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  • Discover / About MIT

    A brief history of MIT

    [intro]In 1865, the founding of MIT established a new kind of ... the public interest at the intersection of technology and humanity.[/intro] A private university in the public interest The story of MIT begins
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    Transfer credit & advanced standing

    -secondary classes while they’re still in high school. Many of these programs offer ... of how many classes you may have taken at the university level—even if you graduate with both a high school diploma and an associate's degree
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    Accessing advanced coursework

    information.']Here’s a list of some dual enrollment programs offered across the ... recognized as the official test prep partner of the College Board. They offer ... [annotation note="We provide space in the Academics section of the MIT
  • Apply / Parents and educators

    For home educators

    themselves and others, and more. Advanced classes The vast majority of our ...  Stanford OHS. Transcripts of these courses, in addition to an evaluation of the ... throughout the world who conduct interviews on behalf of MIT Admissions. We
  • Discover / About MIT

    Life after MIT

    . Here are some of the things they do next.[/intro] Careers Career advising at MIT is formally coordinated by the office of Career Advising & ... : 47% of 2023 bachelor’s degree graduates had internship/externship that
  • Discover / Life and culture

    Arts & music

    of contemporary art, is home to a state-of-the-art black box performing ... creativity, both in and out of classes. Some of the many ways you can explore ... Art, just to name a few. The arts have always been an essential part of
  • Discover / The MIT education

    Majors & minors

    these schools offers degrees in their courses of study, as well as minors ... learn through programs that are at the leading edge of their field ... We also have the Schwarzman College of Computing that coordinates
  • Apply / Transfer applicants

    Academic preparation

    applying, taking full advantage of their institution’s offerings in these ... appropriate level for each of the disciplines mentioned above. Core graduation ... . Most students enter MIT as sophomores, regardless of the amount of
  • Discover / The MIT education

    Cross-registration

    [intro]In addition to the thousands of courses already offered by the ... : “the Institute should encourage initiative, promote the spirit of free ... the HASS requirement where appropriate. You can read one of Yuliya
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    First-year eligibility

    pursuing a different field of study from the bachelor’s degree you hold. By ... The first-year application for fall 2025 will open in late August. The first-year application is intended for students who have [annotation
  • Apply / Understanding the process

    First-year class profile

    For the MIT Class of 2027 Some facts and figures about the [annotation note="Class of 2027 data as of September 2023."]1,092 members[/annotation] of the Class of 2027. See also Admissions statistics. Gender* Men 49
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    Academic foundations

    students, veterans of the U.S. military, and applicants who took an extended ... that you’re ready to do the work, and helps you make the most of the ... ='More specifically, the GIRs consist of a Science Core; the Humanities, Arts, and
  • Apply / Transfer applicants

    Transfer eligibility

    of study from the bachelor’s degree you hold. If you are ineligible for ... , you cannot reapply for the fall term of the same calendar year. (For ... year of college, the earliest you can apply to transfer to MIT is during
  • Discover / The MIT education

    Independent Activities Period

    Johnson, of saving fuel during the energy crisis.']Established in 1971,[/annotation] IAP has grown to be a unique feature of the MIT education, offering ... January during which faculty and students are freed from the rigors of
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    Veterans

    MIT, and helps you make the most of the Institute when you’re here ... take (or place out of, through an Advanced Standing Examination) the ... —especially calculus, the building block for many of our courses—is essential to a
  • Apply / Transfer applicants

    Returning students

    experiences of students returning to higher education. At the same time, we ... while, we expect to see the results of your standardized tests, transcript ... are difficult to obtain. The decision about what letters of support to
  • Discover / The MIT education

    Global education

    that offers opportunities to study for the semester, year, or summer at a ... the traditional campus-based UROP model. Service abroad MIT offers many ... [intro] A majority of MIT students travel to study, research, work
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    Books about MIT

    , and impact on the world. Here are some of our favorites: A Widening ... the evolution of MIT as seen in a series of crucial decisions over the years College Admissions and the Public Interest by former Director of
  • Discover / The MIT education

    MIT’s educational philosophy

    principles Since the first classes were offered in a storage warehouse in ... offered, of course!"]required to learn French and German[/annotation] in ... strong foundation in core fields of human knowledge (implemented by the