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    What we look for

    fail—and who know how to build a support system to keep them afloat ... key components: Alignment with MIT's mission MIT’s mission is to use science, technology, and other areas of scholarship to make the world better
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    Interview

    About the interview At MIT we don't just want to see how you look on ... network of over 3,500 MIT graduates around the world who volunteer to meet ... upon with your EC. How After you submit your application, you may be
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    Letters of recommendation

    ! (If you're a teacher looking for guides on how to write good letters of ... evaluation. Please refer to the instructions on how to submit recommendations ... Social studies Geography How to submit Your school counselor (or
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    College access & advising programs

    application process, learning how to tell your story, and finding a school where ... 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

  • infinite MIT

    our day-to-day lives. When you graduate, you’ll to need to know how to ... Project Manus.   [intro]“To understand how design can solve critical ... REX site to learn who or what DormCon is exactly, how you may want to
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    About MIT Admissions

    anyone should be able to understand how to apply to MIT, be able to ... and selection of all undergraduate applicants to the Institute ... aspire to attend it. As one of our colleagues once wrote, we believe that

  • Policies

    , culture, and socio-economic background. How much diversity is necessary to ... harassment, including how to report or file a complaint of sex discrimination, how to report or file a formal complaint of sexual harassment, and how
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    WISE 2025

    /department at MIT interest you most? How does this major/department contribute to ... ; please draft your responses on a separate page or document. How to apply in ... rising seniors to learn what it’s like to be an MIT student.[/intro] The
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    First-year eligibility

    [annotation note="Note that we do not formally require you to have graduated or earned a GED, though you may well choose to!"]concluded[/annotation] their secondary education and wish to pursue a bachelor's degree as a full
  • Discover / The MIT education

    Maker education

    product design class at MIT; and MAS.863 How to Make Almost Anything, which ... come to be called a "maker education."[/intro] Our motto The motto ... things, and from trying to make them work. This "maker education" is at
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    Accessing advanced coursework

    ’s how to get certified: Learn math on Khan Academy: Khan Academy offers ... MIT, or if you want to pursue [annotation note='To be clear, we do not expect students do anything above and beyond what is required to
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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 ... update our website regularly and strive to keep it as accurate (and
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    Be yourself!

    If you’re thinking about applying to MIT, you're probably curious, love to learn, and want to work on big problems to make the world a better place. It can be tricky to sum up all that you’re passionate about
  • Discover / The MIT education

    The first year

    design principles and educational theory in order to understand how and why ... 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
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    Via tesseract

    learned to take short cuts wherever possible." "Sort of like in math?" Meg ... see," Mrs. Whatsit said, "if a very small insect were to move from the section of skirt in Mrs. Who's right hand to that in her left, it would be
  • Discover / Life and culture

    Housing at MIT

    life. How this works is briefly reviewed below, but you can learn more at the MIT Housing website. Choosing where to live All incoming first-year students are sent the MIT Guide to Residences. The Guide includes data about
  • Apply / Understanding the process

    Our selection process

    How it works After you click the submit button, it's easy to feel ... summaries, along with your entire application, will then go to the selection ... region to compare you against each other; each applicant stands on their

  • Next steps

    [intro]You made it to the end of our virtual visit experience! We hope it helped you get to know MIT and the students that make this place so special. Before you go, we have some final resources for you to take
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    Academic foundations

    analytic thinking with creative hands-on work to prepare students to solve ... foundation before you come to MIT contributes to your own development, shows us that you’re ready to do the work, and helps you make the most of the