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• Apply / First-year applicants

  Getting started

  Regular Action. There is no strategic benefit to applying during either ... both domestic and international applicants, and you can request one in ... then to explore, discover new things, and change your mind. What you
• Apply / Parents and educators

  How to write good letters of recommendation

  . Try to address the following questions in your evaluation: What is ... MIT, what leads you to believe MIT is a good match for this person? How ... to other subjects. David's work in this area has been so original and
• Afford / Cost & affordability

  How much it costs

  [intro]We are committed to helping our students pay for their MIT ... full data.']$12,938[/annotation] in the 2023–2024 academic year ... -free. Those who do borrow tend to have debt at graduation lower than the
• Afford / Cost & affordability

  How to apply for aid

  30 in order to receive a financial aid offer by mid-January. Regular ... paint a detailed picture of what kind of aid you’ll need to be able to attend MIT affordably. Three steps to apply for aid. CSS Profile: a tool
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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
• Apply / First-year applicants

  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

  Accessing advanced coursework

  ’s how to get certified: Learn math on Khan Academy: Khan Academy offers ... commitments.  In these situations, some students prefer to take advanced ... be able to get high school (and sometimes college) credit through these
• 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
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  WISE 2025

  ; please draft your responses on a separate page or document. How to apply in ... , 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
• Apply / Preparing for MIT

  College access & advising programs

  application process, learning how to tell your story, and finding a school where ... found helpful in their education journeys. You may also want to talk to counselors, teachers, or other leaders in your local community to explore

• infinite MIT

  or Two: In which I ramble about how lucky I am to have such awesome ... and centers, as well as in the community. ^back to top MIT is ... advocacy, support, and resources to undocumented and DACA students in the MIT
• Discover / The MIT education

  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 MITAdmissions.org

  blogs back in 2004, we had to use external hosting and an external domain name in order to do so. Since then, we've built up a following and sense ... admissions blogs are an institution we started in 2004 to help our students
• About

  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