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    Via mail

    -200 Cambridge, MA 02139 Please note: this is not where our office is, in case you ... email. Plus it is green and doesn't kill trees! 🌲🌳🌴[/intro] Application materials and other 🐌 mail Most documents can be completed and
  • Afford / Cost & affordability

    How to apply for aid

    here's a quick summary: Domestic students The following documents help us ... following documents help us paint a detailed picture of what kind of aid you ... 30 in order to receive a financial aid offer by mid-January. Regular

  • Explore MIT on your own

    —you’ll find a link to the next stop in this virtual ... ”"]“mind and hand”[/annotation] suggests, our learning philosophy is rooted in ... experience at Tencent in Shenzhen, China. [embed

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    .org is licensed under Creative Commons BY-NC-SA. In short, you are free to ... licensing our content under different terms (i.e. for use in a commercial ... different factors that have shaped a student’s experience. We believe it is
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    Letters of recommendation

    teacher, although this is not a hard requirement. You should ask a teacher ... not be penalized in this case. We are also able to accept a ... one evaluation from a math/science teacher, and one from a humanities
  • Apply / Parents and educators

    For school counselors

    hope to both learn from you what is happening on the ground in high ... interested in supporting a student's candidacy for admission to MIT, you may be interested in reviewing a few of the following pages to help orient you in our
  • Discover / Life and culture

    Hacks, tomfoolery & pranks

    all, exercise common sense.  There is a great and comprehensive ... computer systems. As the journalist Steven Levy wrote in his history of hacking, the definition of hacking descends from a much older tradition of
  • Help / Contact

    Visit our office

     other public lots in Kendall Square, it is pretty expensive and unpredictably ... station. You can learn more in the Visit MIT section of our site. If you must mail application-related documents to us for some reason, please
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    WISE 2026

    The Weekend Immersion in Science & Engineering (WISE) program is ... , live in a rural area, or might be the first in their family to attend ... dates you took them[/annotation] A recent [annotation note='A document
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    Summer programs

    ) Research Science Institute (RSI) is a program of the Center for Excellence in ... . MITES Semester is a six-month, hybrid learning STEM and college ... , and workshops. √mathroots √mathroots is a free two-week mathematical
  • Apply / Transfer applicants

    The transfer application

    Application: The application for spring entry is due October 15, 2026. The application for fall entry is due March 1, 2027. Only U.S. citizens and U ... instructor recommendations: One letter of recommendation should come from a
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    Creative portfolios

    the length of a video or compressing the file size is permitted.) If ... recent composition score in PDF format. If possible, submit a recording of ... consider submitting work via SlideRoom if your work is a significant part of

  • 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
  • Discover / The MIT education

    General Institute Requirements

    ) HASS requirement: a minimum of eight subjects in the humanities, arts, and social sciences, including three to four in a concentration of your ... -yard swim test, because your mind is in your body and we want both to be
  • Discover / About MIT

    A brief history of MIT

    [intro]In 1865, the founding of MIT established a new kind of ... America. Since then, MIT has built a robust tradition of solving problems in ... .[/intro] A private university in the public interest The story of MIT begins

  • Request a group tour

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    Arts & music

    program in Art, Culture and Technology is a critical studies and production ... of contemporary art, is home to a state-of-the-art black box performing ... the MIT culture and a cross-disciplinary curriculum exists in all five
  • Apply / Understanding the process

    Our selection process

    application is complete, it will first be read by a senior admissions officer who will consider your application in a holistic manner, within its ... members will weigh in. At least a dozen people will significantly discuss