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  Extracurricular activities

  Some students feel so much pressure to get into the “right” college that they want to make sure they do everything “right”—down to their extracurricular or co-curricular activities.  On our application, we ask for up to
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  WISE 2025

  most? How does this major/department contribute to your interest in STEM ... , or might be the first in their family to attend college. Please note ... territories to be eligible to attend. Program overview WISE begins in the
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  Transfer credit & advanced standing

  , you get to keep your grade on the ASE as your grade in the class; if you ... Many students who apply to MIT are passionate about learning and find ways to challenge themselves academically. Some applicants seek out dual
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  Our selection process

  How it works After you click the submit button, it's easy to feel ... who will consider your application in a holistic manner, within its ... summaries, along with your entire application, will then go to the selection
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  Veterans

  forward to supporting you through the admissions process. How to apply ... in advanced math and science both improves your odds of getting into ... eligible for benefits that can significantly aid in your costs to attend MIT
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  Maker education

  former you get from learning in the classroom, and the latter from making ... Makerspace, in the works In addition to our research opportunities ... product design class at MIT; and MAS.863 How to Make Almost Anything, which
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  STEM programs

  these activities. We don't expect or require applicants to participate in ... students PRIMES-USA, a free, year-long research program in math open to ... travel to) MIT's campus in Cambridge, MA: Educational Studies Program
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  The first year

  ) interests in order to develop their plans for further study. Before we get to ... design principles and educational theory in order to understand how and why ... students time to adjust to factors like increased workloads and variations in
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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

  emails tend to spike especially around the application deadlines, so please be patient if we don't respond in realtime."] get back to you as ... , then we'll sort out who needs to respond and [annotation note="We get
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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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  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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  Visit our office

  . Getting to the Welcome Center The MBTA's Red Line is your best option to get ... there. In addition to being faster, cheaper, and better for the ... [intro]Admissions at MIT Welcome Center[/intro] If you plan to visit
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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

• Maps, directions, parking

  Street, Cambridge, MA 02142 Getting to the Welcome Center The MBTA's Red Line is your best option to get to the Welcome Center! Depending on where ... . In addition to being faster, cheaper, and better for the environment
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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
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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