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    Housing at MIT

    entire undergraduate experience, and all first-year students live in on ... freedom and responsibility in creating their lived experience, and perhaps nowhere is this principle better put into practice than in our residential
  • Apply / Parents and educators

    For home educators

    .[/intro] Over the past decade, we have seen a surge in homeschooled applicants ... . However, we do have some qualities we look for in for homeschooled students, based on successful applicants we have admitted in the past. Initiative
  • Discover / The MIT education

    Global education

    year, hundreds of students intern, teach, research, and collaborate in ... students with hands-on projects in leading international companies, schools ... STEM in foreign high schools and universities a study abroad program
  • Apply / Transfer applicants

    Transfer eligibility

    entering MIT. If you are still in high school, you are considered a first ... or college level. The transfer application is available in the MIT ... submit one application per entry year, meaning if you apply to enter in the
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    First-year learning communities

    a whole lot of change happening at once. In the span of a few weeks, you move to a new city, live with a new roommate, enroll in new classes ... filled with couches and bean bags for students to relax in between classes
  • Apply / Understanding the process

    Our mission

    interested in an education centered on science and technology. The students we ... . In 1966, he wrote a legendary, and still relevant, book called College Admissions in the Public Interest. This book, which the College Board

  • Discover

    We are makers. We are thinkers. We are explorers. In all that we do. The MIT community is driven by a shared purpose to make a better world through education, research, and innovation. We are fun and quirky

  • 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 ... name a few. Tune in below to watch the MIT Video Game Orchestra in their
  • Apply / Understanding the process

    Our selection process

    who will consider your application in a holistic manner, within its ... members will weigh in. At least a dozen people will significantly discuss and debate an application before it is placed in the admit pile. Student
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    Interview

    paper; we're interested in the whole person. That's why, whenever possible ... with applicants in their home area. Interviews are held in person ... Action interviews will take place in November and most Regular Action
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    Summer programs

    your summers in the way that best suits your personal needs and goals ... any high school student can come to campus to take courses and live in ... pursue careers in science, engineering, and entrepreneurship, especially
  • Discover / About MIT

    Life after MIT

    completed internships while at MIT. In 2024, 44% percent of undergraduates ... , starting income, and largest employers by major, are publicly available in ... students who don't go directly to graduate school, many do so in the future
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    College access & advising programs

    low socioeconomic means, live in a rural area, or might be the first in ... access and advising programs (in alphabetical order) that MIT students have found helpful in their education journeys. You may also want to talk to
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    STEM programs

    these activities. We don't expect or require applicants to participate in ... students PRIMES-USA, a free, year-long research program in math open to ... travel to) MIT's campus in Cambridge, MA: Educational Studies Program
  • 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
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    Be yourself!

    and capable of in a college application.  As admissions officers, we ... your recommenders write—to better understand you and your achievements in ... inspire each other. With all that in mind, preparing yourself for MIT means