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  • Apply / Understanding the process

    What we look for

    The match between you and MIT Ask any admissions officer at MIT, and ... understanding your academic preparedness for MIT, it's really the match between applicant and the Institute that drives our selection process. Here are the
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    Summer programs

    your summers in the way that best suits your personal needs and goals. Similar to the way we look at a student’s extracurricular activities, there ... the residence halls. However, several partner organizations run small
  • About

    About MIT Admissions

    Our Office The [annotation note="MIT Admissions for short."]MIT Office of Undergraduate Admissions[/annotation] oversees the recruitment and selection of all undergraduate applicants to the Institute
  • Apply / Transfer applicants

    Veterans

    forward to supporting you through the admissions process. How to apply Veterans may apply for admission through the same process as other ... MIT, and helps you make the most of the Institute when you’re here
  • Discover / Life and culture

    Hacks, tomfoolery & pranks

    experience the hack.[/intro] At MIT, hacking refers to more than breaking into computer systems. As the journalist Steven Levy wrote in his history of hacking, the definition of hacking descends from a much older tradition of
  • Discover / Learn more

    Newsletters

    campus. MIT Daily, from the MIT News Office, offers regular updates on ... . The MIT Technology Review has several newsletters that regularly report on important developments in artificial intelligence, blockchain, the
  • Apply / Understanding the process

    Our selection process

    How it works After you click the submit button, it's easy to feel ... admissions officers, who will summarize it for the Admissions Committee. These summaries, along with your entire application, will then go to the selection
  • Discover / The MIT education

    Cross-registration

    [intro]In addition to the thousands of courses already offered by the ... note='As the 1949 Lewis Report on the MIT undergraduate education wrote: “the Institute should encourage initiative, promote the spirit of free
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    Essays, activities & academics

    Rather than asking you to write one long essay, the MIT application ... makes you "look best," as opposed to the answers that are honest and easy—you're doing it wrong. Our questions For the 2025–2026 application, we're asking
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    Be yourself!

    , love to learn, and want to work on big problems to make the world a ... all the information you share with us—your coursework, your essays, what ... the context of your life.  It’s important to think of any college
  • Discover / Life and culture

    Athletics & recreation

    [intro]We have the largest Division III athletics program in the ... teams, we offer the largest Division III program in the nation, in ... -America citations, the most of any DIII school in the nation. As a Division III
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    Academic foundations

    students, veterans of the U.S. military, and applicants who took an extended ... the toughest problems in the world. Building a strong academic ... that you’re ready to do the work, and helps you make the most of the

  • Explore MIT on your own

    . Since folks at the Institute are always making, writing, and discovering ... .[/intro] Let's get started At the bottom of each page—starting with this one—you’ll find a link to the next stop in this virtual
  • Afford / Cost & affordability

    How to apply for aid

    Financial Services. You can learn more about the process on their site, but here's a quick summary: Domestic students The following documents help us ... provided by the College Board that we use to determine if you qualify for a
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    Transcripts

    uploading them directly into the MIT application portal By using a third ... application portal along with the Secondary School Report. To do this, applicants should enter their counselor’s information into the Recommenders
  • Apply / Transfer applicants

    Returning students

    extended break from conventional education, and we value the insights and experiences of students returning to higher education. At the same time, we ... while, we expect to see the results of your standardized tests, transcript
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    WISE 2025

    rising seniors to learn what it’s like to be an MIT student.[/intro] The ... , including the cost of transportation to and from MIT. We strongly encourage ... , or might be the first in their family to attend college. Please note
  • Apply / Understanding the process

    Admissions statistics

    beyond the stats already contributed to the MIT's standard Common Data Set ...  determine our admissions process, but they are the result of our process. In our ... included in the tables below, despite their centrality to our process. The