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  • Afford / Cost & affordability

    How much it costs

    education. We offer 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
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    Summer programs

    start, here’s an incomplete list of summer programs that MIT students have ... elsewhere, that offer compelling intellectual content and a rigorous educational approach, a great community of like-minded peers, and are either
  • Discover / Life and culture

    The MIT community

    . 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 ... even harder to leave."[/intro] The people at MIT The best asset of MIT
  • Discover / Learn more

    Books about MIT

    , and impact on the world. Here are some of our favorites: A Widening ... : Moments of Decision a volume edited by Professor David Kaiser, which traces the evolution of MIT as seen in a series of crucial decisions over the
  • Afford / Cost & affordability

    How to apply for aid

    Applications for financial aid are processed by our office of Student ... paint a detailed picture of what kind of aid you’ll need to be able to ... following documents help us paint a detailed picture of what kind of aid you
  • Apply / Understanding the process

    Admissions statistics

     determine our admissions process, but they are the result of our process. In our ... . Admissions statistics for the Class of 2028 See also: First-year class profile ... deferred students) 614 Offered a place on the wait list 590 Wait list

  • 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
  • Discover / Life and culture

    Athletics & recreation

    '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 ... teams, we offer the largest Division III program in the nation, in

  • 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
  • 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
  • Discover / The MIT education

    Maker education

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

    Assistant Director, Special Cohorts

    other MIT offices. How does this role advance the mission and vision of ... entrepreneurial abilities —  even by the standards of MIT students generally —  who will benefit from the unmatched resources of an education at the
  • 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
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    College access & advising programs

    The process of applying to college isn’t always straightforward ... support of a whole community. If you want help understanding the college ... advising program.  Many of these programs are community-based organizations
  • 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

  • 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
  • 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 ... 't use all of their meals can choose to donate them to classmates through a
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    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