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• Apply / First-year applicants

  Essays, activities & academics

  get to know you. Remember that this is not a writing test. Be honest, be ... to you the most right now? (Note: Applicants select from a drop ... describes you, and why? Activities Please use our form, not a resume, to list
• Apply / Preparing for MIT

  Transfer credit & advanced standing

  Many students who apply to MIT are passionate about learning and find ways to challenge themselves academically. Some applicants seek out dual ... Advanced Standing Exam, or ASE, to test out of a course.  An ASE is
• Apply / First-year applicants

  Biographical & personal information

  ask you what you'd like us to call you. If you enter a preferred first ... sent to your home address unless you’ve indicated a mailing address ... out to them directly. Family information You will be asked to provide a
• Afford / Cost & affordability

  How to apply for aid

  paint a detailed picture of what kind of aid you’ll need to be able to attend MIT affordably. Three steps to apply for aid. CSS Profile: a tool provided by the College Board that we use to determine if you qualify for a
• Discover / Life and culture

  The MIT community

   humans of MIT are truly special, and we hope that among them you will find a ... 't require a password, and its museums and libraries are open to the public ... Professor Emeritus Jay Keyser once observed that "MIT is hard to get into, and
• Apply / First-year applicants

  Creative portfolios

  to you. Research questionnaire: Complete a brief questionnaire ... to submit a letter of recommendation directly through the Slide ... second SlideRoom account using a different email address to submit a
• Apply / Preparing for MIT

  STEM programs

  students find to be exciting resources for their growth—though your local ... students come from a wide variety of contexts and may not be able to access ... students PRIMES-USA, a free, year-long research program in math open to
• Apply / Preparing for MIT

  Academic foundations

  MIT to develop a broad base of knowledge across [annotation note ... -calculus, which are designed to lay the groundwork for a calculus course that ... matters is that you are prepared to take, and do well in, a class that
• Discover / Learn more

  Books about MIT

   by Institute Historian T. F. Peterson, which provides a lively introduction to ... , and impact on the world. Here are some of our favorites: A Widening ... how MIT's first nine presidents helped transform the Institute from a
• Discover / The MIT education

  Cross-registration

  [intro]In addition to the thousands of courses already offered by the ... .[/annotation] To that end, we have established strong ties with nearby institutions to help our students develop their interests by cross-registering when
• Apply / Understanding the process

  First-year class profile

  percentages are [annotation note="Except for when a number would round to zero, but is higher than zero, which is indicated by <1%."]rounded to the ... according to the [annotation note='The IPEDS methodology is a federal standard
• Blog / Advice

  finding place

  

  . Here are some pics, looking back (omitting a lot because I don't want to ... same time, it was a hard semester for me due to all the life changes of ... and a huge campus. You need to be more intentional, unless they

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • April 7, 2024
• Discover / About MIT

  Basic facts

  relevance to the practical world and transforming society for the better. To ... ) who will contribute to MIT and the world.[/intro] These basic facts are ... Institutional Research. Elsewhere on our site, you can find current admission
• Discover / About MIT

  A brief history of MIT

  envisioned a new education to unify mens et manus, mind and hand, theory and ... Massachusetts Institute of Technology," which was to include a museum, a society ... congressman and senator in a state's congressional delegation—to fund colleges

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• Apply / Transfer applicants

  Returning students

  need to evaluate students against a common baseline of preparation for a ... or in a non-degree program to brush up on their classroom experience ... Secondary school materials Some students apply to us after an
• Discover / The MIT education

  General Institute Requirements

  , and social sciences, including three to four in a concentration of your ... education necessary to solve hard problems in a complex world. ... practical discovery and improvement.” To achieve this diverse education
• Apply / First-year applicants

  QuestBridge

  MIT is proud to be a QuestBridge partner About QuestBridge Quest ... be emailed to you if you are selected as a finalist. Transcripts ... emailed to you if you are selected as a finalist. Transcripts: Your
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  Transcripts

  to be submitted and processed, we will add it to your application as a ... We require an official transcript sent by a school counselor or ... school does not have a school counselor, your transcript may be submitted
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