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    Be yourself!

    better place. It can be tricky to sum up all that you’re passionate about and capable of in a college application.  As admissions officers, we ... your recommenders write—to better understand you and your achievements in
  • Apply / Transfer applicants

    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 ... transfer student, you can expect to receive credit for subjects of study that

  • Clubs, activities, and athletics

    . Chances are, if you're into something, you can find someone else on campus ... J. ’19 share their experience with varsity and club athletics in the ... Athletes (via Slice of MIT) A Week in the Life of a Student-Athlete (blog
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    Returning students

    in getting to know you. This includes the secondary school materials ... or in a non-degree program to brush up on their classroom experience ... mentors can provide useful information, especially if teacher evaluations

  • Explore MIT on your own

    Dianna Cowern ’11, aka Physics Girl) 24 Things I Learned in My First ... —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
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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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    Early vs Regular

    is no strategic benefit to applying in one vs the other. We have two ... applicants with more options so they can choose which works best for them ... another school that is "single choice"— meaning that you can only apply
  • 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 ... spirit is collaboration and cooperation; you can see it all over the

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    February Updates & Notes Form

    deferred in Early Action, and all students who applied for Regular Action ... application portal in mid-January and should be completed as soon as possible ... -trimester grades. Students who have already graduated simply select the "I'm not
  • Apply / Understanding the process

    Admissions statistics

    We love data at MIT. Reliable data, properly contextualized, can help ...  determine our admissions process, but they are the result of our process. In our ... included in the tables below, despite their centrality to our process. The
  • Discover / About MIT

    Basic facts

    Institutional Research. Elsewhere on our site, you can find current admission ... note='Source: MIT Facts']Campus[/annotation] 168 acres (0.68 km2) in
  • Discover / The MIT education

    MIT’s educational philosophy

    -motivated and engaged participants in a dynamic community of learners. We combine ... principles Since the first classes were offered in a storage warehouse in ... offered, of course!"]required to learn French and German[/annotation] in
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    Via phone

    Our phone number is 1.617.253.3400. That's it. That's the number you'd call. This probably didn't need to be its own page, but now that it's here, you can watch this true and factual documentary video of what it

  • Housing and residence life

    experience, and all first-year students live in one of our 10 on ... want to live in, giving students the chance to live in a place that feels ... project and is anticipated to reopen in fall 2025.']in operation
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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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    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