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    Inventions & innovations

    that can indicate the presence of bacterial contaminants in food in ... people in everyday life.[/intro] For MIT's 150th anniversary, the Boston ... bandage of the future: a gel-like material that can incorporate tiny drug

  • Next steps

    guides us on an extended virtual campus tour. If you can't come to campus ... mS2kdkI[/embed] Join us for an online session Sign up to see if MIT ... @mit.edu and you’ll be matched with a current student who can answer your
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    Maker education

    experiential programs give you training in modern means of manufacture: what has ... former you get from learning in the classroom, and the latter from making ... Makerspace, in the works In addition to our research opportunities
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    A brief history of MIT

    alumni. As America entered World War I, MIT became a [annotation note="In ... [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
  • Discover / Life and culture

    Athletics & recreation

    can participate in club and intramural sports. The key difference ... [intro]We have the largest Division III athletics program in the ... many more participate in club and intramural sports, as well as general
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    Transfer credit & advanced standing

    formal classes or independent study. In this case, you can always take an ... -secondary classes while they’re still in high school. Many of these programs offer ... 're still in high school, you're considered a first-year applicant regardless
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    Newsletters

    [intro]Would you like to hear from us every once in a while ... around campus . You can also check out these other newsletters from around ... on important developments in artificial intelligence, blockchain, the
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    Academic foundations

    -year applicants—in other words, all domestic and international students who are ... the toughest problems in the world. Building a strong academic ... will thrive in MIT’s classes, beginning with the General Institute
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    Arts & music

    creativity, both in and out of classes. Some of the many ways you can explore ... [intro]More than half of all undergraduates take part in arts and ... -level training to ensembles and classes that you can join even if you’re just a
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    Global education

    Research abroad In addition to MISTI research internships, you can conduct an ... can expect to have at least one international experience with research ... year, hundreds of students intern, teach, research, and collaborate in
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    International applicants

    applying to an American school like MIT works. Some of the information in ... make sure to check with other schools before applying. In addition to ...  and local advising centers. Am I international? For the purposes of the

  • MIT visits you

    take a look and see if we'll be in your area. We can't wait to meet you ... [intro]Not everyone can take the time to come to MIT, so we do our best to come to you. We crisscross the U.S. as often as we can, so that
  • Discover / The MIT education

    Cross-registration

    [intro]In addition to the thousands of courses already offered by the Institute, you can cross-register for no additional cost at Harvard, Wellesley ... can count toward fulfillment of major and minor requirements, including
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    Via mail

    [/intro] Application materials and other 🐌 mail Most documents can be completed and ... related to an application—you can send it to: Massachusetts Institute of ... -200 Cambridge, MA 02139 Please note, this is not where our office is, in case you
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    First-year learning communities

    away learning what you can learn from a classroom in Cambridge, but ... By Julia Davis August 25, 2018 Your first year at MIT can seem like a whole lot of change happening at once. In the span of a few weeks
  • Discover / The MIT education

    Majors & minors

    're counted differently than at most other universities. The terminology can be confusing, but the important thing to know is that we have many things you can ... these schools offers degrees in their courses of study, as well as minors
  • Discover / The MIT education

    Undergraduate research

    [intro]One of the earliest programs of its kind in the United States ... .[/intro] In 1969, Margaret MacVicar, then a 26-year-old MIT professor (and ... you a point of entry to begin work that can last a lifetime. Hands
  • Apply / Parents and educators

    For home educators

    .[/intro] Over the past decade, we have seen a surge in homeschooled applicants ... . However, we do have some qualities we look for in for homeschooled students, based on successful applicants we have admitted in the past. Initiative
  • Apply / Parents and educators

    For school counselors

    hope to both learn from you what is happening on the ground in high ... the office reading applications or sequestered in the admissions committee. Writing and submitting evaluation letters In this process, we ask