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  Athletics & recreation

  Center, which houses an Olympic-size swimming pool, a smaller teaching pool ... center Alumni Pool & Wang Fitness Center, featuring lap and instructional pools, a fitness floor with stationary machines and free weights, a
• Apply / Parents and educators

  For home educators

  . Homeschooled applicants make up less than 1% of our applicant pool (and less than ... throughout the world who conduct interviews on behalf of MIT Admissions. We

• Policies

  crucial for the successful future of our world to educate people from every ... excellence that placed them at the top of our applicant pool. But we strive for ... effectively in the world outside MIT: it opens their minds and attunes them both
• Apply / Understanding the process

  Our selection process

  decision is correct in the context of the overall applicant pool, and that 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
• Apply / First-year applicants

  QuestBridge

  Regular Action pools, and you will still qualify for our generous financial
• Apply / Understanding the process

  What we look for

  Remember that there are many ways to make the world better—we're not looking 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
• Apply / Parents and educators

  How to write good letters of recommendation

  [intro]Because of our highly competitive applicant pool, letters of recommendation hold substantial weight in our admissions decisions. A well-written letter for an outstanding applicant can show impressive characteristics
• Apply / Understanding the process

  Our mission

  of some of the world’s most intelligent and creative individuals
• Discover / About MIT

  A brief history of MIT

  around the world: the first international student was admitted to MIT in ... the world to recruit foreign students. Today, international outreach ... alumni. As America entered World War I, MIT became a [annotation note
• Discover / About MIT

  Basic facts

  [intro]MIT's primary purposes are teaching and research with relevance to the practical world and transforming society for the better. To ... ) who will contribute to MIT and the world.[/intro] These basic facts are
• Apply / Preparing for MIT

  Accessing advanced coursework

    Free certificate through Schoolhouse.world Dual enrollment opportunities ... be particularly helpful:   Khan Academy offers world ... -level courses. Schoolhouse.world is a free peer-tutoring platform that offers
• Discover / About MIT

  Life after MIT

  after MIT, as shown by the ~146,000 MIT alumni living around the world ... world one day as well. It is a point of policy and principle that MIT ... , and others travel the world seeking opportunities to advance the MIT
• Discover / About MIT

  Inventions & innovations

  of world-changing advancements. These innovations translate the novel ...  associated with MIT, including everything from the World Wide Web to Technicolor ... Caltech and others around the world), confirming Albert Einstein
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Challenge Accepted I even put off writing this post.

  

  announcements of the 2018 and 2022 World Cup hosts. FIFA was not doing me a favor ... alarms, I reluctantly got up and made a cup of tea. (I bought a 100-pack of ... for my UROP, which involves modeling two road networks in Singapore (I

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • December 10, 2010
• Apply / Preparing for MIT

  Extracurricular activities

  world—have different clubs, organizations, and physical spaces for

• infinite MIT

  the most talented students in the world through need-blind admissions ... to make the world a better place—and you can see those values at work ... Yu wins Classic Tetris World Championship Read how all the pieces fell
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  Books about MIT

  Many books have been written about MIT's history, education, culture, and impact on the world. Here are some of our favorites: A Widening ... available via your local library and/or WorldCat.
• Apply / First-year applicants

  Essays, activities & academics

  tackling the world’s biggest challenges to lending a helping hand. Describe
• Apply / First-year applicants

  Interview

  network of over 3,500 MIT graduates around the world who volunteer to meet