<p>I am an international student and really want to transfer to MIT. I am now a freshman in a college and plan to transfer to MIT for my sophomore year.
Ethnicity : Asian
Major : Mechanical Engineering
TOEFL IBT: 97
SAT II : Math I 790; Math II 800; Physics 760</p>
<p>GPA :
Freshman Fall Term: 4.0 (Calc I, Chem I, College Writing, Computer Programming) 16 credits</p>
<p>Job: Janitor in college(12 hours per week)
Volunteer(total 18 hours): M-2 Visitation(Visit inmate in prison once a month)
Numana meal Packaging
Several other volunteerings</p>
<p>EC: Chess in high school(1 year)
Soccer in high school(2 years)</p>
<p>Is there any advice to improve the chance to be accepted in MIT?? Please recommend me other good universities for engineering.</p>
<p>I’m not that great at chancing, but I can give you some advice. I think your ECs are a bit weak. If you do any academic competitions or research, you should mention it. If you haven’t done any, you should really try to participate in some.</p>
<p>I’m no expert, but I’d say that MIT is still a reach school for you (unless if they favor college transfer students), although schools on that caliber are a reach for practically anyone. As jsun said, boost your EC’s. You can always go to MIT for your graduate degree, which will give you time to build up a strong resume.</p>
<p>Go accomplish something other than schoolwork. Conduct private research etc. Thats the kind of thing you need on a resume. </p>
<p>Right now, I don’t see a reason why you would want to go to MIT… what kind of research have you conducted or interested in? you have to let them know…</p>
<p>Well you need to take the SAT I, and MIT strongly recommends that you take college level calculus-based physics, so I would be sure to do that. You should also try to take a college level biology course, though that isn’t as vital as physics.</p>
<p>I took the SAT I already. I got 1700ish and because i’m a non-native English speaker, I can choose between the TOEFL and SAT I. As my SAT I score is really low, I decided to just sent them my TOEFL score. Do you think it is better for me to send them my SAT I score too? or is it better if I retake the SAT I? I’m taking the College Physics II this spring term. Thanks a lot.</p>