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  Independent Activities Period

  [intro]Independent Activities Period (IAP) is a four-week period in ... January is entirely up to you. IAP is also the time during which many ... ,[/annotation] IAP has grown to be a unique feature of the MIT education, offering

• Online info sessions

  together a little virtual-MIT-choose your own-adventure experience to get you ... matched with a current student who can answer your questions! [button ... [intro]There are many ways to get to know us, right from the comfort
• Apply / First-year applicants

  Creative portfolios

  length of a video or compressing the file size is permitted.) If you ... . You should consider submitting work via SlideRoom if your work is a ... portfolio is $10. If the submission fee presents a hardship for you and your
• Apply / Transfer applicants

  Transfer eligibility

  year of college, the earliest you can apply to transfer to MIT is during ... entering MIT. If you are still in high school, you are considered a first ... bachelor’s degrees—even if you are interested in pursuing a different field
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  Via tesseract

  took a portion of her white robe in her hands and held it tight. "You ... , you see," Mrs. Whatsit said, "he would be there, without that long trip. That is how we travel.” [annotation note="Madeleine L'Engle, A Wrinkle In
• Discover / The MIT education

  General Institute Requirements

  thumb, you can generalize that about half of your time at MIT will be ... ) HASS requirement: a minimum of eight subjects in the humanities, arts, and social sciences, including three to four in a concentration of your

• Explore MIT on your own

  [intro]You don't have to travel to Cambridge to get a feel for MIT ... new things—whether on campus or off—there's more than enough to explore from home. Consider this your starting point as you get to know MIT
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  Transcripts

  line of the email for easier processing. Please note: If you send us a ... We require an official transcript sent by a school counselor or ... school does not have a school counselor, your transcript may be submitted
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  Returning students

  need to evaluate students against a common baseline of preparation for a rigorous MIT education. Even though you may have been away from school for a ... in getting to know you. This includes the secondary school materials
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  Via phone

  Our phone number is 1.617.253.3400. That's it. That's the number you ... 's here, you can watch this true and factual documentary video of what it looks like on our end when you call us. https
• Apply / Parents and educators

  Advising your students

  that you want what is best for your students. However, there are many ... Dean of Admissions, Stu Schmill '86, wrote in a blog post: In simple ... a sense of competition, rather than the joy of learning. We don’t want
• Apply / Transfer applicants

  Transfer deadlines & requirements

  Official Report. If a hard copy of the form is required by your current (or most recent) institution, you can download a PDF version of the School ... who know an applicant well as both a student and a person. You are also
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  challenge that I hadn’t tried before, even as a writing minor. You can get a ... !), and please comment there too when you comment here. And a special bonus ... . Following 2011’s attempt at a railroad permit, this is the second year of the

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  • November 12, 2015
• Discover / The MIT education

  Majors & minors

  confusing, but the important thing to know is that we have many things you can ... chart below to get a quick visual sense of what you can study at MIT, read ... joint degree, or a double major. However, at MIT, the focus is less on
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  Other videos

  ."]DLCs[/annotation]have a YouTube channel where they post videos about teaching, research, and people. It's hard to narrow down thousands of videos, but here are a few of
• Afford / Cost & affordability

  How much it costs

  hope you understand is that money won't get you into MIT, and money shouldn't keep you out. Our goal is to admit and enroll the best students ... make sure they can afford MIT while they're here. If you want to learn
• Discover / The MIT education

  Undergraduate research

  you a point of entry to begin work that can last a lifetime. Hands-on research Through UROP you can perform hands-on research projects with faculty ... presentations, and even the occasional invention—and you can take part for pay or
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  Newsletters

  [intro]Would you like to hear from us every once in a while?[/intro] Then you should sign up for our MIT Admissions monthly newsletter ... around campus . You can also check out these other newsletters from around
• Apply / Parents and educators

  For home educators

  [intro]MIT has a long history of admitting homeschooled students, and ... .[/intro] Over the past decade, we have seen a surge in homeschooled applicants ... granted a formal high school diploma, while others have not. Please note
• Help / Contact

  Via email

  Our email address is [email protected]. If you email that address ... about 70,000 emails a year that are answered by a dedicated staff of about four people. We average a response within 24 hours, but the number of