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    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 ... school, MIT does not award athletic scholarships, nor do coaches get to
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    Admissions videos

    ."]incredibly dated now,[/annotation] this video was, for its time, a major production. It cost hundreds of thousands of dollars and was produced entirely by a ... ) A long-lost MIT admissions and recruitment vehicle recently discovered
  • Apply / Understanding the process

    Our selection process

    How it works After you click the submit button, it's easy to feel ... application is complete, it will first be read by a senior admissions officer who will consider your application in a holistic manner, within its
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    Extracurricular activities

    about who you are and how you spend your time outside of schoolwork ... your application. The test for any extracurricular should be whether it makes you happy; it should feel right for you, right now, and it’s
  • Afford / Cost & affordability

    How to apply for aid

    Applications for financial aid are processed by our office of Student Financial Services. You can learn more about the process on their site, but here’s a quick summary: Domestic students…
  • Apply / Parents and educators

    For parents

    worthwhile. In order to best understand how this process works, we encourage ... Please note: It is MIT policy to communicate directly with applicants
  • Discover / The MIT education

    Maker education

    resources across MIT. It designed the Mobius app, which helps you figure out ... stores your access credentials. It also runs a 3D printing service where you can upload a design and have it manufactured on demand. [embed
  • Discover / The MIT education

    Undergraduate research

    [intro]One of the earliest programs of its kind in the United States, the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) supports ...  credit. How to UROP You may apply for advertised UROP positions or propose your
  • Discover / Life and culture

    Housing at MIT

    . You choose where you live, and each living group is a community with its ... life. How this works is briefly reviewed below, but you can learn more at ... . It's up to you. Residence halls We have 10 residence halls [annotation
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    STEM programs

    students PRIMES-USA, a free, year-long research program in math open to ... team of its top 4-6 students in each field. Here’s a list of the major
  • Discover / The MIT education

    The first year

    that, though, it's worth noting MIT's forgiving first-year grading system ... of having taken it; in the second term, students earn an A, B, C, or no ... ongoing experiment: in 2018, it was the subject of a design course called
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    Books about MIT

    how MIT's first nine presidents helped transform the Institute from a ... embedded Countless Connecting Threads: MIT's History Revealed through Its ... Institute as it emerged MIT Campus Planning 1960-2000 by O. Robert Simha
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    About MIT Admissions

    aspire to attend it. As one of our colleagues once wrote, we believe that working at MIT Admissions is more than a job: it is a privilege, an honor ... faculty reviewers. This process, which is unique in its particular design
  • Help / Contact

    Via phone

    Our phone number is 1.617.253.3400. That's it. That's the number you'd call. This probably didn't need to be its own page, but now that it's here, you can watch this true and factual documentary video of what it
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    Creative portfolios

    make it. The Maker Portfolio questionnaire The Maker Portfolio begins with a brief questionnaire about what you make, how you make, and why you ... the reviewer best equipped to take a first look at it. Project writeup
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    College access & advising programs

    The process of applying to college isn’t always straightforward (though we try to be as transparent as possible at MIT!) and it can take the ... application process, learning how to tell your story, and finding a school where
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    Academic foundations

    such, it’s difficult for us to provide clear-cut rules that are useful ... recommend that you take [annotation note="We have found that it's possible to ... Baccalaureate— students may be limited on how many science courses they can take