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    U.S. Military Veterans

    odds of getting into MIT and helps you make the most of the Institute ... MIT has a long history of educating U.S. military veterans, both before and after their service, and we are proud to support a community of

  • Explore MIT on your own

    . Since folks at the Institute are always making, writing, and discovering ... .[/intro] Let's get started At the bottom of each page—starting with this one ... .) We’ve written pretty extensively about each of these topics elsewhere
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    Academic foundations

    students, veterans of the U.S. military, and applicants who took an extended ... that you’re ready to do the work, and helps you make the most of the Institute when you’re here.  We aim to make sure that every student we admit
  • Apply / Understanding the process

    What we look for

    use science, technology, and other areas of scholarship to make the ... all over the Institute. Many of the problem sets (our affectionate term ... the applicant and the Institute that drives our selection process. Here

  • infinite MIT

    , and a lot of exploration along the way. We don't read, edit, or ... check them out, there are 7,300 as of this writing."] student bloggers.[/annotation]We hope you'll get a good sense of the MIT community and if it might be a
  • Discover / The MIT education

    MIT’s educational philosophy

    Institute should be to encourage initiative, to promote the spirit of free and ... -motivated and engaged participants in a dynamic community of learners. We combine ... offered, of course!"]required to learn French and German[/annotation] in
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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 / Understanding the process

    Our mission

    with our admissions process and financial aid. The MIT Office of ... of some of the world’s most intelligent and creative individuals interested in an education centered on science and technology. The students we
  • Discover / Life and culture

    Hacks, tomfoolery & pranks

    stealthily execute campus pranks according to an informal code of ethics. These ... computer systems. As the journalist Steven Levy wrote in his history of hacking, the definition of hacking descends from a much older tradition of
  • About

    About MITAdmissions.org

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

    Global education

    [intro] A majority of MIT students travel to study, research, work ... , work, or service abroad. MISTI MIT International Science and Technology ... year, hundreds of students intern, teach, research, and collaborate in

  • 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
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    Letters of recommendation

    We require letters of recommendation from two teachers. We recommend ... counselor (or another school official) may also include a letter of ... teacher letters of recommendations, we recommend that one letter be from a
  • Apply / Transfer applicants

    Transfer application materials

    ) institution, you can download a PDF version of the School Official Report. The ... required to upload a copy of their transcripts to the MIT transfer application from each institution they have attended — including all secondary

  • Request a group tour

    refunds will be offered in the case of an Institute-wide closure or a sick ... Thank you for your interest in a private group tour of MIT! Please ... Groups of 6–50 students are welcome to submit a request for a private group
  • Discover / The MIT education

    Maker education

    the core of MIT. The Institute has: over 40 design ... [intro]MIT's dozens of makerspaces, dedicated hands-on classes, and experiential programs give you training in modern means of manufacture: what has
  • 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
  • Afford / Cost & affordability

    How much it costs

    students We are proud to be one of the very few institutions in the United ... education. We offer aid that meets 100% of your demonstrated financial need.[/intro] The big picture The full price of an MIT education is $92,760 for the
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    First-year learning communities

    a whole lot of change happening at once. In the span of a few weeks ... are part of much smaller academic groups, the first-year learning ... students as they go through their first year at MIT. Each of the three