Can I get into MIT? Cornell ED? Stanford?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Hi,
Belows are my stats. Hope you can help me:

School applying to: ED Cornell, MIT, Uchicago, some other safety schools
RD: Stanford, Harvard, Harvey Mudd, Bucknell

Personal Information:
Race: Asian, International student from Vietnam
Expected contribution: 20k
Hooks: Not much, except for being International, which will get me advantages in some small schools
Majoring in Computer Science
School is private. Very challenging (boarding so we have HW session to at least 10PM everyday, most work until after 12 AM.) but very new so no one know of it yet :frowning:

Test:
ACT: 35 (34,36,33,36) 11 writing
SAT II: 800 Maths 2 + Chemistry, 790 Physics
Toefl: 109
School work: British curriculum: A Level Maths: A; AS Physics: A; AS Chem: A, Taking further Maths this year.
Predicted for AL Physics and Chem are both A
Also take some school-specific courses. Mostly Vietnamese humanities subjects. All As in them. In grade 10 got some Bs.

Honors:
AMC/AIME: 103.5/6
Got Silver medal in National Maths competition, but in grade 9
Ranked 17th in Social Science in WSC in Yale (grade 11)
Ranked 1 in high school entrance examination (regional)
Got full scholarship for my high school (approx 30k/ year)

ECs:

  • leader in the development of an app that teaches students A Level Maths. Got 6000 users first month
  • Vice president math club
  • work in the student council
  • Worked in an organization that hold mun and some other competition (about 500 participants per year)
  • I really like online learning. Completed a few online MIT courses and Stanford courses on Edx and Coursera on computer programming and Machine learning (on going for ML)
  • Do volunteer work where I went to a poor village and teach kids there how to do Maths.

Work:
Intern at 2 company.
One was a small one, where I worked for 2 summers
Another one was a very big cooperation, I worked in IT but only 1 summer

Essays:
I don’t really know. I’m not that good at writing actually. The essays sound quite boring. Would love it if someone can inbox me and give it a look.

I’m not looking to show off or anything. I really hope you guys can comment on my application.
I do heard that many Asian-American are discriminated against in terms of college admission. I’m not sure if that apply to international students as well. Thanks in advance. Your help means a lot to me.

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No Olympiad. International? Need alot of aid? No hook?

You have no chance tbh. Even for the Harvey Mudd one.

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You have excellent stats. But AS YOU KNOW you are applying to some of the most competitive schools in the US with single digit acceptance rates for international students. If you’re serious about studying in America, you must apply to some schools that are less selective. And you must have a back up plan in Vietnam, or elsewhere.

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I think you are a competitive candidate. Everyone’s chances at the schools you listed are very slim, but your stats are in the range of those who will get accepted. The other posters are correct in that you need likely schools and a backup or two in your own country.

You can contribute $20K per year, correct? Most international students are full pay, but a partial scholarship is workable if you aren’t too picky.

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MIT and harvard are among the few US schools that are need blind for internationals.