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    For school counselors

    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 ... always happy to have a professional conversation on the phone, especially
  • Discover / Life and culture

    Arts & music

    of contemporary art, is home to a state-of-the-art black box performing ... -level training to ensembles and classes that you can join even if you’re just a ... Art, just to name a few. The arts have always been an essential part of

  • Schedule your campus visit

    ="https://apply.mitadmissions.org/portal/visitmit"]Register[/button_link] In-person group tours If you would like to bring a group of 6–50 people to campus, you are welcome to request a group tour. We are not able to ... reservation for a session, we will not be able to accommodate you. [button
  • Discover / The MIT education

    Independent Activities Period

    machine to a crash course in stand-up comedy. Other students take the time ... [intro]Independent Activities Period (IAP) is a four-week period in ... ,[/annotation] IAP has grown to be a unique feature of the MIT education, offering
  • Discover / Learn more

    Admissions videos

    Pi Day videos (2014–2024) In 2014, we made a video of some bloggers throwing cream pies in each other's faces to announce when decisions would be released, and making a video to announce Pi Day became an unexpected
  • Help / Contact

    Via email

    be patient if we don't respond in realtime."] get back to you as ... , then we'll sort out who needs to respond and [annotation note="We get about 70,000 emails a year that are answered by a dedicated staff of about
  • Discover / About MIT

    Life after MIT

    mentorships, and chats over coffee. According to a survey of graduating students ... students who don't go directly to graduate school, many do so in the future ... to all alumni. MIT alumni also volunteer in formal service to the
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    Via tesseract

    learned to take short cuts wherever possible." "Sort of like in math?" Meg ... took a portion of her white robe in her hands and held it tight. "You see," Mrs. Whatsit said, "if a very small insect were to move from the

  • 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 2028.']in operation ... kitchens! All residence halls have a live-in house team who cultivate
  • Discover / The MIT education

    The first year

    program can choose to participate in a [annotation note="Past locations have ... by choosing among a variety of ways to complete core subjects and ... ) interests in order to develop their plans for further study. Before we get to
  • Discover / Life and culture

    Housing at MIT

    should have a great deal of freedom and responsibility in creating their ... submit to MIT Housing. All first-year students must live in MIT residence ... want to move into FSILG housing or remain in residence halls. During
  • Discover / Life and culture

    Athletics & recreation

    addition to a Division I crew program. MIT is highly competitive within its NEWMAC conference. It is possible to be a student and athlete at MIT ... -America citations, the most of any DIII school in the nation. As a Division III
  • Apply / Understanding the process

    Our selection process

    who will consider your application in a holistic manner, within its ... members will weigh in. At least a dozen people will significantly discuss ... reading—but there are a few you really need to read. These are the blog
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    About MIT Admissions

    technology. The students we enroll add to a vibrant campus community and will ... 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
  • Apply / Parents and educators

    For home educators

    .[/intro] Over the past decade, we have seen a surge in homeschooled applicants ...  Stanford OHS. Transcripts of these courses, in addition to an evaluation of the ...  Interlochen, among many others) are a great opportunity to work with other students
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    DACA & undocumented applicants

    consider your (in)ability to pay for MIT in our admissions process ... personal expenses. MIT is committed to supporting undocumented students in ... preservation of DACA and advocating for a pathway to citizenship, and MIT filed
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    Newsletters

    [intro]Would you like to hear from us every once in a while ... on important developments in artificial intelligence, blockchain, the future of work, and technology in general.

  • Student life at MIT

    likely get 4,500 unique answers from each of our undergrads as to what a “day in the life of an MIT student” looks like for them—and that's part ... know them yourself? Student perspectives Explore a day in the Life of MIT
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    Books about MIT

    the evolution of MIT as seen in a series of crucial decisions over the ...  by Institute Historian T. F. Peterson, which provides a lively introduction to ... humanistic account of the changing role of technology in society by a former
  • Apply / Transfer applicants

    Transfer eligibility

    entering MIT. If you are still in high school, you are considered a first ... submit one application per entry year, meaning if you apply to enter in the ... second bachelor’s degrees—even if you are interested in pursuing a