| Application deadline | Unconfirmed — check official site | Unconfirmed — check official site | Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Cost | Unconfirmed — check official site | Unconfirmed — check official site | Catalog terms: Free attendance; check separate expenses; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Financial aid | Last year's cycle (2026): Need- and merit-based bursary: Amount: Unconfirmed — check official site. Awards may cover up to 100% of program fees based on household income and academic potential; 2027 dates and award availability are not yet confirmed.; Immerse competition scholarship: Amount: Unconfirmed — check official site. Free 2026-27 competitions award full or partial program scholarships; values and redemption rules vary by competition.; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site | Unconfirmed — check official site | Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Expenses and aid conditions | Last year's cycle (2026): Need- and merit-based bursary: Amount: Unconfirmed — check official site. Awards may cover up to 100% of program fees based on household income and academic potential; 2027 dates and award availability are not yet confirmed.; Immerse competition scholarship: Amount: Unconfirmed — check official site. Free 2026-27 competitions award full or partial program scholarships; values and redemption rules vary by competition.; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site | Unconfirmed — check official site | Catalog terms: Transportation to and from MIT: Amount: Unconfirmed — check official site. Participant responsibility; available travel assistance, if any, is not stated on the current page.; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Stipend or pay | Unconfirmed — check official site | Unconfirmed — check official site | Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Eligibility | Unconfirmed — check official site | Grades 9–12; Grade timing: Unconfirmed — check official site | Grade 11; Grade timing: Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Additional eligibility | Ages 13–18; Residency: Open to students worldwide, subject to destination visa, travel, and age requirements; Requirement: Meet the selected program's age band: generally 13-18 for Academic Insights and 15-18 for Career Insights; Requirement: Have sufficient English proficiency to participate in advanced instruction and group work; Requirement: Select a destination, pathway, subject, age-appropriate course, and available session; Requirement: Have a parent or legal guardian complete enrollment if under 18; Requirement: Meet visa, travel-document, health, and residential requirements for the selected destination; Exclusion: Applicants outside the selected course's age band; Exclusion: Students unable to meet destination-specific entry or visa requirements; Exclusion: Enrollment in a course or session that has filled | Ages 14–18; Requirement: Be a high-school student age 14-18; Requirement: Submit the program and scholarship interest form for the applicable cycle; Requirement: Complete registration, payment, residential, health, consent, and credit-eligibility steps if offered a place; Requirement: Participate in the full residential academy; Exclusion: College credit has restrictions and is not available to every participant; Exclusion: Interest-form submission does not guarantee admission, scholarship, waitlist movement, college credit, credit transfer, prize, startup funding, company formation, sales, University admission, or admissions advantage | Citizenship: U.S. citizen or current U.S. permanent resident with green card; visas do not substitute; Residency: National U.S. applicant pool; attend on MIT's Cambridge campus if selected; Requirement: Be in 11th grade or equivalent when applying; Requirement: Attend public, private or home school; Requirement: Demonstrate strong academics and enthusiasm for STEM; Requirement: Submit a complete shared MITES Summer/Semester application; Requirement: Arrange transportation to and from MIT if selected; Requirement: Commit to the full intensive residential schedule; Exclusion: Non-U.S. citizens without permanent residence are ineligible; Exclusion: Students outside 11th grade at application are ineligible under current rules; Exclusion: Applying to both national programmes yields at most one offer and participants cannot switch after offer; Exclusion: The programme is rigorous and includes substantial weekday/weekend homework |
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| Session dates or duration | Catalog terms: 1–2 weeks; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site | Unconfirmed — check official site | Catalog terms: 6 weeks; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Format | In person / Online | In person | In person |
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| Housing and supervision | Residential. Supervision and housing details: Unconfirmed — check official site | Residential. Supervision and housing details: Unconfirmed — check official site | Residential. Supervision and housing details: Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Location | Boston, Cambridge, London, Oxford, New York, San Francisco, Toronto, Sydney, Tokyo, Singapore | Salt Lake City, Utah, University of Utah, Lassonde Studios | Cambridge, Massachusetts; national applicant pool |
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| Selection and application | Selection: Enrollment is reviewed for age, readiness, program fit, English proficiency, and space. The current public form does not publish a single acceptance rate or cohort size for the whole program family. Application materials: For bursary consideration: essay response, video, and English-language household-income documentation | Selection: The 2026 cohort reached capacity and accepted waitlist interest. Scholarships were limited and considered merit and need. Current cohort size, applicant count, acceptance rate, selection rubric, and waitlist movement are not published. | Selection: MITES seeks strong, STEM-motivated students and prioritizes educational access in holistic review, but the current pages do not publish applications, cohort size or acceptance rate for 2027. Application materials: Essays and extracurricular activities |
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| Official sources | Source 1 · checked 2026-08-22Source 2 · checked 2026-08-22Source 3 · checked 2026-08-22Source 4 · checked 2026-08-22Source 5 · checked 2026-08-22 | Source 1 · checked 2026-10-12Source 2 · checked 2026-08-22 | Source 1 · checked 2026-08-22Source 2 · checked 2026-08-22Source 3 · checked 2026-08-22Source 4 · checked 2026-08-20 |
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