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    Transfer credit & advanced standing

    -secondary classes while they’re still in high school. Many of these programs offer both high school and college credit—or even [annotation note="If you ... you graduate with both a high school diploma and an associate's degree
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    Accessing advanced coursework

    If your high school doesn’t offer courses that help you prepare for ... may carry themselves beyond what is offered at their local high school ... that you take outside of your high school on your MIT application.  Here
  • Discover / The MIT education

    Majors & minors

    these schools offers degrees in their courses of study, as well as minors ... schools MIT is organized into several schools of study: School of Architecture and Planning School of Engineering School of Humanities, Arts
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    Cross-registration

    [intro]In addition to the thousands of courses already offered by the ... -register at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design (MassArt), a respected ... : “the Institute should encourage initiative, promote the spirit of free
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    Academic foundations

    high school in U.S. states and territories, or students outside of the U ... American high schools."]offers an American curriculum,[/annotation] then we ... covers at least the fundamentals of calculus before the end of high school
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    For home educators

    granted a formal high school diploma, while others have not. Please note that we do not require a high school diploma or GED from our applicants ... [intro]MIT has a long history of admitting homeschooled students, and
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    Life after MIT

    : 47% of 2023 bachelor’s degree graduates had internship/externship that ... Research. Graduate school 43% of the Class of 2023 went directly to ... . Here are some of the things they do next.[/intro] Careers Career
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    A brief history of MIT

    of the arts, and a school of industrial science. The state agreed, and ... of ore from Colorado, here.']earn a degree in STEM ... of any other school besides West Point."]military training ground
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    Arts & music

    -based laboratory offering an undergraduate minor and concentration, plus a variety of ... [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
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    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 ... have already completed an undergraduate degree elsewhere, you may explore
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    Summer programs

    . Open to high school juniors, the program is free of charge for those ... , there are also online programs offered for younger high school students ... enrichment of students. The National Conference of Governor’s Schools (NCo
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    First-year eligibility

    pursuing a different field of study from the bachelor’s degree you hold. By ... high school and completed at least one year of college. If you are still in high school, you are considered a first-year applicant regardless of
  • Discover / The MIT education

    The first year

    system is designed to ease the transition from high school by giving ... ongoing experiment: in 2018, it was the subject of a design course called ... . DesignPlus DesignPlus is a small community of first-year students who are
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    Books about MIT

    that accompanied the design and building of MIT's Cambridge campus The ... , and impact on the world. Here are some of our favorites: A Widening ... small technical school into a major research university Becoming MIT
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    Maker education

    the core of MIT. The Institute has: over 40 design ... set of makerspaces where you can design and test your out-of ... [intro]MIT's dozens of makerspaces, dedicated hands-on classes, and

  • 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
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    Transfer eligibility

    high school and will have completed at least one year of college before entering MIT. If you are still in high school, you are considered a first ... different field of study from the bachelor’s degree you hold. If you are
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    Returning students

    Secondary school materials Some students apply to us after an ... experiences of students returning to higher education. At the same time, we need to evaluate students against a common baseline of preparation for a
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    International applicants

    applying to an American school like MIT works. Some of the information in ... .']regardless of where they live or attend school.[/annotation] U.S. permanent ... the beginning of their final year of high school, and international
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    Global education

    [intro] A majority of MIT students travel to study, research, work ... year, hundreds of students intern, teach, research, and collaborate in ... students with hands-on projects in leading international companies, schools