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    General Institute Requirements

    as capable as possible Your course of study Counting credits at MIT is ... thumb, you can generalize that about half of your time at MIT will be ... curriculum and foundation for the rest of your education.[/intro] William
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    Undergraduate research

    each year, and 93% of the Class of 2025 reported completing at least one ... million on the UROP program—redefining the nature of research at MIT ... [intro]One of the earliest programs of its kind in the United States
  • Discover / Life and culture

    Hacks, tomfoolery & pranks

    clever and elegant pranks that exist at the intersection of creative ... Wikipedia article about hacking at MIT, as well as documentation of historical ... hacking at MIT, including Nightwork: A History of Hacks and Pranks at MIT
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    Letters of recommendation

    recommenders in the “Recommendations” section of the MIT application at any point ... We require letters of recommendation from two teachers. We recommend ... counselor (or another school official) may also include a letter of
  • Apply / Understanding the process

    Our mission

    . Alden Thresher, an economist and the first Director of Admissions at MIT ... Our work at MIT Admissions is both bound and inspired by MIT ... with our admissions process and financial aid. The MIT Office of

  • Arts and music

    design! Other highlights Trashion Show Chalk of the Day Arts at MIT ... they are in the lab. More than half of undergrads enroll in arts and ... dozens of performance ensembles that encompass classical and contemporary
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    Via tesseract

    "That, of course, is the impractical, long way around. We have learned to take short cuts wherever possible." "Sort of like in math?" Meg asked. "Like in math." Mrs. Whatsit looked over at Mrs. Who. "Take your
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    Admissions videos

    Pi Day videos (2014–2024) In 2014, we made a video of some bloggers ... comforting character for those of us old enough to remember videotapes ... . It cost hundreds of thousands of dollars and was produced entirely by a
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    Be yourself!

    and capable of in a college application.  As admissions officers, we ... the context of your life.  It’s important to think of any college ... place for your next step. This kind of self-reflection isn’t easy, and if
  • Apply / Understanding the process

    Our selection process

    committee, where multiple groups of different admissions staff and faculty members will weigh in. At least a dozen people will significantly discuss ... decision is correct in the context of the overall applicant pool, and that no
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    QuestBridge

    field of study at MIT appeals to you the most right now. Still have ... application process and apply for four-year scholarships at top U.S. schools ... -achieving high school seniors, regardless of citizenship, to apply to QB partner
  • Apply / Parents and educators

    For school counselors

    regionalized officer who exclusively presents to your school or area. All of our ... sequestered in the admissions committee."]outside of the reading season ... during business hours (Monday–Friday, 9 AM–5 PM ET) at 1.617.253.3400, or

  • Next steps

    [intro]You made it to the end of our virtual visit experience! We ... advantage of.[/intro] Tour campus, virtually Follow blogger CJ Q. ’23 as he ... contact us by email at [email protected].
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    Transcripts

    “Recommendations” section of the MIT application. You can add recommenders at any ... counselor should also send a letter of recommendation and a school profile ... considered official, and should include three years of subject grades if
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    Other videos

    people. It's hard to narrow down thousands of videos, but here are a few of ... of MIT. [embed]https://youtu.be/TA1UX8NCD08[/embed] [embed
  • Discover / About MIT

    Basic facts

    that end, we seek the best possible community of scholars (and humans ... curated from the latest issue of the MIT Facts book and data from MIT ... Cambridge, Massachusetts 20 student residences 26 acres (0.11 km2) of
  • Help / Contact

    Via email

    about 70,000 emails a year that are answered by a dedicated staff of about four people. We average a response within 24 hours, but the number of