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    Academic preparation

    transfer student, you can expect to receive credit for subjects of study that ... academic record doesn't appear to merit credit in a certain subject, you may ... offered at your institution to those offered at MIT, you can refer to the
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    First-year learning communities

    away learning what you can learn from a classroom in Cambridge, but ... , you move to a new city, live with a new roommate, enroll in new classes ... By Julia Davis August 25, 2018 Your first year at MIT can seem like

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    your senior year, you can explore product design in 2.00b, read Michael C ... of data. Much of this data is related to people, where you can explore ... to make the world a better place—and you can see those values at work
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    Letters of recommendation

     and—when available—a School Profile and letter of recommendation). You will be able to request recommendations in your MIT application portal. You can request ... who has taught you in an academic class in high school. Ideally, this
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    Academic foundations

    around the world. For students in an American curriculum If you ... matters is that you are prepared to take, and do well in, a class that ... ,[/annotation] we recommend that you pursue at least some challenging courses in areas
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    Creative portfolios

    most interested in the relationship between what you make and why you ... made in similar contexts (for example, some craft you have practiced many times), you can combine them into one project writeup. Media uploader

  • Policies

     central accessibility website where you can find all of MIT's accessibility resources in ... .org is licensed under Creative Commons BY-NC-SA. In short, you are free to ... 28, 2025; you can check the official policy page for the most up
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    Our selection process

    How it works After you click the submit button, it's easy to feel ... between when you apply and when you receive your decision? Once your ... who will consider your application in a holistic manner, within its

  • Explore MIT on your own

    on our site, and you'll find those pages linked in the headers. When in ... [intro]You don't have to travel to Cambridge to get a feel for MIT ... from home. Consider this your starting point as you get to know MIT

  • Student life at MIT

    [intro]No day at MIT could really be described as typical. You would ... “day in the life of an MIT student” looks like for them—and that's part ... know them yourself? Student perspectives Explore a day in the Life of MIT

  • Housing and residence life

    experience, and all first-year students live in one of our 10 on ... want to live in, giving students the chance to live in a place that feels ... project and is anticipated to reopen in fall 2025.']in operation

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    We are makers. We are thinkers. We are explorers. In all that we do. The MIT community is driven by a shared purpose to make a better world through education, research, and innovation. We are fun and quirky

  • Arts and music

    [intro]MIT students are as creative in the studio and on stage as they are in the lab. More than half of undergrads enroll in arts and ... name a few. Tune in below to watch the MIT Video Game Orchestra in their