<p>The MIT website says they accepted 1% of students who did not opt for an interview. Im a US citizen living abroad, how would i get an interview? Would my chances drop to near zero?</p>
<p>Is Skype an option?</p>
<p>What source are you looking at? Usually that people who interview and the people who had an interview waived are listed together, and the people who don’t seek an interview are listed separately. They don’t hold it against you if you can’t get an interview.</p>
<p>it’s listed on their admissions page</p>
<p>^ If you’re referencing a particular stat, it’s good practice to include your source rather than have other people dig around for it.</p>
<p>We try to arrange Skype interviews for people located overseas. And if you can’t arrange an interview, we don’t hold it against you.</p>
<p>There are interviewers all over the place. From the Northern Mariana Islands to Zambia MIT has Educational Councillors. That being said, there are always places where there are either no interviewers. Therefore MIT may waive the interview. The low percentage chance for admission relates to those who were offered an interview but who choose not to accept it.</p>
<p>Is that 1% thing really true? @_@</p>
<p>I thought Julliard was the toughest to get into…</p>
<p>What kind of students are those? The ones who will invent time travel and anti matter space lasers?</p>
<p>Those students probably aren’t the top applicants, as odd as that sounds, since there are plenty of really smart people that want to apply to MIT. I’d wager that they are probably URMs who apply to MIT on a whim and then get accepted.</p>
<p>They are probably people who apply to MIT on a whim and get accepted, but I wouldn’t bet on most being URM.</p>
<p>I myself was accepted without an interview, and I’m white.</p>
<p>My apologies for inadvertently politicizing my post, and point taken. Perhaps they are the top applicants, but I would think that a top applicant would tend know that getting an interview would give them a better chance than not.</p>
<p>My goodness, huehuehue32. I’m not sure if you’re aware, but some of the things you’re saying are massively offensive.</p>
<p>Sorry, sorry. I try, but tact is not my strong suit. Apologies to any and all offended. Didn’t mean to insinuate that anybody- URM or molliebatmit - wasn’t a good student.</p>
<p>If I am correct, those stats are for people who choose not to do an interview, but I think the people who wanted an interview but were waived are not included in those statistics. I also think that MIT offers Skype interviews so if you want an interview you may be able to do it that way.</p>
<p>“Interviews are strongly recommended. In fact, last year, of eligible applicants, we admitted 10.8% of those who had an interview (or who had their interview waived) but only 1% of those who chose not to interview.”</p>
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