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    Academic preparation

    transfer students take a variety of mathematics and science courses before applying, taking full advantage of their institution’s offerings in these ... ’s offer of admission.
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    Creative portfolios

    significant research project outside of high school classes may consider ... engineering, crafting, or coding projects of your own design and making that are ... Room.
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  • infinite MIT

    design at MIT and in the world.”[/intro] –Hashim Sarkis Dean, School of ... development as they design and build working prototypes of new products. Creativity, product design, and collaboration, are at the core of this class
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    DACA & undocumented applicants

    several programs designed for students of modest socioeconomic backgrounds ... As part of our mission to uphold meritocracy and fair access for ... , regardless of citizenship or immigration status. Undocumented and [annotation
  • Afford / Cost & affordability

    How much it costs

    education. We offer aid that meets 100% of your demonstrated financial need ... . We offer full-need financial aid, which means we meet 100% of your ... because of their financial need. We are one of only nine schools in the U
  • About

    About MIT Admissions

    reality that the vast majority of our applicants will not be offered ... ."]MIT Office of Undergraduate Admissions[/annotation] oversees the recruitment and selection of all undergraduate applicants to the Institute
  • Discover / Life and culture

    The MIT community

    economic mobility index of its peer schools. Long a home for those who felt ... . This unusual degree of access has deep cultural roots in our longstanding ... Institute and they'll probably say "the people." The quality of the MIT
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    Deadlines & requirements

    , activities, academics, etc. November 1 Two letters of recommendation—one from ... , or language teacher November 1 Secondary School Report (SSR), including high school transcript November testing date Standardized tests
  • Discover / Life and culture

    Athletics & recreation

    -America citations, the most of any DIII school in the nation. As a Division III ... 'Brien, and Barry fields, which offer acres of on-campus athletics fields for ... United States. About a quarter of our students are varsity athletes, and

  • Explore MIT on your own

    for free Enroll in one of MIT's free, self-paced courses offered through ... .[/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 / Parents and educators

    For school counselors

    regionalized officer who exclusively presents to your school or area. All of our ... and mention the name and location of your school. During the reading ... outside of the reading season. You are our professional colleagues, and we
  • 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
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    STEM programs

    your imagination and powers of analysis, connect you with other young ... and excitement of a college like MIT.  Here’s an incomplete list of some remarkable programs, organizations, and websites that many of our
  • Discover / The MIT education

    Independent Activities Period

    ,[/annotation] IAP has grown to be a unique feature of the MIT education, offering ... Departments offer hundreds of credit-bearing subjects during IAP. And any member ... January during which faculty and students are freed from the rigors of
  • Discover / Life and culture

    Eating at MIT

    eat. Your options If you choose to live in one of the six ... Bon Appétit, offer options for food sensitivities and special diets. During the school year, you can see daily menus here. Students who don
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    WISE 2024

    : You must attend high school in the United States or one of its ... takes place during the week and you will miss ~two days of school. And ... , including the cost of transportation to and from MIT. We strongly encourage