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    Returning students

    need to evaluate students against a common baseline of preparation for a ... send for review is left up to the individual non-traditional applicant to ... Secondary school materials Some students apply to us after an
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    Early vs Regular

    , MIT requires that you respect those rules. So for example, if you apply to ... 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
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    Via mail

    -related documents to us for some reason—or if you would like to mail us something not related to an application—you can send it to: Massachusetts Institute of ... find our mailing address below. We'll get back to you much faster via
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    Visit our office

    must mail application-related documents to us for some reason, please ... to set your address for the Hayward Parking Garage, accessible at 33 ... [intro]Admissions at MIT Welcome Center[/intro] If you plan to visit
  • Apply / Transfer applicants

    Academic preparation

    areas. To prepare for MIT’s academic program, we recommend that transfer ... chemistry and biology. For more details about the GIRs, please refer to the ... transfer student, you can expect to receive credit for subjects of study that
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    Transcripts

    section of their application. Our preference is for counselors to use our ... representative. This applies for high school and college transcripts. If your ... entity. Counselors can submit transcripts to us in three ways: By
  • Apply / Understanding the process

    Our mission

    fair access to our admissions process for students from all backgrounds ... helpfully publishes in a free PDF for anyone who cares to read it, remains a ... 's longstanding commitment to the public interest, a theory we put into practice
  • Discover / The MIT education

    General Institute Requirements

    curriculum and foundation for the rest of your education.[/intro] William ... practical discovery and improvement.” To achieve this diverse education ... , and social sciences, including three to four in a concentration of your
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    First-year eligibility

    ineligible for either first-year or transfer admission, or simply prefer to ... The first-year application is intended for students who have [annotation note="Note that we do not formally require you to have graduated or

  • Maps, directions, parking

    , then your best bet is to set your address for the Hayward Parking Garage ... are one hour. Reservations are required for all info sessions and tours. We’re not able to accommodate walk-in questions from prospective
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    Essays, activities & academics

    designed to get to know you better. There is only space for 40-50 words each ... .). Use one entry only per class. For example, it’s not necessary to use a ... Rather than asking you to write one long essay, the MIT application
  • Discover / Learn more

    Admissions videos

    comforting character for those of us old enough to remember videotapes ... the country to be shown at meetings for prospective students for a ... Beaver (1956) A promotional film for prospective students and visitors to

  • Online info sessions

    [intro]There are many ways to get to know us, right from the comfort of your own home![/intro] Join us for an online session Sign up to see if MIT might be right for you. [button_link link
  • Discover / About MIT

    A brief history of MIT

    applied to the Massachusetts legislature for "an Act of Incorporation of the ... , which allowed states to sell up to 30,000 acres of public land—for each ... that greater opportunities for effective service to her fellow beings
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    About MITAdmissions.org

    domain (i.e., not on mit.edu) for historical reasons: when we started our 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
  • Apply / Transfer applicants

    Transfer eligibility

    The transfer application is intended for students who have finished ... submit one application per entry year, meaning if you apply to enter in the spring term, you cannot reapply for the fall term of the same calendar year

  • Schedule your campus visit

    reservation for a session, we will not be able to accommodate you. [button ... ="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
  • Discover / The MIT education

    Independent Activities Period

    regularly scheduled classes to do...whatever they want![/intro] [annotation note='With the unintentional benefit, according to then-President Howard ... ,[/annotation] IAP has grown to be a unique feature of the MIT education, offering
  • Discover / Life and culture

    Clubs & activities

    , including: Laboratory for Chocolate Science, a club dedicated to the ... , or about 1 for every 10 undergraduates. If you don't find an existing club or organization to match your interests, it's easy to start your own
  • Discover / The MIT education

    Cross-registration

    to MIT for these terms. However, while on an approved domestic study ... [intro]In addition to the thousands of courses already offered by the Institute, you can cross-register for no additional cost at Harvard, Wellesley