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    Independent Activities Period

    [intro]Independent Activities Period (IAP) is a four-week period in ... ,[/annotation] IAP has grown to be a unique feature of the MIT education, offering ... of the MIT community may propose a non-credit bearing activity
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    Hacks, tomfoolery & pranks

    [intro]At MIT, "hacks" are performed by students who safely and ... experience the hack.[/intro] At MIT, hacking refers to more than breaking into ... force is the last resort of the incompetent. Never hack alone. Above
  • Apply / Transfer applicants

    Academic preparation

    MIT Bulletin. GPA There is no minimum required GPA, but competitive ... until after you are admitted to MIT, at which point it is evaluated by the ... areas. To prepare for MIT’s academic program, we recommend that transfer

  • Request a group tour

    Thank you for your interest in a private group tour of MIT! Please ... tour led by a current MIT student. Tours last approximately 60 minutes. Please note this tour is designed to assist prospective undergraduate
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    Via email

    Our email address is admissions@mit.edu. If you email that address, then we'll sort out who needs to respond and [annotation note="We get about 70,000 emails a year that are answered by a dedicated staff of about
  • Apply / Understanding the process

    Our mission

    Our work at MIT Admissions is both bound and inspired by MIT ... with our admissions process and financial aid. The MIT Office of ... . Alden Thresher, an economist and the first Director of Admissions at MIT
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    Transcripts

    -party service other than the MIT application portal. If your counselor is not ... uploading them directly into the MIT application portal By using a third-party service such as Naviance or SCOIR By sending PDFs to admissions@mit
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    Clubs & activities

    health and wellness Outing Club, which is dedicated to helping the MIT ... [intro]MIT students organize more than 450 official student groups ... desires.[/intro] The recognized student groups at MIT include ethnic and
  • Discover / The MIT education

    Cross-registration

    , and MassArt.[/intro] We believe that MIT students should [annotation note='As the 1949 Lewis Report on the MIT undergraduate education wrote ... and as appropriate. Harvard MIT undergraduates may take subjects at
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    Extracurricular activities

    on family, [annotation note="There is another section on the MIT ... ’t shape your whole personal context, and our goal is to understand more ... “right” answers on the MIT application; we want you to be yourself so we
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    Interview

    About the interview At MIT we don't just want to see how you look on ... , we offer an interview with a member of the MIT Educational Council, a network of over 3,500 MIT graduates around the world who volunteer to meet

  • Schedule your campus visit

    : What if MIT closes? In case of severe weather, the Admissions Office follows the Institute emergency closing guidelines. If MIT is closed, the Admissions Office is closed and all visit programming is canceled. We will post
  • Apply / Transfer applicants

    Transfer deadlines & requirements

    and choose to enroll at MIT. Standardized tests The SAT or the ACT is ... electronic form built into the MIT transfer application to request the School Official Report. If a hard copy of the form is required by your current (or
  • Apply / Parents and educators

    For parents

    Please note: It is MIT policy to communicate directly with applicants ... can do to prepare for MIT. These step-by-step guides will help orient ... for the MIT application portal. We're happy to help!
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    First-year learning communities

    By Julia Davis August 25, 2018 Your first year at MIT can seem like ... students as they go through their first year at MIT. Each of the three ... FLCs, is that they’re all really important, supportive communities that
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    Creative portfolios

    submit optional portfolios for review by MIT staff or faculty through Slide ... submitted if they feature work that is both significant to you and relevant to your MIT application. Portfolios must be submitted by the same deadline
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    Getting started

    Regular Action. There is no strategic benefit to applying during either ... application fee is $75. However, we understand that paying college application ... the Fee Waiver Request section of the application. MIT practices need
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    First-year eligibility

    The first-year application is intended for students who have ... another degree-granting institution.[/annotation] Please note that MIT does ... contrast, the transfer application is intended for students who have finished