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    MIT’s educational philosophy

    -motivated and engaged participants in a dynamic community of learners. We combine ... principles Since the first classes were offered in a storage warehouse in Boston's Back Bay, much has changed about the MIT education: electric
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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 ... programs, which offer college-level courses at a local high school, college
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    For home educators

    these students are successful and vibrant members of our community ... 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
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    A brief history of MIT

    allocated land in Boston's Back Bay, on the condition that the institution ... ) From its inception, the new institution, offering a new education ... its original Back Bay campus, and in 1916 moved to the left bank of the
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    First-year learning communities

    communities (FLCs): Terrascope, Experimental Study Group (ESG), and Concourse. These groups help to provide a close-knit community and academic environment to ... communities focuses on academics through a different lens, but they all
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    DACA & undocumented applicants

    students. For those students who face financial barriers, we offer fee ... our community as well as outside the Institute. In 2017, MIT's 17th ... undocumented student (esta guía está disponible en español). QuestBridge offers
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    Independent Activities Period

    ,[/annotation] IAP has grown to be a unique feature of the MIT education, offering ... than 600 activities are offered each year, and regular students paying ... Departments offer hundreds of credit-bearing subjects during IAP. And any member
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    Advising your students

    students and community members first, and applicants second.[/intro] As our ... community in their pursuits. And, we want students who demonstrate strong ... offerings, to feel like they are not going to be strongly considered for
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    Eating at MIT

    dining halls, or cook for yourself (and often, your friends) in a community ... yourself in large, well-appointed community kitchens, or both. Some students ... Bon Appétit, offer options for food sensitivities and special diets
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    Summer programs

    elsewhere, that offer compelling intellectual content and a rigorous educational approach, a great community of like-minded peers, and are either free to attend or (like MIT) offer generous need-based financial aid. MIT
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    College access & advising programs

    support of a whole community. If you want help understanding the college ... advising program.  Many of these programs are community-based organizations ... counselors, teachers, or other leaders in your local community to explore
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    The first year

    the MIT education. Learning communities As an alternative to simply enrolling in classes, students may instead participate in learning communities ... ."]small community of students and faculty dedicated to exploring the fundamental
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    Athletics & recreation

    teams, we offer the largest Division III program in the nation, in ... organized by MIT community members compete annually at different ... 'Brien, and Barry fields, which offer acres of on-campus athletics fields for
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    Maker education

    -year undergraduate students a new state-of-the art community makerspace, the MET ... -of-the-classroom projects. [embed]https://youtu.be/WQvgfjLmO8w[/embed] D-Lab D-Lab offers
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    Veterans

    their service, and we are proud to support a community of veterans on ... community college or another four-year college) to brush up on their academics ... veterans who are committed to transforming the veteran community through the
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    The MIT community

    community is the single biggest reason why admitted students enroll, and why ... December 2020, responding to calls from the community that MIT would benefit ... the MIT community. On April 12, 2022, President Rafael Reif, Provost
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    About MITAdmissions.org

    community we hoped to build around MIT Admissions. We think our blogs are a ... about. About the comments Since 2004 we have offered an open comment section to our readers, because we want them to be part of our community and
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    About MIT Admissions

    technology. The students we enroll add to a vibrant campus community and will ... offers interviews to as many students as it can to help demystify MIT. We ... reality that the vast majority of our applicants will not be offered