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  • 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
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    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
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    Life after MIT

    students who don't go directly to graduate school, many do so in the future ... to all alumni. MIT alumni also volunteer in formal service to the ... . There have been too many, and varied, notable people to count in any
  • Discover / Life and culture

    Housing at MIT

    project and is anticipated to reopen in fall 2025.']in operation ... In addition to its residence halls, MIT recognizes 26 fraternities, 10 ... entire undergraduate experience, and all first-year students live in on
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    First-year eligibility

    they have [annotation note="Exceptions may be granted to students in the ... [annotation note="Note that we do not formally require you to have graduated or earned a GED, though you may well choose to!"]concluded[/annotation] their
  • Apply / Parents and educators

    For home educators

    in depth in topics that excite them, create new opportunities for ...  Stanford OHS. Transcripts of these courses, in addition to an evaluation of the ... .[/intro] Over the past decade, we have seen a surge in homeschooled applicants

  • Maps, directions, parking

    . 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 ... your best option to get here! Depending on where you are coming from, you
  • Apply / Transfer applicants

    Transfer eligibility

    submit one application per entry year, meaning if you apply to enter in the ... 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
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    February Updates & Notes Form

    . Midyear grades Please be sure to get your official midyear grades from your ... 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

  • Request a group tour

    plenty of travel time to get to campus, taking Boston traffic into ... Thank you for your interest in a private group tour of MIT! Please ... Groups of 6–50 students are welcome to submit a request for a private group

  • Arts and music

    name a few. Tune in below to watch the MIT Video Game Orchestra in their ... get to know them is by watching them perform. Enjoy this performance by ... [intro]MIT students are as creative in the studio and on stage as
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    Athletics & recreation

    school, MIT does not award athletic scholarships, nor do coaches get to ... the coach of their sport to indicate their interest in MIT. Club & ... [intro]We have the largest Division III athletics program in the
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    Creative portfolios

    what you make, how you make, and why you make. Your responses in the ... build process to help us understand your work. We are more interested in ... fine to submit works in progress, but we can only review the work that
  • Discover / The MIT education

    General Institute Requirements

    , and social sciences, including three to four in a concentration of your ... subjects of Restricted Electives in Science and Technology to give you the opportunity to proceed further in areas already studied, or to explore other

  • Online info sessions

    [intro]There are many ways to get to know us, right from the comfort of your own home![/intro] Join us for an online session Sign up to see ... together a little virtual-MIT-choose your own-adventure experience to get you