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FAQ / First-year application
Do letters of recommendation have to be submitted in the MIT application portal?
Our preference is for recommenders to use our application portal to submit documents. However, they do have the option to submit their additional documents via Naviance, SOCIR, or other methods. Applications will -
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Does MIT have any age limits?
We don't have any age limits or restrictions. If you've been away from high school for a while, we would expect to see the results of your standardized tests, Secondary School Report, evaluations from teachers -
FAQ / Life and culture
What programs does Office of Minority Education offer?
The MIT Office of Minority Education (OME) provides a home base for many of MIT's underrepresented minority students. OME's mission is to promote academic excellence, build strong communities, and develop -
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What is the Koch Institute?
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Does MIT offer club sports?
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What are GIRs?
foundation for study in your major. In your second semester, you might add -
FAQ / First-year application
How do I apply as a permanent resident?
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What should I do if I’m deferred?
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FAQ / Academics and research
Can I test out of some classes by taking Advanced Standing Exams?
Advanced Standing Examinations are one way to earn credit for MIT subjects outside of the classroom itself. If you're confident that you've already mastered introductory coursework at MIT, then you can take an ASE to -
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What kind of student support services are available?
support for MIT students. Whether you're struggling with a pset because of -
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What kind of study abroad programs are available?
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What are Psets?
If you're interested in MIT, you have to learn a little bit about psets. Problem sets are the backbone of our teaching in many subjects; for many, problem-solving is the essence of the MIT education -
FAQ / Transfer
Does MIT offer transfer credit?
If you're admitted, you can expect to receive credit for subjects of study that are substantively equivalent to corresponding MIT subjects. If your academic record doesn't appear to merit credit in a certain subject -
Blog / Personal Projects
[liveblog] presenting at the Open Sauce maker expo! built a funky microscope with my friends
My friends (Asal V. ‘25 and Isaac L. ‘25) and I built Waterscope, a microscope that uses water instead of glass for magnification. It’s cool because we can change the magnification continuously, which is impossible -
Blog / Admissions
Let’s talk about interviews The ultimate guide
to tell your story and for us to get to know you as a three ... ). After you submit your application, you may be contacted for an interview ... about it (I will talk more about this later); it’s one way for us to get -
Blog / IAP
IAP trip to the natural history museum! turns out nature's history is pretty cool
of different unusual classes and events that you can sign up for -- but ... things that you don't need to sign up for. I went into this IAP with no ... scheduled around psets or paid for in punted psets. One such spontaneous -
Blog / Challenges
residential exploration, but without a residence on burton conner culture continuing to thrive
little clue how things were run, but was now responsible for making REX ... with several space coordinators last spring to evaluate our options for ... submitting nine events for my floor, which was more than we've done in past -
Blog / Denied by MIT, Now [X]
Denied by MIT, now a PhD student at CSAIL
write me, years later, to tell me how things worked out for them ... 'd predicated a lot of my dreams for my future self on the premise of getting an ... differently for me on the train ride back, it struck me that not getting into -
Blog / MIT History & Culture
318 memorial drive a historical rabbit hole
. However, in the process of doing research for it, I read a book titled ... " align="aligncenter" width="1400"] apologies for handwriting[/caption] To ... Hospital, for example, [annotation note='as can also be seen on this 1950