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    Via mail

    have a reservation for an info session and/or student-led tour. ... [/intro] Application materials and other 🐌 mail Most documents can be completed and ... -related documents to us for some reason—or if you would like to mail us something not
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    Arts & music

    -level training to ensembles and classes that you can join even if you’re just a ... audition. Students can participate for credit, too. The Arts Scholars ... of contemporary art, is home to a state-of-the-art black box performing
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    Athletics & recreation

    addition to a Division I crew program. MIT is highly competitive within its NEWMAC conference. It is possible to be a student and athlete at MIT ... United States. About a quarter of our students are varsity athletes, and
  • Apply / Transfer applicants

    The transfer application

    instructor recommendations: One letter of recommendation should come from a math or science professor; the other can come from any academic ... fee presents a hardship for you and your family, you may request a fee

  • Student life at MIT

    likely get 4,500 unique answers from each of our undergrads as to what a “day in the life of an MIT student” looks like for them—and that's part ... freely from lectures to labs, from dance floors to darkrooms, from study

  • Online info sessions

    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 of your own home![/intro] Join us for an online session Sign up to see
  • Discover / The MIT education

    Independent Activities Period

     of intellectual or extracurricular nature on everything from making a pinball ... [intro]Independent Activities Period (IAP) is a four-week period in January during which faculty and students are freed from the rigors of
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    Admissions videos

    tradition. You can watch them all in a YouTube playlist here, or in the ... ."]incredibly dated now,[/annotation] this video was, for its time, a major production ... the country to be shown at meetings for prospective students for a
  • Discover / The MIT education

    Undergraduate research

    you a point of entry to begin work that can last a lifetime. Hands ... presentations, and even the occasional invention—and you can take part for pay or ... research, for pay or for credit, during their undergraduate years
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    Letters of recommendation

    one evaluation from a math/science teacher, and one from a humanities ... ! (If you're a teacher looking for guides on how to write good letters of ... recommendation from teachers. One recommendation should be from a math or science
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    Extracurricular activities

    application where you can describe any jobs you've had."]work,[/annotation] or ... extracurricular or co-curricular activities.  On our application, we ask for up to ... .  Some students find room for many activities in high school; others prefer
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    Academic foundations

    taken [annotation note="For many students, a math sequence might include ... -calculus, which are designed to lay the groundwork for a calculus course that ... builds a foundation for our [annotation note="While at MIT, all students
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    International applicants

     and local advising centers. Am I international? For the purposes of the ... page is simply intended to be a helpful resource for people who are less ... MIT has a very long history of educating international students, and
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    Early vs Regular

    cycles for two reasons: 1) it helps us spread our work out over a longer ... applicants with more options so they can choose which works best for them ... fine to apply during either cycle. We do not have a preference, and there
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    DACA & undocumented applicants

    note='A term for students who have received Deferred Action for Childhood ... preservation of DACA and advocating for a pathway to citizenship, and MIT filed ... subcommittee of the Boston Teachers’ Union, has created a resource for applying

  • Clubs, activities, and athletics

    might expect. But MIT students also run a Laboratory for Chocolate Science ... [intro]From puppies to pyrotechnics, MIT students organize hundreds ... . Chances are, if you're into something, you can find someone else on campus
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    Interview

    interview. Here are some guidelines for what to expect from interviewers ... , we offer an interview with a member of the MIT Educational Council, a ... whenever possible, however you may coordinate a virtual interview if agreed

  • Request a group tour

    Thank you for your interest in a private group tour of MIT! Please ... Groups of 6–50 students are welcome to submit a request for a private group ... confirmed until you receive a confirmation email from our office. We require a