<p>Hello.</p>
<p>I am apllying to MIT (MIT=Massachusetts Institute of Technology). I have Honourable mention from International Mathematical Olympiad. I need need-base finnacial aid. Do I have chance to make MIT?</p>
<p>(I would be an international student)</p>
<p>We don’t know without knowing the rest of your profile.</p>
<p>However, certainly, having been successful in the IMO will help you. 
Do keep in mind that international admissions to MIT are extremely competitive, somewhat more so than domestic admissions.</p>
<p>If you want to know more, I suggest reading the MIT board, and possibly posting there with more information.</p>
<p>Like jessie said IMO will help, but without good SAT scores, good ECs, good GPA and rank it won’t make a difference. You should try to create a chances thread in the chances forum with full stats.</p>
<p>If you made the IMO, you have excellent chances at making MIT right off the bat. If your scores and grades are decent I would be shocked if you didn’t make it into MIT; IMO is one of the things they really look at. There is the unpredictable factor of int’l FA, however.</p>
<p>What is ECs?</p>
<p>extra curriculars. you know, things you do outside of school… clubs are a good example.</p>
<p>I’m not an international, but I am just curious. When everyone says that it is harder for an international applicant to get in, is it because the international field is stronger or do colleges usually restrict the number of international applicants that get in.</p>
<p>HiPeople: from all accepted applicants, usually about 10% are international students</p>
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<li>Because schools wants money, the US government doesn’t give any money for international, and most international applicants can’t pay. 2. Of those who can pay, many cannot compete with US students or other internationals. 3. Students don’t want a huge international population.</li>
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<p>It is interesting, from what I understand, that Canadians aren’t considered international? I guess it’s because frankly very few would get in with competition from all the Asian applicants with 20 APs, 2300+ SATs, and IMO, ICO, or IPO awards.</p>
<p>Omg … I would be SO happy if I got a honorable (honourable) mention at IMO!!! CONGRATS … it’s a great accomplishment and certainly it adds to your MIT app … you’re among the best in the world at math!</p>
<p>Of course, it doesn’t GUARANTEE admission at MIT … you’ll need to be well-rounded and if you’re need-based your chances will go down b/c you’re an international, albeit an incredibly talented one. But as for chances … I can’t put it in numbers because it’s such an unpredictable one, but I’ll say that you have a better chance at MIT than I did and I’m a US student! (I only qualified for AIME which is the round before the USAMO … then sucked … oh well it was a great challenge to experience)</p>
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<p>I read something about that earlier this year … I don’t remember where and I don’t remember the exact stats, but I believe the thing said that the admit rate is about half the domestic rate for internationals. It also depends on some countries too … I read elsewhere that foreign countries with strong educational systems like Singapore won’t be at as great of a disadvantage.</p>
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<p>In this economic environment, schools will want more students to pay full tuition, and since admission for domestic students is need-blind, it’ll be harder to get in for need-based internationals indeed.</p>