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    STEM programs

    these activities. We don't expect or require applicants to participate in ...  that are either free to attend or, like MIT, offer generous need ... students PRIMES-USA, a free, year-long research program in math open to
  • Help / Contact

    Visit our office

    there. In addition to being faster, cheaper, and better for the ... [intro]Admissions at MIT Welcome Center[/intro] If you plan to visit ... station. You can learn more in the Visit MIT section of our site. Welcome
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    About MITAdmissions.org

    blogs back in 2004, we had to use external hosting and an external domain name in order to do so. Since then, we've built up a following and sense ... admissions blogs are an institution we started in 2004 to help our students
  • Discover / The MIT education

    Cross-registration

    [intro]In addition to the thousands of courses already offered by the ... your GIRs, but you can take them to fulfill electives or departmental ... teaching certification, which is recognized in many states, to teach at the
  • Apply / Transfer applicants

    Veterans

    community college or another four-year college) to brush up on their academics ... eligible for benefits that can significantly aid in your costs to attend MIT ... with Warrior-Scholar Project to offer a STEM bootcamp on campus. In 2019
  • About

    About MIT Admissions

    to their resources or connections. All admitted students pass ... potential relative to their context, and to allocate scarce seats in the class ... 'insider' knowledge. We also believe in truth-in-advertising and try to

  • infinite MIT

    or Two: In which I ramble about how lucky I am to have such awesome ... and centers, as well as in the community. ^back to top MIT is ... want each to add something useful or intriguing to the team, from a
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    Creative portfolios

    . Nominate your research advisor, mentor, or Principal Investigator to submit a ... , dancers, directors, and designers: Submit up to three videos or images. 10 ... SlideRoom portfolio must be in progress to receive a fee waiver; we cannot

  • Housing and residence life

    want to live in, giving students the chance to live in a place that feels ... project and is anticipated to reopen in fall 2025.']in operation ... (GRTs) who are there to provide snacks, life advice, or some help with a
  • Discover / Life and culture

    Housing at MIT

    ). After your first year, you may want to move into FSILG housing or remain ... project and is anticipated to reopen in fall 2025.']in operation ... In addition to its residence halls, MIT recognizes 26 fraternities, 10
  • Discover / The MIT education

    Undergraduate research

     credit. How to UROP You may apply for advertised UROP positions or propose your ... [intro]One of the earliest programs of its kind in the United States ... research, for pay or for credit, during their undergraduate years
  • Discover / The MIT education

    The first year

    ) interests in order to develop their plans for further study. Before we get to ... . In the first term, students either pass the class or receive no record of having taken it; in the second term, students earn an A, B, C, or no
  • Apply / Transfer applicants

    Academic preparation

    applicants generally have a GPA of 3.5 or above, and mostly A's in mathematics ... academic record doesn't appear to merit credit in a certain subject, you may ... . In order to apply for transfer admission, you must take the required
  • Discover / Life and culture

    The MIT community

    discussion sections for large classes, or by serving as live-in Graduate ... themselves in our students, and our students, in some cases, aspire to become our faculty, or at least to become more like them: smart, hardworking
  • Discover / Life and culture

    Hacks, tomfoolery & pranks

    stealthily execute campus pranks according to an informal code of ethics. These ethics, loosely stated, assert that hacks must do no damage to property or any person, must be safe, and must provide joy or amusement to those who
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    Admissions videos

    throwing cream pies in each other's faces to announce when decisions would be ... tradition. You can watch them all in a YouTube playlist here, or in the ... by faculty of the need to work ethically in the production of science
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    Getting started

    1 if you're applying Early Action, or January 6 if you're applying Regular Action. There is no strategic benefit to applying during either action cycle. Just do what works for you! Application fee or waiver Our
  • Apply / Parents and educators

    For home educators

     Stanford OHS. Transcripts of these courses, in addition to an evaluation of the ... .[/intro] Over the past decade, we have seen a surge in homeschooled applicants ... that we do not require a high school diploma or GED from our applicants
  • Discover / The MIT education

    Maker education

    Makerspace, in the works In addition to our research opportunities ... experiential programs give you training in modern means of manufacture: what has come to be called a "maker education."[/intro] Our motto The motto
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    Early vs Regular

    fine to apply during either cycle. We do not have a preference, and there is no strategic benefit to applying in one vs the other. We have two ... period, devoting more time to each application, and 2) it provides