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    Housing at MIT

    for fun. Based on these factors, you develop ranked preferences about ... . You choose where you live, and each living group is a community with its own distinct culture and traditions. MIT housing is guaranteed for your
  • Apply / Parents and educators

    For home educators

    . Successful homeschooled applicants We do not have separate requirements for ... . However, we do have some qualities we look for in for homeschooled students ... One quality that we look for in all of our applicants is evidence of
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    Interview

    , we offer an interview with a member of the MIT Educational Council, a ... with applicants in their home area. Interviews are held in person ... upon with your EC. How After you submit your application, you may be
  • Afford / Cost & affordability

    How to apply for aid

    Applications for financial aid are processed by our office of Student ... attend MIT affordably. Three steps to apply for aid. CSS Profile: a tool provided by the College Board that we use to determine if you qualify for a
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    DACA & undocumented applicants

    president, Rafael Reif, wrote an editorial in the Boston Globe arguing for the ... As part of our mission to uphold meritocracy and fair access for ... note='A term for students who have received Deferred Action for Childhood
  • Discover / The MIT education

    Undergraduate research

    thousands of projects each year with 95% of MIT graduating seniors conducting research, for pay or for credit, during their undergraduate years ... alumna), established UROP with funding from the inventor Edwin Land. Since

  • Housing and residence life

    [annotation note='East Campus residence hall is closed for a two-year renovation ... arrangements, and prices. Some are more conventional—with double rooms and dining ... that live in the residence hall!), along with Graduate Resident Tutors
  • Discover / The MIT education

    Global education

    can expect to have at least one international experience with research ... more than 40 countries, with most opportunities fully funded by MIT ... students with hands-on projects in leading international companies, schools
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    Be yourself!

    connection with wherever they call home. We are emphatically not looking for ... inspire each other. With all that in mind, preparing yourself for MIT means ... all the information you share with us—your coursework, your essays, what
  • Discover / Learn more

    Newsletters

    [intro]Would you like to hear from us every once in a while?[/intro] Then you should sign up for our MIT Admissions monthly newsletter (prospective undergraduates only please). It's from us(!), and contains

  • Clubs, activities, and athletics

    to share that excitement with.[/intro] Student activities Sure, there ... might expect. But MIT students also run a Laboratory for Chocolate Science, organize large-scale hackathons, and host educational programs for local
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    Essays, activities & academics

    open, be authentic—this is your opportunity to connect with us. You ... —you're doing it wrong. Our questions For the 2025–2026 application, we're asking ... of you. Tell us about something you do simply for the pleasure of it
  • Discover / Life and culture

    Arts & music

    introductory courses for all MIT students. With over 25 majors, minors, and ... the arts include the Open Documentary Lab, the Center for Art, Science & Technology, and cross-registration with Massachusetts College of
  • Discover / About MIT

    A brief history of MIT

    with a heartfelt belief: that the American educational system of the 19th ... 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
  • Afford / Cost & affordability

    Estimate your cost

    [intro]Find out what it will cost to attend MIT with one of our cost ... College Cost Estimator provides a quick estimate based on six questions. For ... eligibility for financial aid might be and estimate your out-of-pocket expenses
  • Discover / The MIT education

    Independent Activities Period

    note='With the unintentional benefit, according to then-President Howard ... additional tuition or room fees during IAP. For more detailed information regarding the cost of attendance, including specific costs for tuition and

  • Request a group tour

    Thank you for your interest in a private group tour of MIT! Please ... Groups of 6–50 students are welcome to submit a request for a private group ... –5 business days for a response regarding the status of your request. Private
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    Biographical & personal information

    that you use one email for all activities related to your application—including communicating with us and registering for standardized tests—so the email you list ... . Responses will be used for reporting purposes and to help us provide relevant