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    The MIT community

    search the world for students who we think will be a good fit at MIT, and ... will inspire and guide you along the way. What follows is a brief ... economic mobility index of its peer schools. Long a home for those who felt
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    Academic foundations

    -calculus, which are designed to lay the groundwork for a calculus course that ... the toughest problems in the world. Building a strong academic ... ='More specifically, the GIRs consist of a Science Core; the Humanities, Arts, and

  • Schedule your campus visit

    life, the application process, and financial aid. A student-led campus ... reservation for a session, we will not be able to accommodate you. [button ... . Reservations are required. Should you arrive without a reservation for a session
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    How much it costs

    .[/intro] The big picture The full price of an MIT education is $92,760 for the ... demonstrated financial need for all four years of your undergraduate career. The ... Scholarship was [annotation note='2024–2025 is the last year for which we have
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    Extracurricular activities

    your application. The test for any extracurricular should be whether it ... Some students feel so much pressure to get into the “right” college ... extracurricular or co-curricular activities.  On our application, we ask for up to
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    About MIT Admissions

    Our Office The [annotation note="MIT Admissions for short ... we do not take for granted and work very hard to keep. Our Mission The ... technology. The students we enroll add to a vibrant campus community and will
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    Athletics & recreation

    -America citations, the most of any DIII school in the nation. As a Division III ... , a state-of-the-art fitness center, and a fully staffed sports medicine ... [intro]We have the largest Division III athletics program in the
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    First-year eligibility

    The first-year application is intended for students who have ... pursuing a different field of study from the bachelor’s degree you hold. By contrast, the transfer application is intended for students who have finished
  • Apply / Understanding the process

    Our selection process

    admissions officers, who will summarize it for the Admissions Committee. These ... reading—but there are a few you really need to read. These are the blog ... 're looking for, but what we want from you, and how much we care about the work
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    Basic facts

    relevance to the practical world and transforming society for the better. To ... statistics and the first-year class profile; for statistics on financial aid ... year is the last year for which we have data. Source: MIT Institutional
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    MIT’s educational philosophy

    principles Since the first classes were offered in a storage warehouse in ... [intro]MIT believes the best education occurs when students are self-motivated and engaged participants in a dynamic community of learners. We combine
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    International applicants

    , you may not be familiar with the application process for American ...  and local advising centers. Am I international? For the purposes of the ... significant time in the United States, or those who have a liminal status as

  • Arts and music

    The MIT music community is extensive, including a conservatory ... name a few. Tune in below to watch the MIT Video Game Orchestra in their ... are more than a dozen active dance ensembles at MIT, and the best way to
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    WISE 2026

    , live in a rural area, or might be the first in their family to attend ... for housing preferences prior to attending the program. All meals are provided for the entire program. Application details The WISE 2026
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    STEM programs

    people who dare to enjoy nerdy things, and help you prepare for the rigor ... ) and more! The Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament (HMMT), for students ... financial aid for conference fees when you fill out the registration form
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    Other videos

    More than 40 MIT[annotation note="That's jargon for Departments, Labs, and Centers, the basic organizational entities that constitute MIT."]DLCs[/annotation]have a YouTube channel where they post videos about teaching, research, and
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    The first year

    of having taken it; in the second term, students earn an A, B, C, or no ... capabilities and knowledge. Conventional program A typical academic program for ... ongoing experiment: in 2018, it was the subject of a design course called

  • Policies

     attribution (give appropriate credit to MIT admissions and the blogger, and provide a link to the ... licensing our content under different terms (i.e. for use in a commercial ... request on a case-by-case basis. Diversity statement Statement on the role

  • Clubs, activities, and athletics

    's the typical newspaper, radio station, and literary journal that you might expect. But MIT students also run a Laboratory for Chocolate Science ... Athletes (via Slice of MIT) A Week in the Life of a Student-Athlete (blog