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  Undergraduate research

  research, for pay or for credit, during their undergraduate years ... presentations, and even the occasional invention—and you can take part for pay or credit. How to UROP You may apply for advertised UROP positions or propose your

• Clubs, activities, and athletics

  might expect. But MIT students also run a Laboratory for Chocolate Science, organize large-scale hackathons, and host educational programs for local ... active than you think. Don't take our word for it—watch Kylie Y. ’19 and AJ
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  Returning students

  need to evaluate students against a common baseline of preparation for a rigorous MIT education. Even though you may have been away from school for a ... send for review is left up to the individual non-traditional applicant to
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  Cross-registration

  Institute, you can cross-register for no additional cost at Harvard, Wellesley ... and objective inquiry, and recognize and provide opportunities for ... Harvard University for degree credit at no extra charge. Harvard subjects
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  International applicants

  , you may not be familiar with the application process for American ... here is also true for American colleges other than MIT, but you should ...  and local advising centers. Am I international? For the purposes of the

• Explore MIT on your own

  [intro]You don't have to travel to Cambridge to get a feel for MIT ... for the better. Student perspectives MIT International Science & ... research—for pay or for credit—during their undergraduate years through UROP
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  Getting started

  action cycle. Just do what works for you! Application fee or waiver Our ... fees presents a hardship for some families. Fee waivers are available for
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  Interview

  interviews are not usually formal affairs. You do not have to dress up for your interview. Finally, as is true for all parts of our application process, just be yourself! For more information, contact [email protected].
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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
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  Newsletters

  [intro]Would you like to hear from us every once in a while?[/intro] Then you should sign up for our MIT Admissions monthly newsletter (prospective undergraduates only please). It's from us(!), and contains
• Discover / About MIT

  Inventions & innovations

  [intro]For more than 150 years, the Institute has married teaching ... people in everyday life.[/intro] For MIT's 150th anniversary, the Boston ... rather than DNA, for use as a rapid, inexpensive, highly sensitive

• Housing and residence life

  [annotation note='East Campus residence hall is closed for a two-year renovation ... residences For the most comprehensive set of information about residences ... ="https://mitadmissions.org/clubs-activities-and-athletics-virtual"]Yes, MIT students have time for extracurriculars![/button_link]
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  Biographical & personal information

  that you use one email for all activities related to your application—including communicating with us and registering for standardized tests—so the email you list ... . Responses will be used for reporting purposes and to help us provide relevant
• Discover / Life and culture

  Clubs & activities

  [intro]MIT students organize more than 450 official student groups, or about 1 for every 10 undergraduates. If you don't find an existing ... , including: Laboratory for Chocolate Science, a club dedicated to the
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  General Institute Requirements

  [intro]General Institute Requirements (GIRs) are MIT's core curriculum and foundation for the rest of your education.[/intro] William ... complicated and different for every student and major. However, as a rule of
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  Transfer credit & advanced standing

  help make sure that you’re set up for success—not needlessly restrained ... been adequately prepared for introductory coursework at MIT through
• Apply / Understanding the process

  Our selection process

  admissions officers, who will summarize it for the Admissions Committee. These ... 're looking for, but what we want from you, and how much we care about the work

• Student life at MIT

  [intro]No day at MIT could really be described as typical. You would 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
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  Via tesseract

  quite a long walk for him if he had to walk straight across." Swiftly
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  The first year

  prepare for further undergraduate study.[/intro] Academic exploration ... ) interests in order to develop their plans for further study. Before we get to ... capabilities and knowledge. Conventional program A typical academic program for