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  • Request a group tour

    Thank you for your interest in a private group tour of MIT! Please ... students in their college search process. These visits do not include an ... people. Availability This form is a request only. Your visit is not
  • Discover / About MIT

    Life after MIT

    world one day as well. It is a point of policy and principle that MIT ... students who don't go directly to graduate school, many do so in the future ... admissions. We believe that there is only one road to—and through—MIT. It is
  • Discover / The MIT education

    MIT’s educational philosophy

    -motivated and engaged participants in a dynamic community of learners. We combine rigorous academics with a learning-by-doing approach.[/intro] Our guiding principles Since the first classes were offered in a storage warehouse in
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    A brief history of MIT

    alumni. As America entered World War I, MIT became a [annotation note="In ... [intro]In 1865, the founding of MIT established a new kind of ... America. Since then, MIT has built a robust tradition of solving problems in
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    Summer programs

    ) Research Science Institute (RSI) is a program of the Center for Excellence in ... that are historically underrepresented in engineering by providing a ... should do to prepare for applying to MIT, and our answer is always to spend
  • Apply / Understanding the process

    What we look for

    they will tell you that while grades and scores are important in ... 're 15. Tutoring a single kid in math changes the world. Advocating for ... that’s registering for a challenging lab class, starting a company, or
  • Apply / Parents and educators

    Advising your students

    that you want what is best for your students. However, there are many ... Dean of Admissions, Stu Schmill '86, wrote in a blog post: In simple ... sacrificing quality for quantity–something that is happening far too often. We
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    Creative portfolios

    submitted if they feature work that is both significant to you and relevant to ... than one research project, focus on one project that is most significant ... also ask that you upload a performing arts résumé. Musicians: Submit
  • Discover / Life and culture

    Eating at MIT

    note='E.g. in a residence that doesn’t have a dining hall, in FSILG ... learn to do eventually. There is no right or wrong answer overall, just a ... dining halls, or cook for yourself (and often, your friends) in a community
  • Discover / Life and culture

    Housing at MIT

    [intro]Housing is a very important part of undergraduate life at MIT. You choose where you live, and each living group is a community with its ... -year students live in on-campus residence halls.[/intro] We believe that students
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    About MIT Admissions

    that their application is not the end, but the beginning, of a set of ... campus tours. MIT Admissions was established in 1929, and is currently led ... working at MIT Admissions is more than a job: it is a privilege, an honor
  • Discover / About MIT

    Inventions & innovations

    even entire industries. MIT InnovationHQ (iHQ) is a hub for MIT ... —Developing a new steelmaking process that produces no emissions other than pure ... bandage of the future: a gel-like material that can incorporate tiny drug
  • Apply / Parents and educators

    For parents

    the admissions process as a rite of passage—a challenging initiation that marks the transition out of childhood and into adult responsibility ... only: finding the right fit. This means finding a community where your
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    Transfer credit & advanced standing

    're still in high school, you're considered a first-year applicant regardless ... There are some exams that are—by design and in name—standardized across ... Advanced Standing Exam, or ASE, to test out of a course.  An ASE is
  • Apply / Parents and educators

    For home educators

    that we do not require a high school diploma or GED from our applicants ... One quality that we look for in all of our applicants is evidence of ... .[/intro] Over the past decade, we have seen a surge in homeschooled applicants
  • Apply / Transfer applicants

    Returning students

    that non-traditional applicants take some courses at a community college or in a non-degree program to brush up on their classroom experience ... need to evaluate students against a common baseline of preparation for a
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    Letters of recommendation

    teacher, although this is not a hard requirement. You should ask a teacher ... not be penalized in this case. We are also able to accept a ... one evaluation from a math/science teacher, and one from a humanities
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    First-year eligibility

    The first-year application is intended for students who have [annotation note="Note that we do not formally require you to have graduated or ... in high school, you are considered a first-year applicant regardless of
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    The MIT community

    Professor Emeritus Jay Keyser once observed that "MIT is hard to get into, and ... will inspire and guide you along the way. What follows is a brief ...  humans of MIT are truly special, and we hope that among them you will find a