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  • Apply / Understanding the process

    What we look for

    key components: Alignment with MIT's mission MIT’s mission is to use science, technology, and other areas of scholarship to make the world better ... . Remember that there are many ways to make an impact—we're not looking for

  • Request a group tour

    plenty of travel time to get to campus, taking Boston traffic into ... Groups of 6–50 students are welcome to submit a request for a private group ... . Please note this tour is designed to assist prospective undergraduate
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    About MITAdmissions.org

    blogs back in 2004, we had to use external hosting and an external domain name in order to do so. Since then, we've built up a following and sense ... update our website regularly and strive to keep it as accurate (and
  • Discover / The MIT education

    Maker education

    come to be called a "maker education."[/intro] Our motto The motto ... former you get from learning in the classroom, and the latter from making things, and from trying to make them work. This "maker education" is at
  • About

    About MIT Admissions

    to what they imagine might get them into MIT, and we try to remind them ... and selection of all undergraduate applicants to the Institute ... aspire to attend it. As one of our colleagues once wrote, we believe that
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    Summer programs

    We often get asked if there are particular summer programs students should do to prepare for applying to MIT, and our answer is always to spend ... . Similar to the way we look at a student’s extracurricular activities, there
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    WISE 2025

    campus community by working with and getting to know current students and ... 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

  • infinite MIT

    Professor Emeritus Jay Keyser once observed that “MIT is hard to get into, and ... like : As part of getting to know MIT better, all first-year students are ... [intro]We're so glad you've chosen to learn more about us![/intro] tl
  • Discover / About MIT

    Inventions & innovations

    resources to help them get started on entrepreneurial projects of their own ... discoveries of basic research to products and infrastructure used by ordinary ...  associated with MIT, including everything from the World Wide Web to Technicolor
  • 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 ... designate up to 48 units to be graded on a pass/no record basis after their

  • Arts and music

    get to know them is by watching them perform. Enjoy this performance by ... 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
  • Apply / Understanding the process

    Our selection process

    How it works After you click the submit button, it's easy to feel ... summaries, along with your entire application, will then go to the selection ... region to compare you against each other; each applicant stands on their
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    Academic foundations

    are required to take (or get credit for) two semesters of calculus ... analytic thinking with creative hands-on work to prepare students to solve ... foundation before you come to MIT contributes to your own development, shows us
  • Discover / Life and culture

    The MIT community

    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 ... try to put together the best team of students to go through MIT together
  • Discover / Life and culture

    Athletics & recreation

    school, MIT does not award athletic scholarships, nor do coaches get to ... addition to a Division I crew program. MIT is highly competitive within its NEWMAC conference. It is possible to be a student and athlete at MIT
  • Discover / The MIT education

    Undergraduate research

    you a point of entry to begin work that can last a lifetime. Hands ...  credit. How to UROP You may apply for advertised UROP positions or propose your ... you that maybe get your feet under you first. First-year UROPs are often
  • Afford / Cost & affordability

    How much it costs

    [intro]We are committed to helping our students pay for their MIT ... -free. Those who do borrow tend to have debt at graduation lower than the ... salary of $126,438 for graduates entering industry according to the most