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• Apply / Understanding the process

  Admissions statistics

  Applicants offered a place on the wait list 561 Number admitted from the wait ... We love data at MIT. Reliable data, properly contextualized, can help people understand complex systems and make informed decisions. So, a few
• Discover / The MIT education

  General Institute Requirements

  complicated and different for every student and major. However, as a rule of ... curriculum and foundation for the rest of your education.[/intro] William ... ) HASS requirement: a minimum of eight subjects in the humanities, arts
• Apply / Transfer applicants

  Academic preparation

  transfer student, you can expect to receive credit for subjects of study that ... March 31 for fall entry. Superscoring If a student takes the same test ... transfer students take a variety of mathematics and science courses before
• Discover / The MIT education

  MIT’s educational philosophy

  -motivated and engaged participants in a dynamic community of learners. We combine rigorous academics with a learning-by-doing approach.[/intro] Our guiding principles Since the first classes were offered in a storage warehouse in
• Apply / Preparing for MIT

  Transfer credit & advanced standing

  're still in high school, you're considered a first-year applicant regardless ... you graduate with both a high school diploma and an associate's degree ... help make sure that you’re set up for success—not needlessly restrained
• 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 is intended for students who have ... earned a GED, though you may well choose to!"]concluded[/annotation] their

• Arts and music

  music, visual and digital art, and a vibrant world of dance.[/intro] Music The MIT music community is extensive, including a conservatory ... Orchestra, Festival Jazz Ensemble, and Rambax, a Senegalese drumming group, to
• Help / Contact

  Via tesseract

  took a portion of her white robe in her hands and held it tight. "You see," Mrs. Whatsit said, "if a very small insect were to move from the ... quite a long walk for him if he had to walk straight across." Swiftly
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Penny for Your Thoughts pennies

  

  support can go a long way. I've been very lucky to have the amazing support ... for Your Thoughts", a compilation of the responses of members from all ... you CAN do it.   A Penny for Your Thoughts   *Quotes that

  • by Erick P. '17
  • March 14, 2015
• Apply / Parents and educators

  Advising your students

  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 ... educationally sound for them to best prepare them to succeed in college and beyond
• Discover / Life and culture

  Hacks, tomfoolery & pranks

  hacking, the definition of hacking descends from a much older tradition of ... code of ethics can be stated roughly as follows:  Be subtle. Don ... it; perhaps even leave a note saying when it will be returned. Brute
• Blog / Class Projects

  everything i made this year (mostly)

  

  room, where I had left allll my art supplies back in 2022, from old dried ... traded in my iPad carcass for a smaller, more lightweight version (12 ... ']cone[/annotation]of clay I used for it – evidently, a lower one than 6, because when we tried

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • January 1, 2025
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Fake it ‘til you make it It worked for me!

  

  graduate can't get a job for two years after graduation?  I felt like a ... language. I know it’s long, so you can skip to around 15:30 and watch from ... ; that I was a fraud from the beginning. In reality, there were a lot of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 7, 2014
• Discover / Life and culture

  Clubs & activities

  , including: Laboratory for Chocolate Science, a club dedicated to the ... , or about 1 for every 10 undergraduates. If you don't find an existing ... organizations, activism groups, and many more including a newspaper, a debate team
• Afford / Cost & affordability

  Estimate your cost

  College Cost Estimator provides a quick estimate based on six simple questions. It is roughly accurate for families with broadly typical finances. Net Price Calculator The Net Price Calculator tends to give a more

• Housing and residence life

  note='McCormick residence hall is closed for a two-year renovation ... [intro]Housing is guaranteed for eight consecutive semesters your ... want to live in, giving students the chance to live in a place that feels

• En Español

  [intro]¡Bienvenidos a MIT! Esperamos que esta página ayuda a cada ... objetivo de MIT continúa siendo el mismo: "ampliar el conocimiento y educar a ... a la nación y al mundo en el siglo XXI mediante la generación, la
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Some Advice Sometimes I wish I could tell freshman-me that everything's going to be okay

  

  I've been doing a lot of reflecting lately, maybe because: - I feel ... bootcamp and lived alone for ~3 months with a job and a nasty commute - my brother's starting college in a month and that makes me feel even older - I

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 20, 2015
• Help / Contact

  Via email

  about 70,000 emails a year that are answered by a dedicated staff of about four people. We average a response within 24 hours, but the number of
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  Preparing for MIT