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  • Apply / Understanding the process

    Our mission

    interested in an education centered on science and technology. The students we ... . In 1966, he wrote a legendary, and still relevant, book called College Admissions in the Public Interest. This book, which the College Board
  • 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

  • Discover

    We are makers. We are thinkers. We are explorers. In all that we do. The MIT community is driven by a shared purpose to make a better world through education, research, and innovation. We are fun and quirky

  • Arts and music

    [intro]MIT students are as creative in the studio and on stage as they are in the lab. More than half of undergrads enroll in arts and ... name a few. Tune in below to watch the MIT Video Game Orchestra in their
  • 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 ... tradition. You can watch them all in a YouTube playlist here, or in the
  • 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 and debate an application before it is placed in the admit pile. Student
  • Afford / Cost & affordability

    How much it costs

    full data.']$12,715[/annotation] in the 2022–2023 academic year. 86% of ... recent data, college graduates who borrowed, owed an average of $29,100 in ... , the average starting salary for an MIT senior entering industry in 2023
  • Discover / About MIT

    Inventions & innovations

    people in everyday life.[/intro] For MIT's 150th anniversary, the Boston ... -delivering channels that release medicine in response to changes in skin temperature and ... detection of gravitational waves reaching the Earth (in collaboration with
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    Interview

    paper; we're interested in the whole person. That's why, whenever possible ... with applicants in their home area. Interviews are held in person ... Action interviews will take place in November and most Regular Action

  • Schedule your campus visit

    In-person info sessions and tours We offer two types of campus visits ... ="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 ... accommodate groups of 6–50 people in our regular information sessions and tours
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    Assistant Director, Special Cohorts

    does the person in this role do?  The Assistant Director for Special ... stakeholders with a special interest in students with unusually advanced ... navigating complex educational systems.  Where does this role fit in the

  • Explore MIT on your own

    —you’ll find a link to the next stop in this virtual ... on our site, and you'll find those pages linked in the headers. When in ... ”"]“mind and hand”[/annotation] suggests, our learning philosophy is rooted in
  • Discover / About MIT

    Life after MIT

    completed internships while at MIT. In 2023, 49% percent of undergraduates ... , starting income, and largest employers by major, are publicly available in ... students who don't go directly to graduate school, many do so in the future
  • Apply / Parents and educators

    Advising your students

    Dean of Admissions, Stu Schmill '86, wrote in a blog post: In simple ... educationally sound for them to best prepare them to succeed in college and beyond. We want students to challenge themselves appropriately in the areas
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    Enrichment opportunities

    If you are seriously interested in MIT, you probably think math and ... school students from around the world compete in international Olympiad competitions in math and science. Ultimately, each country fields a team of its
  • Apply / Understanding the process

    What we look for

    for applicants to have cured all infectious disease in the world by the time they're 15. Tutoring a single kid in math changes the world ... MIT are designed to be worked on in groups, and cross-department labs
  • Apply / Parents and educators

    For school counselors

    hope to both learn from you what is happening on the ground in high ... the office reading applications or sequestered in the admissions committee. Writing and submitting evaluation letters In this process, we ask
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    Deadlines & requirements

    The Application The first-year application is closed in the MIT ... to be completed online. Creative portfolios in SlideRoom are available ... ) Early Action applicants will receive an admissions decision in mid
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    International applicants

    applying to an American school like MIT works. Some of the information in ... make sure to check with other schools before applying. In addition to ... significant time in the United States, or those who have a liminal status as