CONVERGE is a graduate preview weekend held on the MIT campus during the fall. Interested students may apply, and if invited, may attend the weekend with all expenses paid. See the schedule for a detailed listing of events and activities for last year's program, or view our diversity programs brochure.

History

CONVERGE was offered for the first time in 2004, and began as a grass roots collaboration between MIT graduate students in the Graduate Student Council, the Black Graduate Students Association, and members of the MIT administration. The original goal was to invite a cohort of outstanding under-represented and under-served undergraduates to the MIT campus, for a fall (pre-admission) graduate preview weekend. Various sessions were offered to provide information and inspiration related to the graduate admissions process, to provide opportunities for exposure to MIT's academic departments, and to offer visitors a taste of graduate life at MIT and a chance to explore Boston and Cambridge. In the initial two offerings, 24 students were invited to visit, and all opted to come for the late October weekend.