Veterans Benefits at MIT

To apply for benefits:

• Go to VA and apply using VA Form 22-1990, VA Form 22-1990E or VA Form 22-5490.
• Submit your Certificate of Eligibility to MIT Student Financial Services office or if you are recently separated from the service, we will accept a copy of your DD-214.
• Submit your Request for Certification of Enrollment for Veteran’s Benefits to SFS.
• You may submit the Request for Certification of Enrollment for Veteran’s Benefits form first and send MIT your Certificate of Eligibility as soon as it becomes available.
• Contact the Certifying Officials at va@mit.edu if there are any changes to your enrollment. A reduction in credit hours may result in a change in eligibility for benefits even after funds have been disbursed.

Other information:

• VA benefits are paid to the student directly by the VA starting one to three months after the enrollment verification. Chapter 33 recipients (Post 9-11 GI Bill) will receive book and basic allowance for housing directly from the VA. The VA will send payment toward tuition and fees directly to MIT.
• VA benefits will affect your eligibility for MIT undergraduate scholarships/grant aid. They will be treated like an outside scholarship and first reduce the amount of money you are expected to earn and/or borrow. If the amount exceeds your Self-Help, it will reduce your MIT Grant and. If you wish to borrow additional loans, please contact getaloan@mit.edu to find out your loan eligibility.
• For enrollment certification purposes, 3 MIT units equals 1 VA credit (i.e. 48 MIT units = 16 VA credits).Units are not rounded up so if you are registered for 50 MIT units, you VA credit hours will still be 16 VA credits.
• Independent Activities Period (IAP)
• Generally runs for 25 days in January.
• Registration records may not be available until after IAP so certifications will be done in early February.
• No tuition is charged but some chapters allow for BAH.
• Level of benefit for this period depends on a student's type of VA benefit. Chapter 33 (Post 9/11 GI Bill) beneficiaries must be more than half-time (i.e. 3 VA credits of 9 MIT units). The BAH will be prorated by the percentage of attendance rounded up to the nearest 10% (i.e. 9 credits is 75% which becomes 80%) and then by percentage of entitlement.

Questions? Please contact us at va@mit.edu.