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• Apply / Preparing for MIT

  STEM programs

  students come from a wide variety of contexts and may not be able to access ... students PRIMES-USA, a free, year-long research program in math open to ... -week courses (Cascade or HSSP) to a single day educational extravaganza (Splash
• Discover / The MIT education

  Undergraduate research

  as coauthors on them. Every scientist was once a novice: UROP gives you a point of entry to begin work that can last a lifetime. Hands ... .[/intro] In 1969, Margaret MacVicar, then a 26-year-old MIT professor (and
• Discover / The MIT education

  Majors & minors

  , not to a specific major or school, so all first-year students begin MIT ... chart below to get a quick visual sense of what you can study at MIT, read ... confusing, but the important thing to know is that we have many things you can
• Apply / Transfer applicants

  Transfer eligibility

  entering MIT. If you are still in high school, you are considered a first ... submit one application per entry year, meaning if you apply to enter in the ... who at the time of entry to MIT will have completed at least two terms
• Discover / Learn more

  Newsletters

  [intro]Would you like to hear from us every once in a while?[/intro] Then you should sign up for our MIT Admissions monthly newsletter (prospective undergraduates only please). It's from us(!), and contains
• Discover / The MIT education

  Cross-registration

  [intro]In addition to the thousands of courses already offered by the ... .[/annotation] To that end, we have established strong ties with nearby institutions to help our students develop their interests by cross-registering when
• 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 national average—a median of $20,288—and all alumni benefit from the lifelong
• 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 ... Innovation winners 84 MacArthur Fellows 17 A.M. Turing Award winners

• 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
• Help / Contact

  Via phone

  Our phone number is 1.617.253.3400. That's it. That's the number you'd call, and we'll pick up as long as it's between 9AM and 4PM ET, Monday through Friday. This probably didn't need to be its own page, but now that
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  North to Peru Not too far from Norway, just south of Mexico.

  

  way up. Mimicking what we did on the way up to Peru, Rob bought a ... The Tech hosted its annual retreat in Maine. Maine seems to have a lot ... still Internet though. We trickled in to Peru over the course of several

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • October 12, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  Boomeranging The day before classes start is Registration Day. It’s also the day we welcome readmitted…

  

  to a place enough times, all your visits start to blur together. This ... halfway through a botched sophomore fall to receive treatment for clinical ... “typical” four-year timespan. 16% works out to a little less than 1/6 of the

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ode to Freshman Days composed in the wee hours of morning

  

  I came to MIT a wide-eyed froshling. The sun shone brighter through ... began. I learned to conserve clothing. Laundry Day became a special ... need to lift a pen and know your name to join a 100 clubs that will send

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 29, 2015
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Applying to College vs. Applying to Jobs yes you heard me, the application process NEVER ENDS

  

  like applying to colleges, you have to apply to a whole bunch of jobs ... as a computer science major.  I'll add another disclaimer here to say ... coveted group for internships. As a junior applying to internships: it

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 6, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to get a UROP A lesson on stalking.

  

  hear a knock at your bedroom door. You open it to find a Nobel Prize ... in a new way? Do you have no prior experience, and want to try ... recognize that everyone has to start somewhere. I had a little freak-out about

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 7, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A (Belated) Letter to July In which I start blogging again with an angsty video

  

  worries in a tangled cloud around me. I'm trying to sort through them one at ... sidewalk-less streets before returning to my temporary attic home. It's a lot ... of miles away from family and friends and not really in a place to make

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 3, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  Note To Self Please don't forget this.

  

  would have preferred to sleep, and had a mini emotional breakdown in my ... more. A note to my future self, though: there will be reason to regret ... test scores to prove it. 4. Get off campus at least once a week. It

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 31, 2011
• Blog / Advice

  Applying to Grad School How MIT Did and Didn't Help Me

  

  *voluntary* thing that is totally unnecessary to living a happy, fulfilling ... a foothold on why they wanted to Do The Thing beyond these reasons ... contributing to your 401K; a fire that’ll help you answer the existential “what

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 22, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to decide which classes to take amazing classes and how to pick them

  

  a schedule now If you have absolutely no clue how to pick classes, or just want a starting point to jump from, here's infallible advice ... good chance to meet other first-years; and third, you get a requirement

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 22, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  To the Deferred I feel your pain.

  

  choreographed a dance of my own, and how it felt to grow up in New Zealand. My dad ... page and this paragraph: When we admit a class of students to MIT, it's as if we're choosing a 1,000-person team to climb a very interesting

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 16, 2009