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    . The MIT community is driven by a shared purpose to make a better world ... , inventive and artistic, obsessed with numbers, and welcoming to talented people regardless of where they come from.

  • Housing and residence life

    [intro]Housing is guaranteed on campus your entire undergraduate experience, and all first-year students live in one of our 10 on-campus residence halls. And MIT allows its students to choose which residence they
  • Discover / The MIT education

    Cross-registration

    teaching certification, which is recognized in many states, to teach at the ... [intro]In addition to the thousands of courses already offered by the ... students (of any sex or gender) may cross-register at Wellesley College
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    Extracurricular activities

    extracurricular or co-curricular activities.  On our application, we ask for up to ... ’t shape your whole personal context, and our goal is to understand more ... to concentrate on just a few. Some students may spend significant time
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    Letters of recommendation

    ! (If you're a teacher looking for guides on how to write good letters of ...  and—when available—a School Profile and letter of recommendation). You will be able to ... evaluation. Please refer to the instructions on how to submit recommendations
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    Early vs Regular

    (RA). What's the difference? Only the dates of the deadlines! It is 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
  • Apply / Transfer applicants

    Academic preparation

    until after you are admitted to MIT, at which point it is evaluated by the ... applicants generally have a GPA of 3.5 or above, and mostly A's in mathematics ... transfer student, you can expect to receive credit for subjects of study that
  • Apply / Parents and educators

    For school counselors

    regionalized officer who exclusively presents to your school or area. All of our ... hope to both learn from you what is happening on the ground in high ... always happy to have a professional conversation on the phone, especially
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    Summer programs

    . The program is free of charge to participating students and provides ... . Open to high school juniors, the program is free of charge for those ... should do to prepare for applying to MIT, and our answer is always to spend
  • Afford / Cost & affordability

    Estimate your cost

    helpful to have recent tax forms or pay stubs on hand before you begin ... [intro]Find out what it will cost to attend MIT with one of our cost ... Calculator is a tool designed by the College Board to help you assess what your
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    February Updates & Notes Form

    This online form is required for all applicants who were admitted or ... after completion of the fall semester (or after completion of the second ... currently attending school; MIT has all of my grades." option on the form
  • Apply / Parents and educators

    For home educators

    One quality that we look for in all of our applicants is evidence of ... less constrained educational environment to take on exciting projects, go ...  Stanford OHS. Transcripts of these courses, in addition to an evaluation of the
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    STEM programs

    of invention, you may want to set your sights on these fairs and ... students come from a wide variety of contexts and may not be able to access these activities. We don't expect or require applicants to participate in
  • Discover / The MIT education

    Majors & minors

    and/or concentrations, and teach thousands of classes open to any ... joint degree, or a double major. However, at MIT, the focus is less on credentialing and more on the substance of what you need to learn to effectively

  • Request a group tour

    Groups of 6–50 students are welcome to submit a request for a private group ... . Please note this tour is designed to assist prospective undergraduate ... minimum of 3 weeks notice to schedule a private group tour. Please allow 3
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    DACA & undocumented applicants

    As part of our mission to uphold meritocracy and fair access for ... , regardless of citizenship or immigration status. Undocumented and [annotation ... personal expenses. MIT is committed to supporting undocumented students in
  • Apply / Transfer applicants

    Returning students

    or in a non-degree program to brush up on their classroom experience ... experiences of students returning to higher education. At the same time, we need to evaluate students against a common baseline of preparation for a
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    Transfer credit & advanced standing

    Advanced Standing Exam, or ASE, to test out of a course.  An ASE is ... official scores and/or certifications to the Office of the First Year, and ... policies on transfer credit.  Broadly speaking, there are three ways to earn
  • Afford / Cost & affordability

    How much it costs

    .[/intro] The big picture The full price of an MIT education is $89,340 for the ... . We offer full-need financial aid, which means we meet 100% of your ... Scholarship was [annotation note='2024–2025 is the last year for which we have