<p>My family had not been planning to apply for financial need, but my counselor said we should apply. The problem is I've already submitted part 1 of the application. I pulled up a pdf version of what I submitted and it doesn't mention financial aid anywhere on it, and I can't find anything mentioning financial aid on part 2 of the application either. How do I mark that I want to apply for financial aid? Thanks for any help.</p>
<p>Information on applying for financial aid is [url=<a href=“MIT Student Financial Services”>MIT Student Financial Services]here[/url</a>]. The application will be due around February 15 – it is not due now, since MIT will need your parents’ tax information for 2012, and that information won’t be available until early next year.</p>
<p>Thanks. I had been worried that I needed to check off a box on the application telling them I intended to apply for financial aid.</p>
<p>You do not. All admissions at MIT are need-blind. The admissions office does not know or care about a student’s ability to pay at the time that the admissions decision is taken, tho only thing they care about is how well the student matches with MIT. </p>
<p>The financial aid office works exactly the opposite. Their decisions are merit-blind. They do not consider or care how good a student might be, only how much money the student can afford to pay.</p>
<p>Because of this difference in approach, there are two separate applications, one for admission, and one for financial aid, and the two offices operate independently.</p>