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    Transfer eligibility

    admission. If you are in your first year of college, the earliest you can ... entering MIT. If you are still in high school, you are considered a first-year applicant regardless of how many classes you may have taken at the university
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    Letters of recommendation

    request recommendations in your MIT application portal. You can request ... ! (If you're a teacher looking for guides on how to write good letters of ... evaluation. Please refer to the instructions on how to submit recommendations
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    WISE 2025

    ; please draft your responses on a separate page or document. How to apply in ... Weekend Immersion in Science & Engineering program is completely free ... , including students who come from low socioeconomic means, live in a rural area
  • 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
  • Discover / About MIT

    Inventions & innovations

    that can indicate the presence of bacterial contaminants in food in ... people in everyday life.[/intro] For MIT's 150th anniversary, the Boston ... bandage of the future: a gel-like material that can incorporate tiny drug

  • Next steps

    guides us on an extended virtual campus tour. If you can't come to campus ... mS2kdkI[/embed] Join us for an online session Sign up to see if MIT ... @mit.edu and you’ll be matched with a current student who can answer your
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    Accessing advanced coursework

    that can supplement your education. You’ll be able to report any courses ... Many students can access advanced classes through dual enrollment ... things in common: They’re usually low-cost or fully funded through
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    Veterans

    eligible for benefits that can significantly aid in your costs to attend MIT ... campus. If you are a veteran interested in an MIT education, please know ... forward to supporting you through the admissions process. How to apply
  • Discover / The MIT education

    The first year

    design principles and educational theory in order to understand how and why ... program can choose to participate in a [annotation note="Past locations have ... ) interests in order to develop their plans for further study. Before we get to
  • Discover / About MIT

    A brief history of MIT

    alumni. As America entered World War I, MIT became a [annotation note="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
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    College access & advising programs

    (though we try to be as transparent as possible at MIT!) and it can take the ... application process, learning how to tell your story, and finding a school where ... low socioeconomic means, live in a rural area, or might be the first in
  • Discover / Life and culture

    Athletics & recreation

    can participate in club and intramural sports. The key difference ... [intro]We have the largest Division III athletics program in the ... many more participate in club and intramural sports, as well as general
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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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    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 ... . We wish we could tell you about how awesome our undergrads are. But
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    Creative portfolios

    what you make, how you make, and why you make. Your responses in the ... fine to submit works in progress, but we can only review the work that ... department. Only advanced performers who are interested in continuing
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    Newsletters

    [intro]Would you like to hear from us every once in a while ... around campus . You can also check out these other newsletters from around ... on important developments in artificial intelligence, blockchain, the
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    Arts & music

    creativity, both in and out of classes. Some of the many ways you can explore ... [intro]More than half of all undergraduates take part in arts and ... -level training to ensembles and classes that you can join even if you’re just a
  • Discover / The MIT education

    Global education

    Research abroad In addition to MISTI research internships, you can conduct an ... can expect to have at least one international experience with research ... year, hundreds of students intern, teach, research, and collaborate in