Prospective freshmen and transfers
- Prospective U.S. freshmen
- Prospective international freshmen
- Prospective U.S. transfers
- Prospective international transfers
Enrolled undergraduates
Graduate and professional students
After you’re awarded aid
Special circumstances
Financial aid background
Prospective freshmen –
International students (excluding Canadian Citizens)
For entrance in 2013-2014
For entrance in 2012-2013
For entrance in 2013-2014
If you wish to apply for scholarship, loan and job assistance from MIT, please submit the following documents no later than February 15, 2013. We read applications in the order they are completed, so the earlier you get your application documents in to us, the earlier you will have you financial aid award letter.
Please make sure to complete and include our cover letter when submitting documentation.
You can track the status of your financial aid application by checking MyMIT. Remember to keep copies of all your application documents. Also keep in mind that after you're awarded financial aid, there are additional steps you must take before your aid is disbursed. Those steps are outlined on our finalizing undergraduate awards page.
Canadian Citizens should follow the domestic instructions here.
| Required Documents | Instructions |
|---|---|
| All documentation sent to MIT should include a completed cover letter. | |
| CSS PROFILE | Designate MIT as a recipient by using our CSS code number of 3514 and answer the CSS Supplemental Questions specific to MIT. If your parents are separated or divorced, fill out the Profile with your custodial parent's information. |
| Non-Custodial Parent's Information | Your non-custodial parent must submit a separate copy of the College Board International Student Financial Aid Application (this can be obtained by contacting our office), separate parent income tax returns or wage statements and, if necessary, a CSS Business/Farm Supplement. |
Parents' 2012 Income Tax Returns or wage statement (translated into English)
|
Send a signed copy of all pages of your parents' most recent income tax returns, if applicable, to Student Financial Services. You may email a scanned copy of a non-U.S. tax return to intldocs@mit.edu. If your country does not have an annual income tax form, send a letter from each parent's employer stating the annual salary earned in local currency. Translate all materials into English, but report the amounts in your local currency. Write your name and "Class of 2017" at the top of all materials. |
| CSS Business/Farm Supplement | If either of your parents is self-employed or owns any part of a business or farm, s/he must complete a CSS Business/Farm Supplement as part of the CSS PROFILE application for each business or farm in which any interest is held. If your parents did not complete this as part of the CSS PROFILE application, please download this form and submit it directly to Student Financial Services. You may email a scanned copy to intldocs@mit.edu. |
If your family has special circumstances or unusual expenses, or you have any other information that will help us understand their financial situation more completely, please send us a letter detailing that information.
For entrance in 2012-2013
If you wish to apply for scholarship, loan and job assistance from MIT, please submit the following documents as soon as possible. We read applications in the order they are completed, so the earlier you get your application documents in to us, the earlier you will have you financial aid award letter.
Please make sure to complete and include our cover letter when submitting documentation.
You can track the status of your financial aid application by checking MyMIT. Remember to keep copies of all your application documents. Also keep in mind that after you're awarded financial aid, there are additional steps you must take before your aid is disbursed. Those steps are outlined on our finalizing undergraduate awards page.
Canadian Citizens should follow the domestic instructions here.
| Required Documents | Instructions |
|---|---|
| All documentation sent to MIT should include a completed cover letter. | |
| CSS PROFILE | Designate MIT as a recipient by using our CSS code number of 3514 and answer the CSS Supplemental Questions specific to MIT. If your parents are separated or divorced, fill out the Profile with your custodial parent's information. |
| Non-Custodial Parent's Information | Your non-custodial parent must submit a separate copy of the College Board International Student Financial Aid Application (this can be obtained by contacting our office), separate parent income tax returns or wage statements and, if necessary, a CSS Business/Farm Supplement. |
Parents' 2011 Income Tax Returns or wage statement (translated into English)
|
Send a signed copy of all pages of your parents' most recent income tax returns, if applicable, to Student Financial Services. You may email a scanned copy of a non-U.S. tax return to intldocs@mit.edu. If your country does not have an annual income tax form, send a letter from each parent's employer stating the annual salary earned in local currency. Translate all materials into English, but report the amounts in your local currency. Write your name and "Class of 2016" at the top of all materials. |
| CSS Business/Farm Supplement | If either of your parents is self-employed or owns any part of a business or farm, s/he must complete a CSS Business/Farm Supplement as part of the CSS PROFILE application for each business or farm in which any interest is held. If your parents did not complete this as part of the CSS PROFILE application, please download this form and submit it directly to Student Financial Services. You may email a scanned copy to intldocs@mit.edu. |
If your family has special circumstances or unusual expenses, or you have any other information that will help us understand their financial situation more completely, please send us a letter detailing that information.
When you complete the FAFSA online, be sure that you and your parents obtain PIN numbers to sign electronically or submit the signature page as instructed. MIT's FAFSA Code is 002178.
CSS Profile
Apply online at the College Board website. MIT's CSS code is 3514. MIT receives your profile data electronically from CSS so you do not send copies or printouts of your application to MIT.
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