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  • Apply / Understanding the process

    What we look for

    Remember that there are many ways to make the world better—we're not looking for applicants to have cured all infectious disease in the world by the ... . Lobbying a senator to amend bad policy changes the world. There are thousands
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    International applicants

    page is simply intended to be a helpful resource for people who are less ... we continue to welcome them today. If you are an international student, you may not be familiar with the application process for American
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    Academic foundations

    use your application to learn about your personal academic context. As such, it’s difficult for us to provide clear-cut rules that are useful ... -calculus, which are designed to lay the groundwork for a calculus course that
  • 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

  • Arts and music

    . Click on the room to learn more about the artists responsible for each ... Orchestra, Festival Jazz Ensemble, and Rambax, a Senegalese drumming group, to name a few. Tune in below to watch the MIT Video Game Orchestra in their
  • Discover / The MIT education

    Global education

    that offers opportunities to study for the semester, year, or summer at a ... opportunities for you to use your skills for good globally. Some core ... and grants to support sustainable, for-profit enterprises that promote
  • Apply / Parents and educators

    Advising your students

    educationally sound for them to best prepare them to succeed in college and beyond ... offerings, to feel like they are not going to be strongly considered for ... that you want what is best for your students. However, there are many
  • Discover / Life and culture

    Hacks, tomfoolery & pranks

    stealthily execute campus pranks according to an informal code of ethics. These ethics, loosely stated, assert that hacks must do no damage to property or any person, must be safe, and must provide joy or amusement to those who
  • Apply / Transfer applicants

    Returning students

    need to evaluate students against a common baseline of preparation for a ... send for review is left up to the individual non-traditional applicant to ... Secondary school materials Some students apply to us after an
  • Help / Contact

    Visit our office

    application-related documents to us for some reason, please read this page ... there. In addition to being faster, cheaper, and better for the ... [intro]Admissions at MIT Welcome Center[/intro] If you plan to visit
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    Essays, activities & academics

    .). Use one entry only per class. For example, it’s not necessary to use a ... Rather than asking you to write one long essay, the MIT application consists of several short response questions and essays designed to help us
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    Early vs Regular

    , MIT requires that you respect those rules. So for example, if you apply to ... fine to apply during either cycle. We do not have a preference, and there is no strategic benefit to applying in one vs the other. We have two

  • Maps, directions, parking

    . In addition to being faster, cheaper, and better for the environment ...  must drive to campus itself, then your best bet is to set your address for the ... MIT section of our site. The Welcome Center is open from 9 AM to 5 PM
  • Apply / Transfer applicants

    Academic preparation

    areas. To prepare for MIT’s academic program, we recommend that transfer ... chemistry and biology. For more details about the GIRs, please refer to the ... transfer student, you can expect to receive credit for subjects of study that
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    Transcripts

    section of their application. Our preference is for counselors to use our ... representative. This applies for high school and college transcripts. If your ... entity. Counselors can submit transcripts to us in three ways: By
  • Apply / Understanding the process

    Our mission

    fair access to our admissions process for students from all backgrounds ... helpfully publishes in a free PDF for anyone who cares to read it, remains a ... 's longstanding commitment to the public interest, a theory we put into practice
  • Discover / Life and culture

    Arts & music

    exhibitions open to the public each year, there are more ways than ever for you ... of contemporary art, is home to a state-of-the-art black box performing ... -level training to ensembles and classes that you can join even if you’re just a
  • Discover / The MIT education

    General Institute Requirements

    curriculum and foundation for the rest of your education.[/intro] William ... practical discovery and improvement.” To achieve this diverse education ... , and social sciences, including three to four in a concentration of your
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    First-year eligibility

    ineligible for either first-year or transfer admission, or simply prefer to ... The first-year application is intended for students who have [annotation note="Note that we do not formally require you to have graduated or
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    Admissions videos

    comforting character for those of us old enough to remember videotapes ... the country to be shown at meetings for prospective students for a ... Beaver (1956) A promotional film for prospective students and visitors to