What is MIT TechCASH?

What is MIT TechCASH?

TechCASH Services for the MIT Community DSL Business Services and Technology can help! The TechCASH Rewards and Recognition program allows MIT departments to deposit TechCASH funds directly onto the MIT ID cards or students or employees.

What is MIT Flex?

Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) allow MIT employees to contribute a predetermined percentage of pretax pay to an account that is then used to pay for qualifying expenses. MIT’s FSAs are administered by HealthEquity (formerly WageWorks).

Where are dining dollars accepted MIT?

Campus retail locations, house dining, and several off-campus locations all accept dining dollars for food and beverage purchases. Dining dollars come with a 5% discount (each $1.00 in purchase costs you . 95 cents in dining dollars) at on-campus dining locations.

Do freshman have to purchase a meal plan at MIT?

First-year students living in a residence hall with a dining hall are required to choose one of the minimum plans designated for first-year students, but may also choose to select a higher plan.

How can I get into MIT?

Some of the actionable steps that you can take in high school to increase your chances of gaining admission to MIT include the following:

1. Work hard to get top grades.
2. Take advanced placement courses to increase your GPA if your school uses weighted GPAs.
3. Take advanced courses even if your school doesn’t weight GPAs.

Is food free at MIT?

When you’re at MIT, you will find yourself surrounded by free food, whether it’s from group meetings, seminars, workshops, or even just because the Alumni Association or Graduate Student Council wants to feed hungry grad students.

Do freshmen have to live on campus at MIT?

MIT requires all first year students to live on campus for the duration of their first year at MIT. We do make rare exceptions to this policy, in cases where first year students are married or going to live full-time with their parent/guardian who reside in the Cambridge/Boston area.

Does MIT give free food?

Is it easier to get into MIT as a girl?

Far more men than women apply to enter the Massachusetts Institute of Technology every year. The imbalance produces a perennial gender gap: MIT’s admission rate for women is significantly higher.

How long is a semester at MIT?

There will be 64 class days in total, 14 weeks of instruction, a four-day reading period, and five-day final examination period. To enable returning students to test for Covid-19 and to quarantine, all instruction (graduate and undergraduate) will be delivered remotely during the first week of classes (September 1-7).

Are MIT dorms free?

Some residences have a $5–$6 monthly tax to cover residence hall social activities. Single student housing rates for the 2021–2022 academic year range from $884 to $2,274 per month, per student.

What is a techcash shared account?

A shared account allows the spouse or partner to draw on the student’s TechCASH Flex account for use at MIT laundries, so that the two need to maintain only one account. This option is also available for the spouses or partners of affiliates with Express accounts and employees with Payroll Deduction plans.

What happens to my techcash when I graduate or leave MIT?

When students graduate or leave MIT, TechCASH Flex accounts with balances over $25 will be refunded automatically. Please see the TechCASH Terms and Conditions page for more information. Students with MIT meal plans will also have separate Dining Dollars accounts.

How do I get Started with techcash flex?

Follow these instructions to get started with TechCASH! Every student is assigned a TechCASH Flex account automatically upon enrollment at MIT. To get started, you will need to add funds to your account, so click here to get started or manage your account. Funds can be added by credit card or student billing deposits.

How do I open a payroll deduction plan for techcash?

MIT employees can open payroll deduction plans for TechCASH. A payroll deduction allows employees to use their MIT ID card to make TechCASH purchases, the cost of which are then deducted from their next paychecks. To open a payroll deduction plan, please fill out the following form.