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  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    Extracurricular activities

    about who you are and how you spend your time outside of schoolwork.  Some students find room for many activities in high school; others prefer ... application where you can describe any jobs you've had."]work,[/annotation] or
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    February Updates & Notes Form

    deferred in Early Action, and all students who applied for Regular Action ... application portal in mid-January and should be completed as soon as possible after completion of the fall semester (or after completion of the second
  • Discover / About MIT

    Basic facts

    that end, we seek the best possible community of scholars (and humans ... curated from the latest issue of the MIT Facts book and data from MIT Institutional Research. Elsewhere on our site, you can find current admission
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    QuestBridge

    aid. The Match is not the end of the road if you’re still interested in ... -achieving, high-school seniors, regardless of citizenship, to apply to QB partner ... -year Match Scholarship that covers the full cost of attendance, with no parent
  • Apply / Understanding the process

    Admissions statistics

     determine our admissions process, but they are the result of our process. In our ... We love data at MIT. Reliable data, properly contextualized, can help ... included in the tables below, despite their centrality to our process. The
  • Afford / Cost & affordability

    How to apply for aid

    Applications for financial aid are processed by our office of Student Financial Services. You can learn more about the process on their site, but ... paint a detailed picture of what kind of aid you’ll need to be able to
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    Early vs Regular

    (RA). What's the difference? Only the dates of the deadlines! It is ... is no strategic benefit to applying in one vs the other. We have two ... applicants with more options so they can choose which works best for them
  • Discover / The MIT education

    MIT’s educational philosophy

    -motivated and engaged participants in a dynamic community of learners. We combine ... offered, of course!"]required to learn French and German[/annotation] in ... strong foundation in core fields of human knowledge (implemented by the
  • Help / Contact

    Via tesseract

    learned to take short cuts wherever possible." "Sort of like in math?" Meg ... took a portion of her white robe in her hands and held it tight. "You ... section of skirt in Mrs. Who's right hand to that in her left, it would be

  • Housing and residence life

    experience, and all first-year students live in one of our 10 on ... MIT residence halls Sarah C. ’23 takes us on tour of her suite in Burton ... want to live in, giving students the chance to live in a place that feels
  • Discover / Learn more

    Social media

    MIT Social Media Hub If you want a snapshot into what all of the different MIT communities/offices/labs/important people/etc are posting, the ... . @MITAdmissions You can also find @MITAdmissions social media accounts on Instagram
  • Apply / Understanding the process

    Our mission

    with our admissions process and financial aid. The MIT Office of ... of some of the world’s most intelligent and creative individuals interested in an education centered on science and technology. The students we
  • Discover / Life and culture

    Clubs & activities

    cultural appreciation and scientific investigation of chocolate, and the only group on campus that orders more than 500 pounds of chocolate a year Science Fiction Society, home to the largest open-stacks library of science

  • Request a group tour

    Thank you for your interest in a private group tour of MIT! Please ... campus. Disruptive behavior will result in the termination of your tour and ... refunds will be offered in the case of an Institute-wide closure or a sick

  • Arts and music

    [intro]MIT students are as creative in the studio and on stage as they are in the lab. More than half of undergrads enroll in arts and ... dozens of performance ensembles that encompass classical and contemporary
  • Apply / Parents and educators

    Advising your students

    Dean of Admissions, Stu Schmill '86, wrote in a blog post: In simple ... educationally sound for them to best prepare them to succeed in college and beyond. We want students to challenge themselves appropriately in the areas

  • 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 ... know them yourself? Student perspectives Explore a day in the Life of MIT