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    Creative portfolios

    performing arts talent who would like their work to be reviewed by professional ... score in PDF format. The composition portfolio is currently designed ... portfolio is designed for students with exceptional creative talent who would

  • Schedule your campus visit

    ="https://apply.mitadmissions.org/portal/visitmit"]Register[/button_link] In-person group tours If you would like to bring a group of 6–50 people ... In-person info sessions and tours We offer two types of campus visits ... accommodate groups of 6–50 people in our regular information sessions and tours
  • Discover / Life and culture

    Arts & music

    [intro]More than half of all undergraduates take part in arts and ... creativity, both in and out of classes. Some of the many ways you can explore ... the MIT culture and a cross-disciplinary curriculum exists in all five
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    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 ... with applicants in their home area. Interviews are held in person
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    Via mail

    -related documents to us for some reason—or if you would like to mail us something not ... -200 Cambridge, MA 02139 Please note, this is not where our office is, in case you
  • 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 ... members will weigh in. At least a dozen people will significantly discuss

  • Student life at MIT

    [intro]No day at MIT could really be described as typical. You would ... “day in the life of an MIT student” looks like for them—and that's part ... know them yourself? Student perspectives Explore a day in the Life of MIT
  • Apply / Transfer applicants

    Returning students

    , evaluations from teachers, and other supportive materials that would assist us in getting to know you. This includes the secondary school materials ... or in a non-degree program to brush up on their classroom experience
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    Admissions videos

    Pi Day videos (2014–2024) In 2014, we made a video of some bloggers throwing cream pies in each other's faces to announce when decisions would be ... tradition. You can watch them all in a YouTube playlist here, or in the
  • Apply / Parents and educators

    For school counselors

    hope to both learn from you what is happening on the ground in high ... the office reading applications or sequestered in the admissions committee. Writing and submitting evaluation letters In this process, we ask
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    Transfer credit & advanced standing

    -secondary classes while they’re still in high school. Many of these programs offer ... 're still in high school, you're considered a first-year applicant regardless of how many classes you may have taken at the university level—even if
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    QuestBridge

    contribution. Visit the QuestBridge website for full eligibility criteria and how ... aid application. Non-matched finalists are contacted in December with ... participating in the National College Match Finalists ranking MIT If you are a
  • Discover / Life and culture

    Housing at MIT

    entire undergraduate experience, and all first-year students live in on ... freedom and responsibility in creating their lived experience, and perhaps nowhere is this principle better put into practice than in our residential
  • Apply / Parents and educators

    For parents

    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
  • Apply / Parents and educators

    Advising your students

    Dean of Admissions, Stu Schmill '86, wrote in a blog post: In simple ... educationally sound for them to best prepare them to succeed in college and beyond. We want students to challenge themselves appropriately in the areas
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    First-year learning communities

    a whole lot of change happening at once. In the span of a few weeks, 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 / Transfer applicants

    Academic preparation

    applying, taking full advantage of their institution’s offerings in these ... applicants generally have a GPA of 3.5 or above, and mostly A's in mathematics ... academic record doesn't appear to merit credit in a certain subject, you may
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    First-year eligibility

    they have [annotation note="Exceptions may be granted to students in the ... not award second bachelor’s degrees—even if you are interested in ... in high school, you are considered a first-year applicant regardless of
  • Discover / The MIT education

    Undergraduate research

    [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 ... conducting research, and often resulting in coauthored papers, conference