The CONVERGE mission is to increase the presence of underrepresented and underserved students in MIT’s graduate programs. To achieve this goal, CONVERGE hosts a four-day graduate school preview weekend on the MIT campus during the fall. Briefly, the program:
- Selects candidates who form a strong, talented applicant pool
- Exposes selected students to MIT’s graduate programs, facilities, and campus life
- Connects participants with MIT faculty, staff, graduate students, and other CONVERGE students involved in the graduate school admissions process
- Covers all expenses for the preview weekend
Participants are selected by MIT faculty and invited to campus to learn about the Institute and graduate student life. Successful applicants are notified by email inviting them to attend the CONVERGE fall weekend.
Program features
- Advice from MIT faculty, staff and students, including feedback on application materials
- Information on graduate student life
- Graduate admissions session with department admissions chairs
- Tours of MIT campus and the Boston/Cambridge area
- Meetings with faculty and department visits
Interested students should:
- Review the academic programs flyer to determine your area(s) of interest
- Use CONVERGE background and resources as useful reference material
- See the graduate admissions web site for instructions to apply to MIT
- Contact odge@mit.edu with any recruitment questions
For more information
Please contact the program office with any specific questions you may have about the overall program or your area of interest.
CONVERGE
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Office of the Dean for Graduate Education
Room 3-138
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02139-4307
converge [at] mit [dot] edu
