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    Academic preparation

    applying, taking full advantage of their institution’s offerings in these ... applicants generally have a GPA of 3.5 or above, and mostly A's in mathematics ... transfer student, you can expect to receive credit for subjects of study that
  • Apply / Understanding the process

    What we look for

    they will tell you that while grades and scores are important in ... applicants to have cured all infectious diseases in the world by the time they're 15. Tutoring a single kid in math changes the world. Advocating for

  • Clubs, activities, and athletics

    . Chances are, if you're into something, you can find someone else on campus ... J. ’19 share their experience with varsity and club athletics in the ... Athletes (via Slice of MIT) A Week in the Life of a Student-Athlete (blog
  • Apply / Transfer applicants

    Returning students

    in getting to know you. This includes the secondary school materials ... or in a non-degree program to brush up on their classroom experience ... mentors can provide useful information, especially if teacher evaluations

  • Explore MIT on your own

    Dianna Cowern ’11, aka Physics Girl) 24 Things I Learned in My First ... —you’ll find a link to the next stop in this virtual ... on our site, and you'll find those pages linked in the headers. When in
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    Getting started

    both domestic and international applicants, and you can request one in ... approximately half of our students ultimately major in something entirely ... "underwater basket weaving" will give you an edge in the admissions process, so
  • Apply / Understanding the process

    Admissions statistics

    We love data at MIT. Reliable data, properly contextualized, can help ...  determine our admissions process, but they are the result of our process. In our ... included in the tables below, despite their centrality to our process. The
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    February Updates & Notes Form

    deferred in Early Action, and all students who applied for Regular Action ... application portal in mid-January and should be completed as soon as possible ... -trimester grades. Students who have already graduated simply select the "I'm not
  • Apply / Understanding the process

    First-year class profile

    in October 2025."]1,155 members[/annotation] of the Class of 2029. All ... is counted only as Hispanic (even where they also select one or more ... countries represented: 56 11% Socioeconomic Status First generation in
  • Discover / Life and culture

    The MIT community

    sense of home. Our undergraduates In any given year there are ~4 ... like they had no other, MIT has one of the oldest LGBTQ+ student groups in ... can do is read the blogs and see for yourself. Graduate students There
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    Letters of recommendation

    request recommendations in your MIT application portal. You can request ... who has taught you in an academic class in high school. Ideally, this ... not be penalized in this case. We are also able to accept a
  • Discover / About MIT

    Basic facts

    Institutional Research. Elsewhere on our site, you can find current admission ... note='Source: MIT Facts']Campus[/annotation] 168 acres (0.68 km2) in
  • Afford / Cost & affordability

    How to apply for aid

    Financial Services. You can learn more about the process on their site, but ... 30 in order to receive a financial aid offer by mid-January. Regular Action applicants must submit their required documents by February 15 in
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    Other videos

    More than 40 MIT[annotation note="That's jargon for Departments, Labs, and Centers, the basic organizational entities that constitute MIT."]DLCs[/annotation]have a YouTube channel where they post videos about teaching, research, and
  • 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