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    Creative portfolios

    submitted if they feature work that is both significant to you and relevant to ... than one research project, focus on one project that is most significant ... also ask that you upload a performing arts résumé. Musicians: Submit
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    Extracurricular activities

    that they want to make sure they do everything “right”—down to their ... four activities that are the most important to you. Your academics don’t shape your whole personal context, and our goal is to understand more
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    Via tesseract

    . That is how we travel.” [annotation note="Madeleine L'Engle, A Wrinkle In ... "That, of course, is the impractical, long way around. We have ... took a portion of her white robe in her hands and held it tight. "You
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    WISE 2026

    The Weekend Immersion in Science & Engineering (WISE) program is ... , live in a rural area, or might be the first in their family to attend ... application There are a few things that you should have ready before you start
  • Discover / The MIT education

    Maker education

    -led clubs and teams, courses in engineering and high-speed photography, and a ... experiential programs give you training in modern means of manufacture: what has come to be called a "maker education."[/intro] Our motto The motto
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    Be yourself!

    -year opportunity to become more yourself than you’ve ever been, at a place that is ... and capable of in a college application.  As admissions officers, we ... inspire each other. With all that in mind, preparing yourself for MIT means
  • Apply / Transfer applicants

    U.S. Military Veterans

    member who is interested in an MIT education, we deeply appreciate your ... more. Other preparation resources For MIT, having a strong foundation in ... courses—is essential to a student’s success at MIT. If you don’t have access
  • Afford / Cost & affordability

    How to apply for aid

    provided by the College Board that we use to determine if you qualify for a ... . CSS Profile: a tool provided by the College Board that we use to ... from that country, along with a translation to English if applicable
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    Early vs Regular

    fine to apply during either cycle. We do not have a preference, and there is no strategic benefit to applying in one vs the other. We have two ... anything like that. If you choose to apply to MIT during Early Action, we do

  • Request a group tour

    Thank you for your interest in a private group tour of MIT! Please ... students in their college search process. These visits do not include an ... people. Availability This form is a request only. Your visit is not
  • Discover / The MIT education

    MIT’s educational philosophy

    -motivated and engaged participants in a dynamic community of learners. We combine rigorous academics with a learning-by-doing approach.[/intro] Our guiding principles Since the first classes were offered in a storage warehouse in
  • 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

    Summer programs

    ) Research Science Institute (RSI) is a program of the Center for Excellence in ... that are historically underrepresented in engineering by providing a ... should do to prepare for applying to MIT, and our answer is always to spend
  • Discover / About MIT

    Inventions & innovations

    even entire industries. MIT InnovationHQ (iHQ) is a hub for MIT ... —Developing a new steelmaking process that produces no emissions other than pure ... bandage of the future: a gel-like material that can incorporate tiny drug
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    College access & advising programs

    addition, here is a Guide for DACA Students written in English that some ... Warrior-Scholar Project is a national nonprofit organization that offers ... application process, learning how to tell your story, and finding a school where
  • Apply / Parents and educators

    For home educators

    that we do not require a high school diploma or GED from our applicants ... One quality that we look for in all of our applicants is evidence of ... .[/intro] Over the past decade, we have seen a surge in homeschooled applicants
  • Apply / Transfer applicants

    Returning students

    that non-traditional applicants take some courses at a community college or in a non-degree program to brush up on their classroom experience ... need to evaluate students against a common baseline of preparation for a
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    Books about MIT

    how MIT's first nine presidents helped transform the Institute from a ... the evolution of MIT as seen in a series of crucial decisions over the ... , values, and controversies in which the college admissions process is
  • Discover / The MIT education

    The first year

    of having taken it; in the second term, students earn an A, B, C, or no ... against other people in your class is pretty much zero."]relative standing ... ongoing experiment: in 2018, it was the subject of a design course called
  • Discover / Life and culture

    Hacks, tomfoolery & pranks

    ethics, loosely stated, assert that hacks must do no damage to property or ... all, exercise common sense.  There is a great and comprehensive ... computer systems. As the journalist Steven Levy wrote in his history of