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  • Discover / About MIT

    A brief history of MIT

    .[/intro] A private university in the public interest The story of MIT begins ... of the arts, and a school of industrial science. The state agreed, and allocated land in Boston's Back Bay, on the condition that the institution
  • Discover / The MIT education

    Cross-registration

    Harvard University for degree credit at no extra charge. Harvard subjects ... [intro]In addition to the thousands of courses already offered by the ... teaching certification, which is recognized in many states, to teach at the
  • Discover / Life and culture

    Athletics & recreation

    United States. About a quarter of our students are varsity athletes, and ... teams, we offer the largest Division III program in the nation, in ... other universities, while intramural sports are teams of MIT students
  • Discover / Life and culture

    Arts & music

    of contemporary art, is home to a state-of-the-art black box performing ... -based laboratory offering an undergraduate minor and concentration, plus a variety of ... degree programs; hands-on classes; makerspaces; and 100+ concerts and
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    Summer programs

    selective summer programs, at MIT and elsewhere, that offer compelling ... attend or, like MIT, offer generous need-based financial aid. MIT summer programs MIT does not offer open-enrollment summer programs where any high
  • Discover / About MIT

    Life after MIT

    : 47% of 2023 bachelor’s degree graduates had internship/externship that led to accepted job offer. 45% found jobs through networking. 31 ... % have pursued a graduate or professional degree since graduating from MIT
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    International applicants

    to apply to American universities, including MIT. We particularly ... application, MIT considers any student who does not hold United States ... significant time in the United States, or those who have a liminal status as
  • Discover / Life and culture

    The MIT community

    ,500 undergraduates at MIT. They hail from all 50 states and more than 100 countries ... alumni, while others come from hundreds of other universities around the ... , at some point, pursue a graduate degree, and benefit from having
  • Discover / The MIT education

    Majors & minors

    these schools offers degrees in their courses of study, as well as minors ... 're counted differently than at most other universities. The terminology can be ... .[/intro] Your first year When you apply to MIT, you apply to the entire university
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    Meet the admissions officers

    vacation spot: South-East Asia island hopping Favorite spot on campus ... Steinbeck, “East of Eden” Chris Peterson Director of Communications
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    Enrichment opportunities

    science are serious fun. We offer this abbreviated list of some remarkable ... . For those near campus, our students also offer MIT's Educational Studies ... Olympiads that the United States competes in, along with their qualifying
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    First-year eligibility

    secondary education and wish to pursue a bachelor's degree as a full-time university student. Students may apply during or after their final year of ... another degree-granting institution.[/annotation] Please note that MIT does
  • Apply / Understanding the process

    First-year class profile

    ; permanent residents Number of U.S. states represented: 49 90% American ... % Midwest & Plains states 11% Southwest & Mountain 12% West Coast ... popular names Daniel and Katherine Most represented U.S. state California
  • Discover / The MIT education

    MIT’s educational philosophy

    principles Since the first classes were offered in a storage warehouse in Boston's Back Bay, much has changed about the MIT education: electric ... offered, of course!"]required to learn French and German[/annotation] in
  • Discover / The MIT education

    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
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    What to do in high school

    . We understand that high schools have different offerings and families ... interest you. We know that not all high schools offer the chance to take all ... -enrollment opportunities at local colleges or universities, including community colleges
  • Apply / Transfer applicants

    Transfer eligibility

    how many classes you may have taken at the university or college level ... standing at an accredited college, university, technical institute, or ... does not award second bachelor’s degrees MIT does not award second