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  DACA & undocumented applicants

  consider your (in)ability to pay for MIT in our admissions process ... personal expenses. MIT is committed to supporting undocumented students in ... As part of our mission to uphold meritocracy and fair access for
• 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
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to get a UROP A lesson on stalking.

  

  -mails get buried in overflowing inboxes; it happens to all of us. But listen ... in a new way? Do you have no prior experience, and want to try ... you're willing to learn, than it is to show off how much you already

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 7, 2011
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  First-year learning communities

  . “We take a spring break trip to kind of get to see that year’s topic in ... , you move to a new city, live with a new roommate, enroll in new classes ... filled with couches and bean bags for students to relax in between classes
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  Essays, activities & academics

  get to know you. Remember that this is not a writing test. Be honest, be ... , or contribute to your community together. How did you manage a ... trying to get a clear picture of your academic preparation by subject area
• Apply / Parents and educators

  Advising your students

  quantity to crowd out interest in the common good. Because when you get to ... educationally sound for them to best prepare them to succeed in college and beyond. We want students to challenge themselves appropriately in the areas
• Apply / Preparing for MIT

  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
• Apply / Preparing for MIT

  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
• Apply / Understanding the process

  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
• Apply / Transfer applicants

  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
• Discover / The MIT education

  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
• Apply / Preparing for MIT

  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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  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
• Discover / The MIT education

  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
• Help / Contact

  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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  I Miss the South Musings on a secret Instagram account

  

  a lot to get down and little time to do it, I’ll write one long ... full sentences. If I really need to think about it, I’ll write in Spanish ... entered Kindergarten with. There isn’t a lot to do in a small town, so

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 1, 2022
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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
• Apply / Transfer applicants

  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