<p>I'm a full International Baccalaureate diploma candidate applying to MIT this year from Europe. As an international applicant, I have never seen a single non-US IB full diploma candidate accepted by MIT. It seems that a lot of people outside US have the idea that IB is so good that will help them to be accepted by colleges in US. Well, this is certainly true for UK, where as long as you get super good scores on IB diploma (out of 45), you can virtually get into any good college in UK.</p>
<p>As such, any one knows any international applicant with a full IB diploma has ever got in to MIT?</p>
<p>I don't know about international IB students, but they do take lots of American IB students, and one of the admissions officers told me that full IB diploma > AP classes (though he was quick to say that most students don't have that option)
sorry I can't be more helpful</p>
<p>Yes Jack, I am an international EC, and I have seen IB students get in. The trick is that the international acceptance rate hovers around 4%, roughly 1 in every 27 applicants. Every international EC every year meets brilliant, talented, accomplished candidates who are not admitted. So while it is true that most international applicants with an IB are rejected, it is also true that most international applicants without an IB are rejected. I can tell you that I have certainly seen IB candidates accepted.</p>