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    About MIT Admissions

    potential relative to their context, and to allocate scarce seats in the class ... anyone should be able to understand how to apply to MIT, be able to ... 'insider' knowledge. We also believe in truth-in-advertising and try to
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    Undergraduate research

     credit. How to UROP You may apply for advertised UROP positions or propose your ... [intro]One of the earliest programs of its kind in the United States ... .[/intro] In 1969, Margaret MacVicar, then a 26-year-old MIT professor (and
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    Academic foundations

    .S. who have access to coursework modeled after curricula available in ... matters is that you are prepared to take, and do well in, a class that ... . While some students may be able to enroll in a class called "Calculus
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    Via email

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    Eating at MIT

     approach to housing, we give our students options about where, how, and what to eat. Your options If you choose to live in one of the six ... restaurants In addition to meal plans and cook-for-yourself communities, there
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    The MIT community

    Professor Emeritus Jay Keyser once observed that "MIT is hard to get into, and ... themselves in our students, and our students, in some cases, aspire to become ... Association for extraordinary, lifelong service to the Institute. Our values In
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    QuestBridge

    to MIT directly. In addition to the QB application, you will also need ... . Please see the Student Financial Services website for details on how to ... directions on how to submit their letter. Portfolios: You are also eligible
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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 ... Secondary school materials Some students apply to us after an
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    Interview

    About the interview At MIT we don't just want to see how you look on paper; we're interested in the whole person. That's why, whenever possible ... interviews will take place in January. If we are unable to offer you an
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    Be yourself!

    your recommenders write—to better understand you and your achievements in ... your life and your expectations around the narrow goal of trying to get ... : In simple terms, we want students to pursue the things that interest
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    For parents

    enough to take the social and intellectual risks that make college really worthwhile. In order to best understand how this process works, we encourage ... you in the process and tell you what you and your child need to know

  • Explore MIT on your own

    [intro]You don't have to travel to Cambridge to get a feel for MIT ... from home. Consider this your starting point as you get to know MIT ... —you’ll find a link to the next stop in this virtual
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    Via tesseract

    learned to take short cuts wherever possible." "Sort of like in math?" Meg ... section of skirt in Mrs. Who's right hand to that in her left, it would be ... . That is how we travel.” [annotation note="Madeleine L'Engle, A Wrinkle In
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    International applicants

    colleges, including MIT. This is a quick overview to help you understand how applying to an American school like MIT works. Some of the information in ... make sure to check with other schools before applying. In addition to

  • Student life at MIT

    likely get 4,500 unique answers from each of our undergrads as to what a “day in the life of an MIT student” looks like for them—and that's part ... (and often do) speak at length about our students, but why not get to
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    Via mail

    find our mailing address below. We'll get back to you much faster via ... -related documents to us for some reason—or if you would like to mail us something not related to an application—you can send it to: Massachusetts Institute of

  • Policies

    .org is licensed under Creative Commons BY-NC-SA. In short, you are free to ... community.” Our goal in forming the student body might simply be to select ... , culture, and socio-economic background. How much diversity is necessary to
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    Visit our office

    . We're not able to accommodate walk-in questions from prospective ... .617.253.3400 between 9 AM and 4 PM ET, Monday through Friday. Getting to the Welcome ... best option to get to the Welcome Center! Depending on where you are

  • Next steps

    [intro]You made it to the end of our virtual visit experience! We hope it helped you get to know MIT and the students that make this place so special. Before you go, we have some final resources for you to take
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    Letters of recommendation

    ! (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 ... Social studies Geography How to submit Your school counselor (or