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    [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
  • Discover / About MIT

    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

    Clubs & activities

    club or organization to match your interests, it's easy to start your own, and get together with your friends to nerd out however your heart ... a venue in which to learn and practice (safe) LED prop and fire
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    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 / Preparing for MIT

    Summer programs

    any high school student can come to campus to take courses and live in ... We often get asked if there are particular summer programs students should do to prepare for applying to MIT, and our answer is always to spend
  • Apply / Transfer applicants

    Transfer eligibility

    submit one application per entry year, meaning if you apply to enter in the ... to estimate your eligibility. Keep in mind that eligibility will be ... entering MIT. If you are still in high school, you are considered a first
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    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
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    Inventions & innovations

    -delivering channels that release medicine in response to changes in skin temperature and ... resources to help them get started on entrepreneurial projects of their own ... discoveries of basic research to products and infrastructure used by ordinary

  • 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
  • Discover / Life and culture

    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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    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
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    Creative portfolios

    make. Your responses in the questionnaire help us match your portfolio to ... SlideRoom portfolio must be in progress to receive a fee waiver; we cannot ... submitted if they feature work that is both significant to you and relevant to
  • 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
  • Discover / About MIT

    A brief history of MIT

    congressman and senator in a state's congressional delegation—to fund colleges and universities, open in their admission to ordinary people, that would ... .'](re)committed it[/annotation] to acting in the public interest in perpetuity.  A new

  • Online info sessions

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    Global education

    Research abroad In addition to MISTI research internships, you can conduct an ... Social Innovation Challenge, which offers up to $20,000 in grant funding to ... [intro] A majority of MIT students travel to study, research, work
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    MIT’s educational philosophy

    offered, of course!"]required to learn French and German[/annotation] in ... interests and aptitudes; in short, to {develop} individuals who will contribute creatively to our society, in this day when strong forces oppose all