ADMISSION

The selection process at MIT is holistic and student centered: each application is evaluated within
its unique context. No school, state, or regional quotas are applied; neither is preference given to
those with alumni relations. Selection is based on outstanding academic achievement as well as
a strong match between the applicant and the Institute, including:

Alignment with MITs mission

Collaborative and cooperative spirit

Initiative and risk-taking

Hands-on creativity

Intensity, curiosity, and excitement

Balancing hard work with downtime

Selected undergraduate admissions statistics for 2014:

Applications for freshman admission were received from 18,356 candidates.

Admission was offered to 1,447 candidates (7.9 percent), of whom 1,043 enrolled.

Approximately 48 percent of the freshman class was female.

A majority had attended public high schools.

Seventeen percent were among the first generation in their family to attend college.

Nine percent were international citizens hailing from 53 countries.

Forty-nine US states were represented.

Applicants for graduate degree programs are evaluated for previous performance and
professional promise by the department in which they wish to register.

Selected graduate admissions statistics for 2014:

Applications for graduate study were received from 23,884 candidates.

Admission was offered to 3,390 candidates, of whom 2,168 (64 percent) registered in
advanced degree programs