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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 ... prosperity in low-income countries If you want a great example of an
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    Books about MIT

    MIT hacks, from the police car on the Great Dome to the abduction of the ... 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
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    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
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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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    Arts & music

    [intro]More than half of all undergraduates take part in arts and ... of contemporary art, is home to a state-of-the-art black box performing ... -level training to ensembles and classes that you can join even if you’re just a
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    A brief history of MIT

    ’s education...It requires courage to quit the beaten paths in which the great ... congressman and senator in a state's congressional delegation—to fund colleges and universities, open in their admission to ordinary people, that would
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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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    Eating at MIT

     approach to housing, we give our students options about where, how, and what to eat. Your options If you choose to live in one of the six ... restaurants In addition to meal plans and cook-for-yourself communities, there
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    For home educators

     Stanford OHS. Transcripts of these courses, in addition to an evaluation of the ...  Interlochen, among many others) are a great opportunity to work with other students ... mentors and job supervisors can also be great choices to write college
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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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    QuestBridge

    to MIT directly. In addition to the QB application, you will also need ... . Please see the Student Financial Services website for details on how to ... directions on how to submit their letter. Portfolios: You are also eligible
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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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    Hacks, tomfoolery & pranks

    stealthily execute campus pranks according to an informal code of ethics. These ethics, loosely stated, assert that hacks must do no damage to property or any person, must be safe, and must provide joy or amusement to those who
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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

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    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