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    Cross-registration

    Harvard University for degree credit at no extra charge. Harvard subjects ... Institute, you can cross-register for no additional cost at Harvard, Wellesley, and MassArt.[/intro] We believe that MIT students should [annotation
  • Discover / About MIT

    A brief history of MIT

    of the arts, and a school of industrial science. The state agreed, and ... congressman and senator in a state's congressional delegation—to fund colleges and universities, open in their admission to ordinary people, that would
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    First-year eligibility

    secondary education and wish to pursue a bachelor's degree as a full-time university student. Students may apply during or after their final year of ... another degree-granting institution.[/annotation] Please note that MIT does
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    Accessing advanced coursework

    your state name, look in the DUAL ENROLLMENT PROGRAM BASICS section, and ... , MITx Online, and other non-degree-granting courses and enrichment ... expect students do anything above and beyond what is required to
  • Discover / Life and culture

    The MIT community

    Institute and they'll probably say "the people." The quality of the MIT ... ,500 undergraduates at MIT. They hail from all 50 states and more than 100 countries ... , at some point, pursue a graduate degree, and benefit from having
  • Apply / Transfer applicants

    Transfer eligibility

    high school and will have completed at least one year of college before ... -year applicant regardless of how many classes you may have taken at the university ... high academic standing at an accredited college, university, technical
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    Academic foundations

    high school in U.S. states and territories, or students outside of the U ... —from our universally required physics and chemistry courses, to even ... -year applicants—in other words, all domestic and international students who are
  • Discover / About MIT

    Life after MIT

    , information sessions and programs, and formal partnerships with individual ... event that takes place every September and typically welcomes hundreds of ... mentorships, and chats over coffee. According to a survey of graduating students
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    Summer programs

    lists of both residential and day summer programs across the United States ... 25 states, dedicated to finding and cultivating students with special ... should do to prepare for applying to MIT, and our answer is always to spend
  • Policies

    Institute administered programs and activities; the Institute may, however ... laws and about compliance may also be directed to the United States ... Economic Area to the United States. You understand that the current laws and
  • Discover / The MIT education

    Majors & minors

    Engineering 22 ✅Yes ✅Yes Flexible Nuclear Science and Engineering Degree 22 ... [intro]At MIT, majors are conventionally called courses, and they're numbered rather than named; meanwhile, our credits are called units and they
  • Apply / Transfer applicants

    The transfer application

    all of your secondary/high school, college, and university transcripts ... application for fall entry is due March 17, 2025. Only U.S. citizens and U ... science professor and the other from any academic professor who knows you
  • Discover / Learn more

    Books about MIT

    , and impact on the world. Here are some of our favorites: A Widening ... how MIT's first nine presidents helped transform the Institute from a small technical school into a major research university Becoming MIT
  • Discover / Life and culture

    Arts & music

    degree programs; hands-on classes; makerspaces; and 100+ concerts and ... [intro]More than half of all undergraduates take part in arts and ... of contemporary art, is home to a state-of-the-art black box performing
  • Apply / Parents and educators

    For home educators

    [intro]MIT has a long history of admitting homeschooled students, and these students are successful and vibrant members of our community ... . Homeschooled applicants make up less than 1% of our applicant pool (and less than
  • Apply / Transfer applicants

    Academic preparation

     MIT Bulletin (Course and Degree Catalog). Standardized tests We require the SAT ... Coursework and test requirements We recommend that prospective transfer students take a variety of mathematics and science courses before
  • Discover / Life and culture

    Athletics & recreation

    United States. About a quarter of our students are varsity athletes, and ... , a state-of-the-art fitness center, and a fully staffed sports medicine ... , the oldest university sailing pavilion in the world and the birthplace
  • Apply / Transfer applicants

    Transfer deadlines & requirements

    attended—including all secondary/high schools, colleges, and universities ... .S. citizens and U.S. permanent residents may apply through spring entry. For ... who know an applicant well as both a student and a person. You are also
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    About MIT Admissions

    and selection of all undergraduate applicants to the Institute ... , tradition, and integrity of our work on behalf of the Institute and those who ... , and a responsibility, and requires a public and institutional trust that
  • Discover / The MIT education

    Maker education

    [intro]MIT's dozens of makerspaces, dedicated hands-on classes, and ...  mens et manus—mind and hand—puts equal emphasis on theory and practice. The former you get from learning in the classroom, and the latter from making