Chance international junior from Korea

Colleges and Universities A-Z Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Hi I’m an international student in South Korea currently enrolled as a junior.
I just want to see if i am on the right track before I apply next year. I plan to apply for statistics, and you can be really brutally honest with me. So these are my stats/ECs:

Info: Junior attending international school in South Korea, Male
SAT 1550 (750/800, only thing that bothers me is that I took the SAT four times)
SAT Subject Math 2C, phys, chem 800
GPA: 4.0/4.0 for all three years
AP: Our school is an IB school but I just took two APs, (Calc BC, Phys II) and received 5 for both
High school students can’t be enrolled in univ courses in Korea, but I instead 15 certificates in EdX data science and engineering courses

ECs:
Talent Medal of Korea Semifinalist (The equivalent to presidential scholars in the US)
[STEM-RELATED]
Awards in math modeling & physics research competitions like HiMCM, IMMC, KSEF (Korean Regional of ISEF)
USAMO Qualifier (But I couldn’t take it because I don’t have an American citizenship) and
Research intern in local university with a professor (I recently started this)
10+ awards in math olympiads
School Math club president, STEM Magazine editor-in-chief, Statistics club president
Participated in Korean Math Circle
Taught math to middle school students every week (Not sure if this can also be CS?)
Camps: Berkeley Math Circle Summer Camp as student grader, Stanford Precollegiate, AwesomeMath Summer camp
[Debate]
Lots of awards in 20+ International competitions, Ranked one of the highest in the country
President of school debating club, Taught debate to middle school students every week, found&organized a pretty big online debate competition, wrote a few ebooks on debating
[Community Service]
Founder and leader of junk art project to improve the environment
Tutored math for children in local orphanage
Delivered policy proposal to Korean government on treatment of homeless and wrote guideline on refugee settlement in korea
Organized campaigns in school eco-club to improve the environment
Translated children’s books for underprivileged children
[Leadership]
School Council during freshman&sophomore year, Currently school prefect, dormitory captain
[Atheletics]
School Badminton Team during freshman&soph yr, Taekwondo 4th-degree black belt with 8+ years of commitment (I work out at the gym a lot, but I’m not that good at sports. I wonder if there would be a way to make more ECs in this area?)

  • other awards in writing like the NYT student review contest, etc

What would be my chances of getting admitted and how could I improve my chance? Again, you can just be brutally honest with me, since I just want to know if I am on the right track.

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Your academic and EC credentials look fantastic!
You should be a very competitive applicant for any college to which you apply! Best of luck!

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I agree that you are a very strong student and a very competitive applicant for any university, including MIT.

However, most applicants to MIT are also very strong. It is definitely a reach for any applicant.

You should google “applying sideways, MIT”, or follow this link:

What it is going to recommend appears to be what you have done, which is do what makes sense for you and be exceptional at whatever you do.

I think that MIT is worth an application but is a reach. Most excellent applicants are rejected. I also think that you are likely to continue to do very well wherever you end up. Best wishes.