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  • Afford / Cost & affordability

    Estimate your cost

    . Things to note Both tools are designed for first-time, full-time students ... College Cost Estimator provides a quick estimate based on six questions. For a more in-depth review and to determine Pell eligibility you will need
  • Afford / Cost & affordability

    How to apply for aid

    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 ... Applications for financial aid are processed by our office of Student
  • Discover / About MIT

    Inventions & innovations

    people in everyday life.[/intro] For MIT's 150th anniversary, the Boston ... [intro]For more than 150 years, the Institute has married teaching ... -delivering channels that release medicine in response to changes in skin temperature and
  • Discover / About MIT

    Basic facts

    relevance to the practical world and transforming society for the better. To ... curated from the latest issue of the MIT Facts book and data from MIT ... statistics and the first-year class profile; for statistics on financial aid

  • Request a group tour

    Thank you for your interest in a private group tour of MIT! Please ... tour date for a full refund. No refunds will be issued for cancellations ... Groups of 6–50 students are welcome to submit a request for a private group
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    College access & advising programs

    fall fly-in program for high school juniors, participates in local and ... -college summer programs, fly-in and diversity programs, and scholarships. For ... low socioeconomic means, live in a rural area, or might be the first in
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    Academic foundations

    around the world. For students in an American curriculum If you ... that in some schools and curricula—for example, the International ... better set up for success in the corresponding GIRs. As with calculus, if

  • infinite MIT

    for collaborative work you will do in your profession. Crediting others ... dreams and futures from our love for specks in the night sky, for great ... will create opportunities for others around the world to engage in their
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    Creative portfolios

    made in similar contexts (for example, some craft you have practiced many ... submit optional portfolios for review by MIT staff or faculty through SlideRoom.
 For more information on each type of portfolio, please review the
  • Apply / Parents and educators

    For parents

    worthwhile. In order to best understand how this process works, we encourage ... can do to prepare for MIT. These step-by-step guides will help orient you in the process and tell you what you and your child need to know
  • Apply / Parents and educators

    For home educators

    . 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 ... in depth in topics that excite them, create new opportunities for
  • Apply / Parents and educators

    For school counselors

    interested in supporting a student's candidacy for admission to MIT, you may be ... hope to both learn from you what is happening on the ground in high ... the office reading applications or sequestered in the admissions
  • Apply / Understanding the process

    What we look for

    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 ... Institute. Many of the problem sets (our affectionate term for homework) at
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    DACA & undocumented applicants

    consider your (in)ability to pay for MIT in our admissions process ... president, Rafael Reif, wrote an editorial in the Boston Globe arguing for the ... students in our blogs. For more detailed information regarding the cost of
  • Discover / Life and culture

    Eating at MIT

    dining halls, or cook for yourself (and often, your friends) in a community ... restaurants In addition to meal plans and cook-for-yourself communities, there ... , made or served, vegan or paleo, and so on. So, just like in our
  • Apply / Transfer applicants

    Transfer eligibility

    apply for the fall 2025 term, because both terms occur in the same entry ... community college may apply for transfer admission. If you are in your first ... The transfer application is intended for students who have finished
  • Discover / Life and culture

    Arts & music

    Program hosts monthly excursions and workshops for any student interested in ... [intro]More than half of all undergraduates take part in arts and ... creativity, both in and out of classes. Some of the many ways you can explore
  • Discover / The MIT education

    Global education

    year, hundreds of students intern, teach, research, and collaborate in ... students with hands-on projects in leading international companies, schools, and labs for research or work a teaching program where students teach