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• Apply / First-year applicants

  Deadlines & requirements

  for researchers, performing artists, visual artists, and makers to ... application portal. Please note: You’re only allowed to apply once per entry ... : SAT or ACT. We strongly recommend English proficiency exams for certain non

• MIT visits you

  [intro]Not everyone can take the time to come to MIT, so we do our best to come to you. We crisscross the U.S. as often as we can, so that you can learn more about MIT and see if it may be right for you
• Apply / First-year applicants

  Creative portfolios

  is designed for students who would like their work to be reviewed by ... for you and your family, you may qualify for a fee waiver. To request a ... submit optional portfolios for review by MIT staff or faculty through Slide

• Explore MIT on your own

  [intro]You don't have to travel to Cambridge to get a feel for MIT ... new things—whether on campus or off—there's more than enough to explore from home. Consider this your starting point as you get to know MIT
• Apply / Preparing for MIT

  STEM programs

  people who dare to enjoy nerdy things, and help you prepare for the rigor ... students find to be exciting resources for their growth—though your local ... high school juniors and sophomores For students near (or who are able to
• Discover / About MIT

  Inventions & innovations

  [intro]For more than 150 years, the Institute has married teaching ... discoveries of basic research to products and infrastructure used by ordinary people in everyday life.[/intro] For MIT's 150th anniversary, the Boston

• Student life at MIT

  likely get 4,500 unique answers from each of our undergrads as to what a “day in the life of an MIT student” looks like for them—and that's part ... freely from lectures to labs, from dance floors to darkrooms, from study
• Apply / Transfer applicants

  Transfer eligibility

  The transfer application is intended for students who have finished ... submit one application per entry year, meaning if you apply to enter in the spring term, you cannot reapply for the fall term of the same calendar year
• Discover / The MIT education

  MIT’s educational philosophy

  objective inquiry, to recognize and provide opportunities for unusual ... offered, of course!"]required to learn French and German[/annotation] in order to graduate. However, the MIT education has always been based on
• Discover / The MIT education

  The first year

  ) interests in order to develop their plans for further study. Before we get to ... by choosing among a variety of ways to complete core subjects and prepare for further undergraduate study.[/intro] Academic exploration

• Clubs, activities, and athletics

  [intro]From puppies to pyrotechnics, MIT students organize hundreds ... to share that excitement with.[/intro] Student activities Sure, there ... might expect. But MIT students also run a Laboratory for Chocolate Science
• Apply / Transfer applicants

  The transfer application

  Application: The application for spring entry is due October 15, 2026. The application for fall entry is due March 1, 2027. Only U.S. citizens and U ... must take a test by the March test date. School Official Report: To be
• Apply / First-year applicants

  Letters of recommendation

  ! (If you're a teacher looking for guides on how to write good letters of ... their materials. Our preference is for recommenders to use our application ...  and—when available—a School Profile and letter of recommendation). You will be able to
• Discover / The MIT education

  Maker education

  come to be called a "maker education."[/intro] Our motto The motto ... things, and from trying to make them work. This "maker education" is at ... training program, MakerLodge, to teach making skills to first
• Apply / First-year applicants

  Getting started

  Regular Action. There is no strategic benefit to applying during either action cycle. Just do what works for you! Application fee or waiver Our ... fees presents a hardship for some families. Fee waivers are available for
• Apply / Understanding the process

  First-year class profile

  percentages are [annotation note="Except for when a number would round to zero ... universities use when collecting and reporting sex data for students to the U ... collecting and reporting data about race and ethnicity for domestic students to
• Discover / Life and culture

  The MIT community

  Association for extraordinary, lifelong service to the Institute. Our values In ... Professor Emeritus Jay Keyser once observed that "MIT is hard to get into, and even harder to leave."[/intro] The people at MIT The best asset of MIT
• Apply / Preparing for MIT

  Transfer credit & advanced standing

  Many students who apply to MIT are passionate about learning and find ways to challenge themselves academically. Some applicants seek out dual enrollment opportunities, early college programs, and other ways to take post
• Apply / Understanding the process

  Admissions statistics

  beyond the stats already contributed to the MIT's standard Common Data Set. Holistic admissions It is important to understand that these numbers do not ... characteristics like these are much harder to quantify and are therefore not
• Discover / About MIT

  Basic facts

  relevance to the practical world and transforming society for the better. To ... ) who will contribute to MIT and the world.[/intro] These basic facts are ... statistics and the first-year class profile; for statistics on financial aid