Prospective applicants who would like to visit the program are encourged to attend the HASTS Prospective Student Visit Day on Monday, October 15, 2012. HASTS offers this day so that prospective students can get a better understanding of what our program offers in terms of research and resources, and to help them decide if our program may be a good fit for them. Prospective students do not have to attend the visit day in order to apply to the Program.
To register, complete the registration form and submit it to hasts@mit.edu no later than Tuesday, October 9 . Directions, final agenda and other logistics will be sent to participants by October 11.
The day’s events include a general information session led by the Director of Graduate Studies, various panel sessions with HASTS faculty, and lunch with current HASTS students. Activities will be scheduled between 8:30 am and 2:00 pm. General campus tours are also available through the central admissions office and start at 3:00 pm.
We encourage participants to take public transportation to MIT, but visitor parking permits are also available for $20 for the day. If you would like a permit, please send an email to hasts@mit.edu with your request or indicate so on your registration form. In order to issue a permit, we must have your $20 check (made payable to "MIT") by Tuesday, October 9, in order to issue one to you.
If prospective applicants are unable to attend the Visit Day, they may be able to make arrangements to visit the program by requesting to meet with the HASTS Director of Graduate Studies, the Academic Administrator and/or faculty members whose area of research is of interest to them.
These visits are not required for admission; they are available to those who want to get a sense if our program is a good match for their academic and research interests. Visits are only scheduled between May 1 and December 15 each year. During the admissions cycle (January - April), applicants who are selected to advance to the second round of the admissions process will be invited to campus interview in February or March.
To request a visit, submit the one-page Prospective Student Questionnaire to the HASTS Academic Administrator (at hasts@mit.edu) and include the names of the faculty members with whom you would like to meet and when you are available to visit. Applicants should keep in mind that faculty have full schedules, so not all requests can be accomodated and meetings need to be scheduled before making travel plans to visit MIT.
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