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• Discover / About MIT

  Inventions & innovations

  [intro]For more than 150 years, the Institute has married teaching ... of world-changing advancements. These innovations translate the novel discoveries of basic research to products and infrastructure used by ordinary
• Apply / Understanding the process

  Admissions statistics

   determine our admissions process, but they are the result of our process. In our ... . Admissions statistics for the Class of 2029 General First-year applications ... Applicants offered a place on the wait list 561 Number admitted from the wait
• Apply / Understanding the process

  What we look for

  Institute. Many of the problem sets (our affectionate term for homework) at ...  between applicant and the Institute that drives our selection process. Here are the ... science, technology, and other areas of scholarship to make the world better
• Apply / Understanding the process

  First-year class profile

  For the MIT Class of 2029 Some facts and figures about the [annotation note="Class of 2029 data as of the enrolled student census conducted in October 2025."]1,155 members[/annotation] of the Class of 2029. All
• Apply / Parents and educators

  Advising your students

  Dean of Admissions, Stu Schmill '86, wrote in a blog post: In simple ... think they have to. We don’t want students to take advanced classes out of a sense of competition, rather than the joy of learning. We don’t want
• Apply / Parents and educators

  How to write good letters of recommendation

  [intro]Because of our highly competitive applicant pool, letters of ... information and impressions we cannot glean from the rest of the application. Try to give a complete sketch of the student and the context of their
• Help / Contact

  Visit our office

  station. You can learn more in the Visit MIT section of our site. If you ... read this page for instructions. Visitor Policies MIT Admissions offers two types of campus visits: Info session and student-led tour: Our
• Apply / Preparing for MIT

  College access & advising programs

  The process of applying to college isn’t always straightforward ... support of a whole community. If you want help understanding the college ... advising program.  Many of these programs are community-based organizations

• Maps, directions, parking

  Admissions at MIT Welcome Center MIT Admissions offers two types of ... of our amazing students will take you on a tour of their favorite ... usually awful, the layout of the roads is confusing, and, although there is
• Discover / Life and culture

  Eating at MIT

  eat. Your options If you choose to live in one of the six ... Bon Appétit, offer options for food sensitivities and special diets ... 't use all of their meals can choose to donate them to classmates through a
• Apply / First-year applicants

  International applicants

  MIT has a very long history of educating international students, and ... applying to an American school like MIT works. Some of the information in ...  and local advising centers. Am I international? For the purposes of the
• Discover / The MIT education

  Majors & minors

  these schools offers degrees in their courses of study, as well as minors ... learn through programs that are at the leading edge of their field ... best; you are then free to choose from among any of MIT's courses of
• Apply / First-year applicants

  Creative portfolios

  Room.
 For more information on each type of portfolio, please review the ... significant research project outside of high school classes may consider ... reflecting on your research experience. Abstract/poster: Include a PDF of
• Apply / Preparing for MIT

  STEM programs

  your imagination and powers of analysis, connect you with other young ... and excitement of a college like MIT.  Here’s an incomplete list of some remarkable programs, organizations, and websites that many of our
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  WISE 2025

  , including the cost of transportation to and from MIT. We strongly encourage ... : You must attend high school in the United States or one of its ... financial aid application process. Travel The cost of transportation to and
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  Letters of recommendation

  We require letters of recommendation from two teachers. We recommend ...  and—when available—a School Profile and letter of recommendation). You will be able to ... ! (If you're a teacher looking for guides on how to write good letters of

• En Español

  incluyen: Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research: recibió 100
• Discover / The MIT education

  Undergraduate research

  [intro]One of the earliest programs of its kind in the United States ... thousands of projects each year with 95% of MIT graduating seniors conducting ... —redefining the nature of research at MIT. Hundreds of academic papers published
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  Getting started

  the Fee Waiver Request section of the application. MIT practices need ... your chances of admission. Field of study We're asking about your preferred field of study because we're curious about what interests you right
• Discover / Life and culture

  Clubs & activities

  cultural appreciation and scientific investigation of chocolate, and the only group on campus that orders more than 500 pounds of chocolate a year Science Fiction Society, home to the largest open-stacks library of science