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  Majors & minors

  [intro]At MIT, majors are conventionally called courses, and they're numbered rather than named; meanwhile, our credits are called units and they ... , seminars, and other programs to help you determine which major will suit you

• infinite MIT

  foundation, MIT promotes the spirit of free and objective inquiry and provides ... ;dr We've filled this page with info and resources about what it's really ... , student adventures to follow—and don't forget to come back and visit
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  WISE 2025

  Weekend Immersion in Science & Engineering program is completely free, including the cost of transportation to and from MIT. We strongly encourage students from underrepresented and/or underserved backgrounds to apply
• Discover / The MIT education

  Independent Activities Period

  January during which faculty and students are freed from the rigors of ... both formal and informal learning and extracurricular opportunities. More than 600 activities are offered each year, and regular students paying
• Apply / Preparing for MIT

  Be yourself!

  you, then you can succeed on your own terms and be a better applicant to ... , love to learn, and want to work on big problems to make the world a ... and capable of in a college application.  As admissions officers, we
• Discover / The MIT education

  Global education

  , and perform service around the world.[/intro] As an MIT student, you ... , work, or service abroad. MISTI MIT International Science and Technology ... year, hundreds of students intern, teach, research, and collaborate in
• Discover / The MIT education

  The first year

  first term, and at any time during their course of study. This grading ... by choosing among a variety of ways to complete core subjects and ... simultaneously exploring their academic (as well as social and residential
• Apply / Parents and educators

  Advising your students

  [intro]As parents, counselors, teachers, mentors, and allies, we know ... ways to define the best, and we think it’s important that young people be students and community members first, and applicants second.[/intro] As our
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  DACA & undocumented applicants

  As part of our mission to uphold meritocracy and fair access for ... , regardless of citizenship or immigration status. Undocumented and [annotation note='A term for students who have received Deferred Action for Childhood
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  Books about MIT

  , and impact on the world. Here are some of our favorites: A Widening ... years College Admissions and the Public Interest by former Director of ... , values, and controversies in which the college admissions process is
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  Essays, activities & academics

  “Grade Received” field, list term and/or final grades for each class, as ... consists of several short response questions and essays designed to help us ... makes you "look best," as opposed to the answers that are honest and easy
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  How to write good letters of recommendation

  MIT Both school counselor and teacher evaluations are most helpful when they are specific and storied. They should provide us with the information and impressions we cannot glean from the rest of the application
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The sun is out but why is it so cold outside?

  

  of my toothpaste and finally confronted the task of getting a new tube ... . Dupont Gymnastics Room Today, I went to get a drop form signed and fell ... actually enrolled in, and to a pretty good degree of certainty we think we

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • November 20, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Summer School's out for it

  

  buttcrack of dawn early and is a time slot loathed by almost everybody. Lucky ... as TechCash. It lets you store money on your ID card and use that to ... 't used to be very social, I lived in the middle of nowhere and was very

  • by Snively '11
  • June 27, 2008
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  Small Town and Rural Students @ MIT

• Clubs, activities, and athletics

  of clubs, organizations, and activities covering every imaginable topic ... 's the typical newspaper, radio station, and literary journal that you ... , organize large-scale hackathons, and host educational programs for local

• Housing and residence life

  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 ... project and is anticipated to reopen in fall 2025.']in operation

• Arts and music

  [intro]MIT students are as creative in the studio and on stage as they are in the lab. More than half of undergrads enroll in arts and music classes each year, and students exercise their artistic side through