<p>Well I am an International Applicant from India.
Have done my schooling in Kuwait frm KG to Grade 7.
From Grade 8 to Grade 10 in Dubai.
Grade 11 in Kuwait.
I am going to grade 12
My SAT Scores are 1760(Relatively low)
Math: 700
CR: 560
Writing:500(Darn)
GPA: Between 3.5 & 3.8
My EC's are:
Inter-school Cricket Player(Player of Tournament)
Inter-house Basketball Player
Inter-school Quizzer(Achieved 1st Position Twice & 4th Position Once.Semi-finalist all over UAE)
Participated in Science Exhibition.
Participated in Languages Exhibition.
Member of School Panel Discussion Team
School Prefect.</p>
<p>I intend to give SAT Subject Tests this year & the TOEFL.</p>
<p>Do I stand any chance?
Can a high toefl offset my low CR & Writing score?</p>
<p>I won’t chance you, however I will share some knowledge :)</p>
<p>A high toefl doesn’t matter as it is merely a way to prove that you will be able to use the language.</p>
<p>MIT doesn’t require you to take a SAT test if you’re an international applicant so my guess is it’s not THAT important that you got a low score, I would still send the score. I sent my ACT score which wasn’t that great although I didn’t need to. You probably won’t loose anything by submitting it.</p>
<p>And f.y.i., MIT does clearly state that applying for financial aid won’t hurt you chances.</p>
<p>A high TOEFL score DOES matter, particularly in your case.
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<p>YES, I think so. above 100 of TOEFL ibt is competitive, and you don’t have to send your SAT I scores.
You have to send the subject tests though. One science and one Math 1 or Math 2.</p>
<p>i am not sure about SAT and TOEFL, but it will probably especially when you are an international student, make sure to study hard!
All your other stats are good, school prefect, wow! </p>
<p>ps: i loved to play cricket when i lived in India!</p>
<p>As long as your TOEFL score is over or equal to the recommended score of 100 (iBT) you will be ok. Having a higher score, say 110, doesn’t help you more than having 100. At least that’s how I understood it.</p>
<p>I believe School prefect is not wow!, any1 can be. </p>
<p>Well, yes, but, only one person gets to have the title… :)<br>
And plus, it was a harder in the school that I went to in India because we also had to have really good grades and so I was assuming it was like that elsewhere in India.</p>
<p>“And f.y.i., MIT does clearly state that applying for financial aid won’t hurt you chances.”</p>
<p>I thought that was just for domestic applicants, not international students. Correct me if I’m wrong.</p>
<p>I think the most troubling thing about the application is the 700 math SAT score, even though the 700 may be due to language problems interfering with your ability to solve the math word problems. I wouldn’t worry about the verbal and writing too much as I think they don’t expect a high score out of international applicants. Otherwise, they wouldn’t accept the TOEFL. </p>
<p>International applications are harder and the admit pool is highly enriched in superstar applicants (international math olympiad winners, for instance.) However, it is worth applying as you do have a reasonably competitive profile. This is, of course, assuming that your GPA is extremely high with respect to your peers. I can’t evaluate it without knowing an approximate rank.</p>
<p>@collegealum314: As I’ve said in an other thread, winning an IMO or iPho is a good EC’s and It can help you to be admitted; but there are so many factors, for example I met a person here on MIT’s forum that had a bronze IMO medal and a great SAT score, but he wasn’t admitted, maybe because he had not EC’s, he was a math nerd. Instead at the same time I met here babo90 who took the SAT and got a 1900/2400, but he was in math national team and got a IMO medal, he was admitted.
So there aren’t criteria to be admitted.</p>