Need-Blind, Full-Need International Financial Aid
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
MIT admits international undergraduates need-blind and meets 100% of every admitted student's demonstrated financial need, on the same terms as domestic students.
What the scholarship covers
Need-blind and full-need for all undergraduates, domestic and international, per MIT's own page. Aid is grants, not loans. Families earning under $200k/yr typically pay no tuition; families under $100k/yr typically pay nothing at all. Median net price for an aid recipient in 2024-25 was $10,268.
What you need
- TOEFL 90 or IELTS 7 or Duolingo 120Recommended; 100 preferred. Strongly recommended rather than a hard cutoff. Recommended; 7.5 preferred. Recommended; 125 preferred.
- Completed secondary education; SAT or ACT required; no fixed curriculum requirement, grades evaluated within the applicant's own education system.
- CSS Profile (school code 3514)
- Parental tax documents via IDOC (translated if needed)
- Secondary School Report plus transcript
- 2 teacher recommendations
- Self-reported test scores
- One application per entry year (Early Action or Regular Action).
- MIT's own page recommends free EducationUSA advising, not a paid agent.
Deadlines
- 1 Nov 2026 Early Action application, Fall 2027 entry24 days from nowDecisions mid-December.
- 30 Nov 2026 EA financial aid (CSS Profile/IDOC)53 days from now
- 4 Jan 2027 Regular Action application, Fall 2027 entry88 days from nowDecisions mid-March.
- 15 Feb 2027 RA financial aid (CSS Profile/IDOC)130 days from now
Where it leads
Four-year bachelor's degree at MIT.
Visa
F-1 student visa; no Mongolia-specific detail published on the pages reviewed.
Things to know
No nationality restriction; identical aid process for all applicants.
No agent/partner mention found; MIT points applicants to EducationUSA, a free US government advising network, not a commercial recruiter. Admission itself, not the aid, is the real barrier - MIT does not publish an international-specific admit rate.
Sources
- sfs.mit.edu/undergraduate-students/the-cost-of-attendance 2026-27 cost of attendance figures
- sfs.mit.edu/undergraduate-students/the-cost-of-attendance/making-mit-affordable Need-blind, full-need policy and aid-by-income table
- mitadmissions.org/apply/firstyear/international International-applicant process overview
- mitadmissions.org/apply/firstyear/tests-scores English test minimums
- mitadmissions.org/apply/firstyear/deadlines-requirements Early/Regular Action deadlines