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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
  • Apply / Understanding the process

    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
  • Apply / Parents and educators

    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
  • 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

  • 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
  • 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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    Veterans

    campus. If you are a veteran interested in an MIT education, please know ... in advanced math and science both improves your odds of getting into ... demonstrated recent success in advanced math and science, including: Math
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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
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    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