Petitions
Find forms for late Add/Drop/Change, general petitions, nonresident status, medical leave, childbirth accommodation, etc.
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GradSupport provides one-on-one support for personal concerns including faculty/student relationships, changing your advisor, and excused absences.
Financial assistance
Emergency funding, Grant for Grad Students with Children, Guaranteed Transitional Support, Long-Term Financial Hardship Funding, and more
Communities & networks
Are you looking for a community to plug into? These pages will get you started with groups that support some of the many affinities at MIT.
News and Events
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In the Spotlight
“I have yet to meet a professor that cares more for their students”Associate Professor Daniel “Danny” Hidalgo, a political scientist who studies elections, democracy, and political behavior in Latin America, is honored as “Committed to Caring” for graduate student mentorship.
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From the Blog
Why Formula 1 is the perfect grad student sportI used to think Formula 1 was just very fast cars going around a track. This is technically true in the same way that a PhD is just “writing a dissertation.” Accurate, but missing almost everything interesting. Yes I know, F1 does not seem like the obvious grad student sport. It is glamorous, fancy, expensive, […]
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