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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 released, and making a video to announce Pi Day became an unexpected
  • Discover / Life and culture

    Athletics & recreation

    [intro]We have the largest Division III athletics program in the ... many more participate in club and intramural sports, as well as general ... teams, we offer the largest Division III program in the nation, in
  • Discover / The MIT education

    Independent Activities Period

    compete for $50,000+ in prizes Bad Ideas Festival, an enthusiastic ... [intro]Independent Activities Period (IAP) is a four-week period in ... Johnson, of saving fuel during the energy crisis.']Established in 1971
  • Discover / About MIT

    Inventions & innovations

    people in everyday life.[/intro] For MIT's 150th anniversary, the Boston ... [intro]For more than 150 years, the Institute has married teaching with engineering and scientific studies—and produced an unending stream
  • Help / Contact

    Visit our office

    Center If you are registered for an info session or tour, here's our ... station. You can learn more in the Visit MIT section of our site. If you must mail application-related documents to us for some reason, please
  • Apply / Transfer applicants

    Academic preparation

    and digital SAT. In order to apply for transfer admission, you must ... applying, taking full advantage of their institution’s offerings in these areas. To prepare for MIT’s academic program, we recommend that transfer
  • About

    About MITAdmissions.org

    blogs back in 2004, we had to use external hosting and an external domain ... admissions blogs are an institution we started in 2004 to help our students ...  staff are speaking for themselves in their blog posts, and not on behalf of
  • Discover / Life and culture

    Housing at MIT

    expensive and more convenient than arranging for a private sublet in the area ... own distinct culture and traditions. MIT housing is guaranteed for eight ... -year students live in on-campus residence halls.[/intro] We believe that students

  • Schedule your campus visit

    accommodate requests for visits placed 3 weeks in advance. Severe weather ... In-person info sessions and tours We offer two types of campus visits ... places on campus. Info sessions last half an hour, and student-led tours
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    QuestBridge

    an appropriate teacher to complete one for you. You can add recommender ... ask an appropriate teacher to complete one for you. You can add ... ask an appropriate teacher to complete one for you. You can add
  • Discover / Life and culture

    The MIT community

    an affirming home for international, undocumented, and trans* students ... discussion sections for large classes, or by serving as live-in Graduate Resident Advisors in the residence halls. They're responsible for providing

  • Maps, directions, parking

    Center If you are registered for an info session or tour, here’s our ... places on campus. Info sessions last half an hour, and student-led tours are one hour. Reservations are required for all info sessions and tours
  • Apply / Transfer applicants

    Returning students

    Secondary school materials Some students apply to us after an ... 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
  • Discover / The MIT education

    The first year

    ) interests in order to develop their plans for further study. Before we get to ... of having taken it; in the second term, students earn an A, B, C, or no ... first-year students who wish to take an active role in their MIT education. In
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    College access & advising programs

    fall fly-in program for high school juniors, participates in local and ... addition, here is a Guide for DACA Students written in English that some ... low socioeconomic means, live in a rural area, or might be the first in
  • Afford / Cost & affordability

    How to apply for aid

    Applications for financial aid are processed by our office of Student ... attend MIT affordably. Three steps to apply for aid. CSS Profile: a tool provided by the College Board that we use to determine if you qualify for a
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    Transcripts

    We require an official transcript sent by a school counselor or representative. This applies for high school and college transcripts. If your ... entity. Counselors can submit transcripts to us in three ways: By
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    First-year eligibility

    The first-year application is intended for students who have ... they have [annotation note="Exceptions may be granted to students in the southern hemisphere, on an alternate calendar, who begin their college
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    WISE 2026

    . However — as we say in the “Prepare for MIT” section of our site — we find ... The Weekend Immersion in Science & Engineering (WISE) program is ... , live in a rural area, or might be the first in their family to attend