<p>1) If you're an international student and get financial aid, do you have to pay it back once the course is done? I.e is it a loan?</p>
<p>2) If you do undergrad at MIT and want to go on and do Masters at the same uni, are you automatically admitted into the course or do you have to go through the competitive application process again?</p>
<p>3) If you had financial aid while doing undergrad, and want to do Masters and need financial aid for that as well, is that allowed and does it have any negative impact on your application for the Masters?</p>
Financial aid (for both domestic and international students) can be in the form of loans or in the form of grants, which don’t need to be paid back. The exact mix of grants and loans in your financial aid package will be determined by your particular circumstances, but it’s not likely that you would only be awarded loans.</p>
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It depends on your department, as graduate admissions are done by the individual department and not by the university as a whole.</p>
<p>Several of the engineering departments have master’s of engineering (M.Eng) programs, which are open only to people who were undergraduates at MIT. The M.Eng programs have GPA-based admission requirements – if you meet the minimum GPA, which is not ridiculously high, and can find an advisor, you are automatically admitted to the program.</p>
<p>If your department doesn’t have an M.Eng program, or if you want to do a master’s of science (S.M.) or PhD, you will need to apply through the general admission process for your department. For people who went to MIT and did respectably, it is not generally difficult to be admitted to MIT or other top graduate programs.</p>
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Financial aid is available for master’s and PhD students, and having been awarded financial aid as an undergrad doesn’t affect your eligibility for graduate awards. Actually, most people are awarded much more money for graduate work, since graduate students are considered independent, and your parents’ financial situation won’t be considered when you are evaluated for aid.</p>
<p>Graduate students at MIT are often supported by fellowships, research assistantships, or teaching fellowships, which pay tuition and school fees, plus a reasonable stipend for you to live on. These fellowships aren’t generally need-based, but are either merit-based or awarded to all incoming students. Most students do not pay for their graduate work at MIT.</p>