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    Getting started

    "underwater basket weaving" will give you an edge in the admissions process, so ... action cycle. Just do what works for you! Application fee or waiver Our ... fees presents a hardship for some families. Fee waivers are available for
  • Discover / The MIT education

    Cross-registration

    to MIT for these terms. However, while on an approved domestic study ... [intro]In addition to the thousands of courses already offered by the Institute, you can cross-register for no additional cost at Harvard, Wellesley
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    Biographical & personal information

    that you use one email for all activities related to your application—including communicating with us and registering for standardized tests—so the email you list ... account. And please make sure that it’s an email you’ll have access to
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    Clubs & activities

    , or about 1 for every 10 undergraduates. If you don't find an existing ... , including: Laboratory for Chocolate Science, a club dedicated to the ... fiction and fantasy books in the world Spinning Arts Club, which provides
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    Early vs Regular

    . Rules and restrictions Early Action is an option for all applicants ... is no strategic benefit to applying in one vs the other. We have two cycles for two reasons: 1) it helps us spread our work out over a longer
  • Discover / The MIT education

    Maker education

    experiential programs give you training in modern means of manufacture: what has ... former you get from learning in the classroom, and the latter from making ... Makerspace, in the works In addition to our research opportunities
  • Discover / About MIT

    Life after MIT

    for students to interact with companies through career fairs, recruiting ... completed internships while at MIT. In 2024, 44% percent of undergraduates ... , starting income, and largest employers by major, are publicly available in
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    Eating at MIT

    dining halls, or cook for yourself (and often, your friends) in a community ... restaurants In addition to meal plans and cook-for-yourself communities, there ... , made or served, vegan or paleo, and so on. So, just like in our
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    Books about MIT

    the evolution of MIT as seen in a series of crucial decisions over the ... , values, and controversies in which the college admissions process is ... that enact MIT's history, from a towering module for the first real
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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 ... on important developments in artificial intelligence, blockchain, the

  • Online info sessions

    of your own home![/intro] Join us for an online session Sign up to see if MIT might be right for you. [button_link link ... be an MIT student? Send an email to [email protected] and you’ll be
  • Apply / Parents and educators

    Advising your students

    educationally sound for them to best prepare them to succeed in college and beyond ... 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
  • Discover / The MIT education

    MIT’s educational philosophy

    -motivated and engaged participants in a dynamic community of learners. We combine ... principles Since the first classes were offered in a storage warehouse in ... offered, of course!"]required to learn French and German[/annotation] in
  • Discover / The MIT education

    Undergraduate research

    [intro]One of the earliest programs of its kind in the United States ... research, for pay or for credit, during their undergraduate years.[/intro] In 1969, Margaret MacVicar, then a 26-year-old MIT professor (and

  • Clubs, activities, and athletics

    might expect. But MIT students also run a Laboratory for Chocolate Science, organize large-scale hackathons, and host educational programs for local ... active than you think. Don't take our word for it—watch Kylie Y. ’19 and AJ