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  • Apply / First-year applicants

    Getting started

    fees presents a hardship for some families. Fee waivers are available for ... -blind admissions, so requesting a fee waiver will not have any negative impact on ... the end of your first year at MIT—there's a lot of time between now and
  • Apply / Parents and educators

    Advising your students

    Dean of Admissions, Stu Schmill '86, wrote in a blog post: In simple ... a sense of competition, rather than the joy of learning. We don’t want a laundry list of a million activities. And we don’t want students
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    STEM programs

    students come from a wide variety of contexts and may not be able to access ... and excitement of a college like MIT.  Here’s an incomplete list of ... students PRIMES-USA, a free, year-long research program in math open to

  • Policies

    from one another, our goal is to form a student body that is ... . Diversity of viewpoints is derived from a diversity of backgrounds and ... information about you We collect information about you from a variety of
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    Transcripts

    counselor should also send a letter of recommendation and a school profile ... through the MIT application portal. If you do not have a school counselor ... requirement. Transcripts must be sent by a school counselor/official to be
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    International applicants

    MIT has a very long history of educating international students, and ... colleges, including MIT. This is a quick overview to help you understand how ... make sure to check with other schools before applying. Whether you are a
  • Discover / About MIT

    Basic facts

    curated from the latest issue of the MIT Facts book and data from MIT ... Innovation winners 84 MacArthur Fellows 17 A.M. Turing Award winners
  • Apply / Understanding the process

    First-year class profile

    percentages are [annotation note="Except for when a number would round to zero ... methodology is a federal standard that the United States government requires ... according to the [annotation note='The IPEDS methodology is a federal standard
  • Apply / Understanding the process

    Admissions statistics

    Applicants offered a place on the wait list 561 Number admitted from the wait ... We love data at MIT. Reliable data, properly contextualized, can help people understand complex systems and make informed decisions. So, a few
  • Afford / Cost & affordability

    How much it costs

    national average—a median of $20,288—and all alumni benefit from the lifelong ... . Meanwhile, 88% of MIT students from the Class of 2025 graduated debt ... ,000 a year (with typical assets) attend MIT tuition-free.⁠ This means that
  • Apply / Transfer applicants

    Transfer eligibility

    entering MIT. If you are still in high school, you are considered a first ...  to MIT will have completed more than two and a half years (five terms ... second bachelor’s degrees — even if you are interested in pursuing a
  • Discover / The MIT education

    Majors & minors

    , not to a specific major or school, so all first-year students begin MIT ... best; you are then free to choose from among any of MIT's courses of ... . Students may complete a traditional degree, an interdisciplinary degree, a

  • Schedule your campus visit

    life, the application process, and financial aid. A student-led campus ... : One of our amazing students will take you on a tour of their favorite ... are one hour. Reservations are required. Should you arrive without a
  • Help / Contact

    Via email

    about 70,000 emails a year that are answered by a dedicated staff of about four people. We average a response within 24 hours, but the number of
  • Discover / Life and culture

    Clubs & activities

    organizations, activism groups, and many more including a newspaper, a debate team, a radio station, student government, and so on. But alongside these ... , including: Laboratory for Chocolate Science, a club dedicated to the
  • Discover / The MIT education

    Global education

    [intro] A majority of MIT students travel to study, research, work ... , and labs for research or work a teaching program where students teach STEM in foreign high schools and universities a study abroad program
  • Discover / Life and culture

    Eating at MIT

    [intro]You can choose to join a conventional meal plan with access to dining halls, or cook for yourself (and often, your friends) in a community ...  residences that have a dining hall, you must buy into a conventional meal plan

  • En Español

    [intro]¡Bienvenidos a MIT! Esperamos que esta página ayuda a cada ... objetivo de MIT continúa siendo el mismo: "ampliar el conocimiento y educar a ... a la nación y al mundo en el siglo XXI mediante la generación, la
  • Discover / Learn more

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    ."]DLCs[/annotation]have a YouTube channel where they post videos about teaching, research, and people. It's hard to narrow down thousands of videos, but here are a few of