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    Housing at MIT

    should have a great deal of freedom and responsibility in creating their ... before classes begin. Some students spend all of MIT in the first living ... of MIT residential life. All residence halls have a live-in house team

  • Request a group tour

    Thank you for your interest in a private group tour of MIT! Please ... ="https://apply.mitadmissions.org/portal/group_visits"]Request a group tour[/button_link] Day of the visit Visitors should leave ... refunds will be offered in the case of an Institute-wide closure or a sick

  • Schedule your campus visit

    are one hour. Reservations are required. Should you arrive without a ... ="https://apply.mitadmissions.org/portal/visitmit"]Register[/button_link] In-person group tours If you would like to bring a group of 6–50 people ... . Reservations are required. Should you arrive without a reservation for a session
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    Letters of recommendation

    recommendation from teachers. One recommendation should be from a math or science teacher, and one should be from a humanities, social science, or language teacher, although this is not a hard requirement. You should ask a teacher
  • Apply / Transfer applicants

    Academic preparation

    transfer students take a variety of mathematics and science courses before ... applicants generally have a GPA of 3.5 or above, and mostly A's in mathematics ... academic record doesn't appear to merit credit in a certain subject, you may
  • Apply / Parents and educators

    For parents

    you in the process and tell you what you and your child need to know ... the admissions process as a rite of passage—a challenging initiation ... .[/intro] The college search and application process should be about one thing
  • Discover / About MIT

    Life after MIT

    companies from a wide range of industries. Many students encounter job ... mentorships, and chats over coffee. According to a survey of graduating students ... % found jobs through a career fair. 75% of all graduating seniors
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    Interview

    paper; we're interested in the whole person. That's why, whenever possible, we offer an interview with a member of the MIT Educational Council, a ... with applicants in their home area. Interviews are held in person
  • Discover / The MIT education

    Majors & minors

    chart below to get a quick visual sense of what you can study at MIT, read ... , not to a specific major or school, so all first-year students begin MIT ... these schools offers degrees in their courses of study, as well as minors
  • Discover / Life and culture

    Eating at MIT

    [intro]You can choose to join a conventional meal plan with access to dining halls, or cook for yourself (and often, your friends) in a community ... note='E.g. in a residence that doesn’t have a dining hall, in FSILG
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    February Updates & Notes Form

    application portal in mid-January and should be completed as soon as possible ... deferred in Early Action, and all students who applied for Regular Action ... quarter, if your school uses a quarter-based system). Trimester schedule If
  • Afford / Cost & affordability

    Estimate your cost

    [intro]Find out what it will cost to attend MIT with one of our cost ... College Cost Estimator provides a quick estimate based on six simple ... . Net Price Calculator The Net Price Calculator tends to give a more
  • Discover / Life and culture

    Athletics & recreation

    addition to a Division I crew program. MIT is highly competitive within its ... -America citations, the most of any DIII school in the nation. As a Division III ... [intro]We have the largest Division III athletics program in the
  • Apply / Understanding the process

    First-year class profile

    . IPEDS has a two-step process: any applicant or student who checks Hispanic ... checks Asian and Hispanic is recorded only as Hispanic, and a non ... in October 2025."]1,155 members[/annotation] of the Class of 2029. All
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    Summer programs

    ) Research Science Institute (RSI) is a program of the Center for Excellence in ... that are historically underrepresented in engineering by providing a ... should do to prepare for applying to MIT, and our answer is always to spend
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    Accessing advanced coursework

    classes in a structured online environment instead of self-studying. Some ... sessions in a variety of subjects, including AP Biology, Chemistry, Physics ... expect students do anything above and beyond what is required to