process

  who will consider your application in a holistic manner, within its ... members will weigh in. At least a dozen people will significantly discuss and debate an application before it is placed in the admit pile. Student
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  For school counselors

  hope to both learn from you what is happening on the ground in high ... the office reading applications or sequestered in the admissions committee. Writing and submitting evaluation letters In this process, we ask
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  Essays, activities & academics

  their own trails achieving the unexpected. In what ways have you done something different than what was expected in your educational journey? MIT ... view your coursework and grades in a consistent format. Here are a few

• 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
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  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
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  STEM programs

  these activities. We don't expect or require applicants to participate in ... students PRIMES-USA, a free, year-long research program in math open to ... travel to) MIT's campus in Cambridge, MA: Educational Studies Program
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  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
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  College access & advising programs

  low socioeconomic means, live in a rural area, or might be the first in ... access and advising programs (in alphabetical order) that MIT students have found helpful in their education journeys. You may also want to talk to
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  DACA & undocumented applicants

  consider your (in)ability to pay for MIT in our admissions process ... personal expenses. MIT is committed to supporting undocumented students in our community as well as outside the Institute. In 2017, MIT's 17th
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  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