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The MIT Educational Studies Program (ESP) was created by MIT students in 1957 to make a difference in the community by sharing MIT's knowledge and creativity with local high school students. Since then, its programs have grown to support well over 3000 students each year. [ 35 ]
HMMT is a semiannual (biannual) high school mathematics competition that started in 1998. [1] [2] The Autumn (November) tournament is held annually at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and the Spring (February) tournament is held annually at MIT, also in Cambridge.
The MIT Educational Studies Program was established in 1957; in that same year, it started running the Summer Studies Program (SSP), known as the High School Studies Program (HSSP) since 1967. [1] [2] SSP originally provided college freshman level classes in more traditionally academic subjects like math and science. By 1969, HSSP grew to ...
The average full cost of attendance is $85,960 at MIT, but starting in 2025, many undergrads will not have to pay anything. MIT says tuition is free for all middle-class undergrad students ...
MIT will cover tuition starting next year for families making less than $200,000 a year.
A similar program, Summer Research School in mathematics and informatics, has been running in Bulgaria since 2001. It is intended for high school students with profound interests in mathematics, informatics (computer science) and IT. At first, the program was attended each year by 40 Bulgarian students but now in accepts international students.
[13] [14] According to a 1997 report by the U.S. Department of Education, passing rigorous high-school mathematics courses predicts successful completion of university programs regardless of major or family income. [15] [16] Meanwhile, the number of eighth-graders enrolled in Algebra I has fallen between the early 2010s and early 2020s. [17]
[needs update] [194] [195] In the 2011 fall term, among students who had designated a major, the School of Engineering was the most popular division, enrolling 63% of students in its 19 degree programs, followed by the School of Science (29%), School of Humanities, Arts, & Social Sciences (3.7%), Sloan School of Management (3.3%), and School of ...