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  • Discover / Life and culture

    Eating at MIT

    dining halls, or cook for yourself (and often, your friends) in a community setting. [/intro] Everyone prefers to eat differently: alone or together, made or served, vegan or paleo, and so on. So, just like in our
  • Discover / Learn more

    Books about MIT

    their MIT Press descriptions, but if you don't want to buy them, many are ... the evolution of MIT as seen in a series of crucial decisions over the ... , values, and controversies in which the college admissions process is
  • Afford / Cost & affordability

    How to apply for aid

    deadlines below depend on whether you are applying to MIT Early or Regular ... 30 in order to receive a financial aid offer by mid-January. Regular ... paint a detailed picture of what kind of aid you’ll need to be able to
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    Transfer credit & advanced standing

    summer or in the fall.  Advanced Placement & other standardized exams ... official scores and/or certifications to the Office of the First Year, and ... formal classes or independent study. In this case, you can always take an
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    International applicants

    [/annotation] at another university—either in America or abroad—must apply to MIT as ... 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
  • Discover / The MIT education

    Global education

    that offers opportunities to study for the semester, year, or summer at a ... Research abroad In addition to MISTI research internships, you can conduct an ... Social Innovation Challenge, which offers up to $20,000 in grant funding to
  • Discover / The MIT education

    General Institute Requirements

    opportunity to proceed further in areas already studied, or to explore other ...  advanced placement or advanced standing in the GIRs. The important thing to know is ... , and social sciences, including three to four in a concentration of your
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    WISE 2025

    , or might be the first in their family to attend college. Please note ... able to find one on your school’s website or in a trusted database ... ; please draft your responses on a separate page or document. How to apply in
  • Apply / Parents and educators

    Advising your students

    educationally sound for them to best prepare them to succeed in college and beyond. We want students to challenge themselves appropriately in the areas ... siblings or working 20-30 hours a week to support their family), or who come
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    Transcripts

    entity. Counselors can submit transcripts to us in three ways: By ... -party service such as Naviance or SCOIR By sending PDFs to admissions ... able to submit materials through the application portal or third
  • Apply / Parents and educators

    For school counselors

    regionalized officer who exclusively presents to your school or area. All of our ... hope to both learn from you what is happening on the ground in high ... AM–5 PM ET) at 1.617.253.3400, or to email our general staff email
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    Essays, activities & academics

    , or contribute to your community together. How did you manage a ... -reported information (in order to avoid accidental misrepresentation, it might help to ... Rather than asking you to write one long essay, the MIT application
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    Deadlines & requirements

    to be completed online. Creative portfolios in SlideRoom are available ... The application The first-year application is closed in the MIT application portal. Please note: You’re only allowed to apply once per entry
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    Accessing advanced coursework

    programs, or enroll in them to prepare for standardized exams that assess ... advanced classes in-person or online, some students choose to self-study for ... MIT, or if you want to pursue [annotation note='To be clear, we do not
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    QuestBridge

    to MIT directly. In addition to the QB application, you will also need ... to MIT or withdraw your MIT application. By January 6: Use your QB ... application regardless of how you choose to rank colleges, or if you rank none
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    Academic foundations

    high school in U.S. states and territories, or students outside of the U.S. who have access to coursework modeled after curricula available in ... matters is that you are prepared to take, and do well in, a class that
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    Extracurricular activities

    Some students feel so much pressure to get into the “right” college that they want to make sure they do everything “right”—down to their extracurricular or co-curricular activities.  On our application, we ask for up to