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    First-year eligibility

    -time university student. Students may apply during or after their final year of ... high school and completed at least one year of college. If you are still ... how many classes you may have taken at the university level. If you are
  • Blog / Admissions

    Schools of dreams

    MIT staff blogger Matt McGann '00
    the first one: Not the same few colleges: The State University of New York at Stony Brook on Long Island, NY. I chose this to be the first ... and reputation, it is often discounted. So, at the end of each of my
  • Apply / Transfer applicants

    Academic preparation

    applying, taking full advantage of their institution’s offerings in these ... majors at MIT include a science core that consists of two semesters of ... transfer Transfer students typically lose at least one semester of coursework
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    Interview

    , we offer an interview with a member of the MIT Educational Council, a network of over 3,500 MIT graduates around the world who volunteer to meet ... About the interview At MIT we don't just want to see how you look on

  • Schedule your campus visit

    In-person info sessions and tours We offer two types of campus visits ... : One of our amazing students will take you on a tour of their favorite ... ="https://apply.mitadmissions.org/portal/visitmit"]Register[/button_link] In-person group tours If you would like to bring a group of 6–50 people
  • Discover / Life and culture

    Arts & music

    the diverse array of arts available at MIT and in Boston. The MIT ... -based laboratory offering an undergraduate minor and concentration, plus a variety of ... [intro]More than half of all undergraduates take part in arts and
  • 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 ... most important thing to remember is that at MIT we admit people, not
  • Apply / Transfer applicants

    The transfer application

    .S. permanent residents may apply through spring entry. Transcripts: Copies of all of your secondary/high school, college, and university transcripts ... current college/university. Application fee of $75: If paying the fee
  • Discover / The MIT education

    Independent Activities Period

    ,[/annotation] IAP has grown to be a unique feature of the MIT education, offering ... Departments offer hundreds of credit-bearing subjects during IAP. And any member ... January during which faculty and students are freed from the rigors of
  • About

    About MITAdmissions.org

    of home at this domain, so we've just stayed here. This website is a ... About MITAdmissions.org MITAdmissions.org is the official website of MIT's Office of Undergraduate Admissions. We are located on our own
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    Essays, activities & academics

    outside of your high school (at a local junior college or university, for ... .) Tell us more about why this field of study at MIT appeals to you. We ... consists of several short response questions and essays designed to help us
  • Discover / About MIT

    Life after MIT

    . Here are some of the things they do next.[/intro] Careers Career advising at MIT is formally coordinated by the office of Career Advising & ... completed internships while at MIT. In 2023, 49% percent of undergraduates
  • Discover / Life and culture

    The MIT community

    even harder to leave."[/intro] The people at MIT The best asset of MIT ... overview of some of the kinds of people you'll find at MIT. We believe the ... are more than 7,000 graduate students at MIT. Some of them are MIT
  • 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
  • Discover / Learn more

    Newsletters

    campus. MIT Daily, from the MIT News Office, offers regular updates on ... future of work, and technology in general.
  • Apply / Transfer applicants

    Veterans

    MIT has a long history of educating veterans, both before and after their service, and we are proud to support a community of veterans on ... in advanced math and science both improves your odds of getting into
  • Discover / About MIT

    Inventions & innovations

    each year, with 94% of MIT students participating in at least one UROP ... of world-changing advancements. These innovations translate the novel discoveries of basic research to products and infrastructure used by ordinary
  • Discover / The MIT education

    MIT’s educational philosophy

    offered, of course!"]required to learn French and German[/annotation] in ... -motivated and engaged participants in a dynamic community of learners. We combine ... principles Since the first classes were offered in a storage warehouse in
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    About MIT Admissions

    ’s application passes through at least five distinct stages of review and is ... reality that the vast majority of our applicants will not be offered ... ."]MIT Office of Undergraduate Admissions[/annotation] oversees the recruitment