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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a research
university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts along the bank of the Charles River
Basin. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic
departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological research.
However, in the past 60 years, MIT's educational disciplines have expanded beyond
the physical sciences and engineering into fields like economics, philosophy,
linguistics, political science, and management.
Founded by William Barton Rogers in 1861, MIT followed the
European university model and emphasized laboratory instruction from an early
date. The university was one of the pioneers in research and training
collaborations between the academy, industry, and government.
Collaborative arrangements with
industrialists like Alfred P. Sloan and Thomas Alva
Edison led the school to establish an Office of
Corporate Relations and an Industrial Liaison
Program in the 1930s and 1940s. These programs now
permit over 600 companies to license research and
consult with MIT faculty and researchers.
Undergraduates are required to complete an extensive core
curriculum called the General Institute Requirements. The science requirement,
generally completed during freshman year as prerequisites for classes in science
and engineering majors, comprises two semesters of physics classes covering
classical mechanics and electricity and magnetism, two semesters of math
covering single variable calculus and multivariable calculus, one semester of
chemistry, and one semester of biology. Undergraduates are also required to
take a laboratory class in their major, eight Humanities, Arts, and Social
Sciences classes (at least three in a concentration and another four
unrelated subjects).
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MIT eases freshmen into their undergraduate experience by grading all
first semester courses on a pass/no entry basis. Second semester classes are scored
with letter grades, but anything below a C is not reported on the student's transcript.
After that...well, MIT's classes have a reputation for being very intense. But there
is no doubt that the university's students receive a world-class education. The university guarantees housing for all four years and freshmen are required to live on campus.
Undergraduates participate in research through something called UROP
– the Institute's Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program. By the time they
graduate, almost 85 percent of MIT students will have collaborated on and helped
produce real, ground breaking research. In fact, many undergraduates find their names
appearing in published papers. A few even earn patents.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Avenue, Rm 3-108
Cambridge, MA 02139-4307
Phone: 617.253.1000
Fax: 617.258.8304
Private
Founded 1861
Urban
Semester
Dean of Admissions: Stuart Schmill
Phone: 617.253.3400
Email: admissions@mit.edu
Early
Action
Non-restrictive Early Action application deadline: November 1
Decisions are mailed by December 20.
Regular
Decision
Regular decision deadline: January 1
Decisions are mailed by March 20.
Transfers
Transfer
application deadline: March 15.
Decisions are mailed
by May 1.
Test scores
Applicants should submit scores from the SAT or the ACT (with Writing)
plus 2 SAT Subject Tests (one each in math and science)
Applicants should take all tests by the end of January.
The Common Application is not accepted.
Interview:
Recommended.
Early Action acceptance rate: 12%
Overall acceptance rate:
10%
SAT score (25/75 percentile) 2110-2360
ACT score (25/75 percentile) 32-35
Tuition and fees for 2010-2011: $40,460
Room and board for 2010-2011: $11,775
Average financial aid package for 2010-2011: $37,7319
MIT waives all tuition charges to students with family incomes of under $75,000.
Undergrad student body 4,252
Men who join fraternities: 47%
Women who join sororities: 31%
6 year graduation rate: 93%
Out of state students: 90%
Top 10% of high school class: 98%
Women: 45%
International: 10%
Students living in campus housing: 93%
Freshmen are required to live in University housing.
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