<p>To be honest, I'm an MIT student and I still don't really know what work-study means. I supposedly had a work-study job freshman year which entailed working in the foreign language library, but I never had to tell the financial aid office that I was actually doing a work-study.</p>
<p>A good thing about being an MIT student is that it's very easy to get a research job during the school year and internships during the summer. I'm making about $8k a year working in a lab on campus, which goes a long way toward paying off tuition. :)</p>