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  • Discover / About MIT

    A brief history of MIT

    applied to the Massachusetts legislature for "an Act of Incorporation of the ... , which allowed states to sell up to 30,000 acres of public land—for each ... that greater opportunities for effective service to her fellow beings
  • Discover / Life and culture

    Clubs & activities

    , including: Laboratory for Chocolate Science, a club dedicated to the ... , or about 1 for every 10 undergraduates. If you don't find an existing club or organization to match your interests, it's easy to start your own
  • Discover / The MIT education

    Cross-registration

    to MIT for these terms. However, while on an approved domestic study ... [intro]In addition to the thousands of courses already offered by the Institute, you can cross-register for no additional cost at Harvard, Wellesley

  • Explore MIT on your own

    [intro]You don't have to travel to Cambridge to get a feel for MIT ... new things—whether on campus or off—there's more than enough to explore from home. Consider this your starting point as you get to know MIT

  • MIT visits you

    [intro]Not everyone can take the time to come to MIT, so we do our best to come to you. We crisscross the U.S. as often as we can, so that you can learn more about MIT and see if it may be right for you
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    Creative portfolios

    Room account using a different email address to submit a separate portfolio for ... family, you may qualify for a fee waiver. To request a fee waiver, send a ... submit optional portfolios for review by MIT staff or faculty through Slide
  • Apply / Transfer applicants

    Transfer eligibility

    The transfer application is intended for students who have finished ... submit one application per entry year, meaning if you apply to enter in the spring term, you cannot reapply for the fall term of the same calendar year

  • Clubs, activities, and athletics

    [intro]From puppies to pyrotechnics, MIT students organize hundreds ... to share that excitement with.[/intro] Student activities Sure, there ... might expect. But MIT students also run a Laboratory for Chocolate Science
  • Discover / About MIT

    Basic facts

    relevance to the practical world and transforming society for the better. To ... ) who will contribute to MIT and the world.[/intro] These basic facts are ... statistics and the first-year class profile; for statistics on financial aid
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    Getting started

    Regular Action. There is no strategic benefit to applying during either action cycle. Just do what works for you! Application fee or waiver Our ... fees presents a hardship for some families. Fee waivers are available for

  • 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 ... freely from lectures to labs, from dance floors to darkrooms, from study
  • Discover / Life and culture

    The MIT community

    Association for extraordinary, lifelong service to the Institute. Our values In ... Professor Emeritus Jay Keyser once observed that "MIT is hard to get into, and even harder to leave."[/intro] The people at MIT The best asset of MIT

  • Housing and residence life

    -campus residence halls. And MIT allows its students to choose which residence they want to live in, giving students the chance to live in a place that feels ... [annotation note='East Campus residence hall is closed for a two-year renovation
  • Discover / The MIT education

    The first year

    ) interests in order to develop their plans for further study. Before we get to ... by choosing among a variety of ways to complete core subjects and prepare for further undergraduate study.[/intro] Academic exploration
  • Discover / The MIT education

    MIT’s educational philosophy

    objective inquiry, to recognize and provide opportunities for unusual ... offered, of course!"]required to learn French and German[/annotation] in order to graduate. However, the MIT education has always been based on
  • Discover / The MIT education

    Maker education

    come to be called a "maker education."[/intro] Our motto The motto ... things, and from trying to make them work. This "maker education" is at ... training program, MakerLodge, to teach making skills to first
  • Discover / The MIT education

    Undergraduate research

     credit. How to UROP You may apply for advertised UROP positions or propose your ... research, for pay or for credit, during their undergraduate years ... you a point of entry to begin work that can last a lifetime. Hands