The first year at MIT opens the door to many intellectual, social, and cultural challenges and opportunities. The Office of Undergraduate Advising and Academic Programming offers this website as a guide to support your development during this year of transition.

Academically, your first year will lay a foundation for later specialization by studies in three areas:

• the Science Core (also available through Learning Communities)
  
  
• subjects in the Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
  
  
• oral and written communication skills.

The site currently focuses on information to help you as you the spring semester progresses.

We post new information on this site several times each year, so please bookmark it and visit often for information, news, and reminders.