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    Be yourself!

    you’re feeling lost about where to start, there are resources that help ... -year opportunity to become more yourself than you’ve ever been, at a place that is ... you, then you can succeed on your own terms and be a better applicant to
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  • Discover / Life and culture

    Housing at MIT

    . You choose where you live, and each living group is a community with its ... life. How this works is briefly reviewed below, but you can learn more at ... ), where you can swap halls before classes begin. Some students spend all of
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    First-year learning communities

    away learning what you can learn from a classroom in Cambridge, but ... , you move to a new city, live with a new roommate, enroll in new classes, find your way around a new school. We get it, it can be overwhelming
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    Books about MIT

    their MIT Press descriptions, but if you don't want to buy them, many are ... , and impact on the world. Here are some of our favorites: A Widening ... how MIT's first nine presidents helped transform the Institute from a
  • Apply / Understanding the process

    Our selection process

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  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    Accessing advanced coursework

    : Schoolhouse.world is a free, online tutoring platform where you can get support ... .']more advanced coursework that challenges you,[/annotation] there are other options that can supplement your education. You’ll be able to report any courses

  • infinite MIT

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    Academic foundations

    matters is that you are prepared to take, and do well in, a class that ... school[/annotation] that [annotation note=" Because there is no ... the basic principles of calculus as a tool of problem solving. That is
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    Admissions videos

    tradition. You can watch them all in a YouTube playlist here, or in the ... the country to be shown at meetings for prospective students for a ... Pi Day videos (2014–2024) In 2014, we made a video of some bloggers
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    Creative portfolios

    moving parts. There is no bonus for submitting a video reel or showing ... submitted if they feature work that is both significant to you and relevant to ... to you. Research questionnaire: Complete a brief questionnaire
  • Apply / Transfer applicants

    Veterans

     Khan Academy and Schoolhouse.world; you can take a free online calculus course ... campus. If you are a veteran interested in an MIT education, please know ... —especially calculus, the building block for many of our courses—is essential to a
  • Discover / The MIT education

    The first year

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  • Apply / Parents and educators

    For parents

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    How to apply for aid

    Financial Services. You can learn more about the process on their site, but ... paint a detailed picture of what kind of aid you’ll need to be able to ... provided by the College Board that we use to determine if you qualify for a