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  DACA & undocumented applicants

  As part of our mission to uphold meritocracy and fair access for ... , regardless of citizenship or immigration status. Undocumented and [annotation ... ."]need-blind[/annotation] admissions, and provide generous financial aid that meets 100% of a family
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  WISE 2024

  (the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics)? (200 ... , 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
• Discover / The MIT education

  The first year

  by choosing among a variety of ways to complete core subjects and ... typically spent taking some General Institute Requirements (GIRs) while ... of having taken it; in the second term, students earn an A, B, C, or no

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  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
• Afford / Cost & affordability

  How much it costs

  education. We award aid that meets 100% of your demonstrated financial need.[/intro] The big picture The full price of an MIT education is $85,960 for the ... . We offer full-need financial aid, which means we meet 100% of your
• Discover / The MIT education

  Independent Activities Period

  January during which faculty and students are freed from the rigors of ... Johnson, of saving fuel during the energy crisis.']Established in 1971,[/annotation] IAP has grown to be a unique feature of the MIT education, offering
• 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 94% of MIT graduating seniors conducting ... —redefining the nature of research at MIT. Hundreds of academic papers published
• Apply / Understanding the process

  First-year class profile

  For the MIT Class of 2027 Some facts and figures about the [annotation note="Class of 2027 data as of September 2023."]1,092 members[/annotation] of the Class of 2027. See also Admissions statistics. Gender* Men 49
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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
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  Meet the admissions officers

  MIT admissions officers are involved with all aspects of the ... decisions. Admissions officers have a wide variety of backgrounds and ... process. Please note that MIT's Office of Admissions is not regionalized
• 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
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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
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  Essays, activities & academics

  consists of several short response questions and essays designed to help us ... too much—spending a lot of time stressing or strategizing about what ... these short answer essay questions: What field of study appeals to you
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  Creative portfolios

  Room.
 For more information on each type of portfolio, please review the ... of high school classes are welcome to submit the Research Supplement ... brief questionnaire about your research experience. Include a PDF of

• Student life at MIT

  likely get 4,500 unique answers from each of our undergrads as to what a “day in the life of an MIT student” looks like for them—and that's part of what makes life at MIT so vibrant.[/intro] The humans of MIT move
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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 ... , my dears. Cervantes. Experience is the mother of knowledge." Mrs. Who
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  Advanced classes & credit

  taken advantage of their opportunities. However, we don't commonly award ... that all of our students start with equal footing. Though most advanced ... . See a list of our credit policies for common advanced placement courses
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  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
• 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