1. International Student Office Clearance

Room E18-219, 50 Ames St., 617-253-3795, iso-help@mit.edu

http://web.mit.edu/iso/students/orientation.shtml

All international students must obtain clearance from the International Students Office (ISO) before registering or receiving an ID card. Clearance involves an ISO orientation session with an ISO advisor and checking in online to upload electronic versions of your immigration documents into the ISO system. Both are completed after you arrive in the US.

2. Medical Report

Room E23-177, 617-253-1777, medrpt@med.mit.edu

http://medical.mit.edu/sites/default/files/medreport.pdf

In order to register, new students must have a complete Medical Report on file in the Medical Department, which includes a full medical history and documentation of all immunizations. Contact the Medical Department with questions and concerns.

3. WebSIS

http://student.mit.edu

Student academic information is kept on a web-based system called WebSIS. Prior to the start of the term, students should enter current address and emergency information and verify existing biographical information on WebSIS. To access the system, students need to have an Athena user account and a current web certificate. The registrar's website for new students provides a good orientation to WebSIS.

4. MIT ID Card

Room E17-106, 617-253-3475, mitcard@mit.edu, http://web.mit.edu/mitcard

Incoming graduate students should obtain an ID card from the MIT Atlas Service Center on August 15 or after you arrive on campus. Be sure to upload a photo for your ID at http://mycard.mit.edu before going to the Center. If the Center staff have already received and reviewed the photo, you can show a valid ID and the MIT ID will be printed. A valid ID is a US driver's license, passport, or other US government-issued picture ID. An international driver's license will not be accepted. International students must receive clearance from the International Students Office prior to receiving a card. Incoming freshmen and transfer students will automatically receive MIT ID cards during Orientation.

5. The English Evaluation Test

Room 10-250, Tuesday, August 27, 2019, 9 a.m. to noon

http://mitgsl.mit.edu/ACADEMICS-COURSES/ENGLISH-EVALUATION-TEST-EET

All new students whose primary language of instruction throughout K-12 was not English must take the English Evaluation Test (EET). The exam identifies weaknesses in academic English that may interfere with course work, teaching, and research at MIT. You should bring several #2 pencils to the test. Traditional English/Bilingual dictionaries are recommended (no electronic devices of any kind are permitted). The EET is offered by the Department of Global Studies and Languages, and always takes place on the Tuesday before Registration Day.

September 3: Registration Day

September 4: First Day of Classes

September 6: Fall Registration Deadline

October 4: Fall Add Date

November 20: Fall Drop Date

December 2-27: Spring Pre-Registration Deadline

December 2-January 10: IAP Pre-Registration Deadline

January 31: Registration Day

February 3: First Day of Classes

February 7: Spring Registration Deadline

March 6: Spring Add Date

April 21: Spring Drop Date

May 1-June 12: Fall Pre-Registration Deadline for continuing students

Full-time MIT sophomores, juniors, seniors and graduate students may take subjects for credit at Harvard University. No more than half (49%) of the total units for a term may be taken at other institutions. Students who cross-register should not include subjects from other institutions on their MIT Registration forms; there are separate cross-registration process for each institution with which MIT has a cross-registration program.

MIT's deadline for completing cross-registration is Add Date. It is important to be aware of the differing deadlines imposed by the other institutions because they may be earlier than the MIT deadline. The earliest deadline applies. Studentsí MIT academic records will show grades for these subjects. Cross-registered subjects are dropped using the MIT add/drop application (http://web.mit.edu/registrar/reg/add-drop.html). For detailed information about the cross-registration process, visit http://web.mit.edu/registrar/reg/xreg/index.html.

Cross Registration – Harvard University

Students may cross-register at Harvard ONLY after registering at MIT. The student goes to MIT's online add/drop application (https://registrar.mit.edu/registration-academics/registration-informatio...). In the add section, enter a search term or Harvard subject number in the "Add Harvard Subject" field. Once the dropdown display populates, select the desired subject and proceed with the usual add subject process.

Clicking the "Submit for Approval" button will automatically send the information to Harvard when the instructor will approve. Once the approval is given, the information is sent back to MIT and your advisor will receive notification to approve the add request in the MIT add/drop system. Once the approval is given, the student will need to submit the approved Harvard add to the MIT Registrar the same as for any other add request.

Full-time MIT sophomores, juniors, seniors may not cross-register for classes at the Harvard Business School, Harvard Extension School, or Harvard Law School.

Wellesley College

MIT undergraduate students are able to cross-register at Wellesley College during the fall and spring terms only.
https://registrar.mit.edu/registration-academics/registration-informatio...

Massachusetts College of Art and Design

Undergraduate students are only allowed to register for one subject per term at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design. All subjects are graded pass/fail and cannot be used to fulfill Institute, department or minor requirements.

Cross-Registration Guidelines for Massachusetts College of Art and Design and can be found on the Art, Culture and Technology program's website. Forms are available online at this site.

After a student submits Online Registration, all further requests to add, drop, change units, and change subject registration status are made via the Online Add/Drop application. Email notifications will be sent to instructors (where appropriate) and advisors when a student requests approval for a registration change. Instructors and advisors can approve or deny the request or request a consultation with the student to discuss the change. The student is responsible for the final submittal of all approved changes.

Students will have until until 11:59pm on Add/Drop Date to submit approved changes that are due on each date (the system will not accept submittals after that time). It is strongly recommended that students request approval well ahead of the Add/Drop deadlines so that approvers have time to enter a decision.

See http://web.mit.edu/registrar/reg/add-drop.html for more information. Pay close attention to your Status of Registration posted on WebSIS after the second week. Notify the degree administrators if you find errors or have questions.

As prerequisite for registration, each graduate student who has indicated that English is not his or her first language must take the English Evaluation Test (EET). The EET is a three-hour test consisting of listening, writing, and reading components, supplemented by an individual conference for each student with an ESL staff or faculty member. It is required even if the TOEFL has been taken and passed with an acceptable score.

The Department requires that students take the English subject suggested as a result of the English Evaluation Test (EET) and continue in the English as a Second Language (ESL) series thereafter to completion. Instructors in ESL will be available for consultation on Registration Day. For more information,
see: http://web.mit.edu/fll/www/laguages/eet-faq.shtml.

The English Evaluation Test is a requirement of the Graduate School; it is a diagnostic test and is given before the fall and spring terms. Results will help students, advisors and the Department to assess what skills, if any, are needed to review in order to benefit most fully from MIT. The students and advisors will receive the results via email before Registration Day.

Generally those who score significantly above 600 (250/computer-based; 100/internet-based) on the TOEFL require minimal work in English language writing skills. Those who score in the low 600s usually require additional help in grammar and writing skills.

Students may not defer registration in any English grammar review subject recommended as a result of the EET. Students must enroll in the English subject recommended as a result of the EET, and must complete the sequence of ESL subjects as follows:

• 21G.224, Listening, Speaking and Pronunciation (ELS)
• 21G.219, Workshop in Written Expression (ELS)

OR

• 21G.219, Workshop in Written Expression (ELS)
• 21G.227, Advanced Workshop in Writing for Social Sciences and Architecture (ELS)

Registration in required ESL subjects should be completed by the end of the first year. Registration in 21G.227, the advanced level writing for social scientists and architects subject, should be completed prior to Thesis registration.

Required English subjects do not count for unit credit toward any degree in the Department of Architecture; grades received in English subjects do, however, appear on the students' records.

Consultation with ESL Instructors

Instructors in English as a Second Language will be available for consultation on Registration Day. Instructors are:

• Jane Dunphy, Director 14N-312, (617) 253-3069, dunphy@mit.edu
• A.C. Kemp 14N-228, (617) 253-4747, ackemp@mit.edu
• Eric Grunwald 14N-236, (617) 235-2676, egrunwald@mit.edu

Failure to complete registration by the end of the second week of the term will result in the loss of student status, and for international students, the loss of their visa status. As determined by the Department Committee on Graduate Students, and consistent with the policy of the MIT Registrar, a Course 4 graduate student who has not registered by the Add Date (end of fifth week) of an academic term will not be permitted to register at all in that term.

The Department will disallow access to departmental space and resources and will cancel that student's departmental employment, if any, after the fifth week of the term. No retroactive academic credit or retroactive payment will be awarded for departmental work done in the term in which the student is barred from registration.