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FAQ / First-year application
Does MIT offer a foundation year?
MIT does not offer a foundation year program. Students currently enrolled in a foundation year program may apply for first-year admission if their foundation year is not considered the first year of university in -
FAQ / Interview
Do alumni conduct interviews?
MIT's Alumni Association is involved with everything MIT—from providing admission interviews all over the world, to sharing in commencement ... most diverse, talented, and invigorating communities in the world. -
FAQ / First-year application
Do I have to submit my final grades?
Most students apply to college at the beginning of their last year of high school, so final grades aren’t available. Only admitted students are required to submit their final grades.… -
FAQ / First-year application
Can I get a copy of MIT Facts?
MIT Facts is a pocket-sized compendium of essential facts about the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Unfortunately, we don’t mail the booklets, but you can find it online! -
FAQ / First-year application
How do I get on the mailing list?
We don’t do a lot of mailing, but you can sign up for our awesome monthly email newsletter that shares what’s happening on campus and—if you’re applying—provides updates and tips.… -
FAQ / First-year application
Can I include a portfolio with my application?
Yes, you’re welcome to include a portfolio. Visual artists, makers, performing artists, and researchers may send portfolios for review by MIT staff or faculty through Slideroom. Detailed instructions for submitting portfolios is… -
FAQ / First-year application
Do I have to submit a school profile?
Your school counselor (or equivalent) should submit the Secondary School Report and transcript. Most counselors also attach a letter of recommendation and a School Profile, describing your school’s curriculum and… -
FAQ / Academics and research
Can I join the IDEAS Social Innovation Challenge?
One of the highlights of MIT’s yearly academic challenges and competitions, the IDEAS Social Innovation Challenge, connects students with the passion and talent to improve the world with the experience… -
FAQ / First-year application
How do I fill out the self-reported coursework?
Use your best judgment when completing the Self-Reported Coursework section. We’re simply trying to get a clear picture of your academic preparation by subject area—you can’t do anything wrong when… -
Blog / MIT Life
Three MIT students win Rhodes Scholarships In case you're wondering, yes, that's a lot of Rhodes Scholarships.
Technology where she majors in brain and cognitive sciences, with minors in ... Senator Edward Kennedy. At Oxford, she plans to do a doctorate in public ... in brain and cognitive science, with a minor in literature. She has -
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Blog / Miscellaneous
Wanna be on the Radio? (Update) CPW: T Minus 4 Days
time, I've got plenty of volunteers from a wide array of backgrounds, so I'm going to stop asking for volunteers. But, if you have a personal blog that you'll be documenting your CPW experience from, I'd be more -
Blog / Academics & Research
D-Lab Food Fest A week on $2 a day, followed by a meal from around the world
Sorry, I am a bit swamped for the next couple of days with some 14.05: Macroeconomics work. As soon as I can, I will write an entry on the delicious D-Lab Food Fest, and my week of living on $2 a day that preceeded it -
Blog / Academics & Research
2.007 play by play It slices and it dices.
Her name is Betsy, and she got me to the finals of 2.007. This just goes to show you how lucky one individual can be. I actually thought I'd lost my round, and then when I went to go put my car down, they -
Blog / Academics & Research
Taste of the Middle Ages
Cooking." You can read more about it here (MIT News Office) I'm very sorry I missed it -- it looks delicious. I'll have to settle for visiting -
Blog / Admissions
Stu Saves The Pact God bless Stu's hairy face.
Just when I thought I couldn't make it through another minute of the agony of yesterday's events, I walked into our weekly staff meeting to discover that Stu is HAIRY! Yes, friends, Stu Schmill '86, Admissions -
Blog / Personal Projects
a quarantine haiku generator purell and poetics
hello! hope everyone is doing well. I made a quarantine haiku generator: get yours here. -
Blog / MIT Life
Winter Break and New Year Resolutions In which I try to express how wonderful being home is
It's been a couple weeks, hasn't it? Now that I'm back on campus for ... from this past semester (the MITx supplemental video-making one), I ... too. This one's a bit rough around the edges, mostly made up of video I -
Blog / MIT Life
Thoughts on Snow quick notes from the journal.
-brother, hail. Things I'm now very glad I own: (a) hats. (b) scarf. (c). overcoat. (d). sweaters for layering. (e) boots. Things I now wish I own