The Right Hand DOES know what the Left Hand is Doing...
A couple of other items of interest:
- For International Freshmen, we are providing copies of your finalized award letters to the ISO directly so that we can produce your I-20. We are working closely together with the staff of the ISO to make sure this information is released to you in a timely fashion so that you can start your visa application working. It is important to note, however, that we will not produce a finalized award letter until we have received your reply indicating you are coming to MIT (so if it is in the mail, we will get it and then work it through).
- For International Freshmen and for Domestic No Need Students, if we have already determined the loan program from which you will borrow, you need to give us a little time before attempting to do the Student Loan (Tech Loan, Stafford Loan) paperwork (online or otherwise). Systems for this will not be ready until closer to July 1.
- For all other Admitted and Coming Freshmen, we are including an insert as part of the May mailing (which Ben has trademarked as the NBM® -- Next Big Mailing) which identifies what paperwork we are missing (either to confirm your award or to provide an award). Please pay attention to the information provided. It is critical you act quickly at this point; any delay may jeopardize our ability to deliver your financial aid to you on time.
- Lastly, I will be serving as a Freshman Traditional Advisor next year. I've had so much fun getting to know all of you this year that I can't wait!!! So I may get to be your advisor. We'll see!
Thanks! Be well!