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  • 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

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    through education, research, and innovation. We are fun and quirky, inventive and artistic, obsessed with numbers, and welcoming to talented
  • Discover / Life and culture

    Clubs & activities

    , and get together with your friends to nerd out however your heart desires.[/intro] The recognized student groups at MIT include ethnic and cultural associations, musical, theater, and dance groups, religious
  • Discover / The MIT education

    Maker education

    [intro]MIT's dozens of makerspaces, dedicated hands-on classes, and ...  mens et manus—mind and hand—puts equal emphasis on theory and practice. The former you get from learning in the classroom, and the latter from making
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    Arts & music

    [intro]More than half of all undergraduates take part in arts and ... arts theater, and our music education ranges from conservatory-level training to ensembles and classes that you can join even if you’re just a
  • Apply / Parents and educators

    For parents

    that marks the transition out of childhood and into adult responsibility.[/intro] The college search and application process should be about one thing ... child shares the fundamental values and priorities and feels comfortable
  • Discover / Life and culture

    The MIT community

    Institute and they'll probably say "the people." The quality of the MIT community is the single biggest reason why admitted students enroll, and why Professor Emeritus Jay Keyser once observed that "MIT is hard to get into, and
  • 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 that end, we seek the best possible community of scholars (and humans
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    Newsletters

    (prospective undergraduates only please). It's from us(!), and contains information about our admissions process, enrichment programs, and stories from ... MIT’s high-impact research, interesting people, and distinctive culture

  • En Español

    en el mundo real: en grupos reducidos de personas inteligentes que
  • Discover / Life and culture

    Housing at MIT

    . 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 entire undergraduate experience, and all first-year students live in on
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    Admissions videos

    released, and making a video to announce Pi Day became an unexpected ... . It cost hundreds of thousands of dollars and was produced entirely by a major Madison Avenue marketing firm, and was taken "on the road" across
  • Discover / The MIT education

    General Institute Requirements

    curriculum and foundation for the rest of your education.[/intro] William ... practical discovery and improvement.” To achieve this diverse education ... in mathematics, physics, biology, and chemistry (see these videos
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    Extracurricular activities

    ’t shape your whole personal context, and our goal is to understand more about who you are and how you spend your time outside of schoolwork ... other obligations. Different communities across the country—and across the
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    Transfer credit & advanced standing

    Many students who apply to MIT are passionate about learning and find ... enrollment opportunities, early college programs, and other ways to take post ... both high school and college credit—or even [annotation note="If you
  • Discover / Life and culture

    Eating at MIT

    dining halls, or cook for yourself (and often, your friends) in a community ... , made or served, vegan or paleo, and so on. So, just like in our approach to housing, we give our students options about where, how, and what to
  • Discover / About MIT

    Inventions & innovations

    with engineering and scientific studies—and produced an unending stream ... discoveries of basic research to products and infrastructure used by ordinary ... Globe published a ranked list of 150 inventions and discoveries