<p>Do you know any international student who was admitted without all the research experience and olympiad stuff??
(I am going to give it a try even if there is none, but just wanted to know if there is any...)
Although I don't have Olympiad level competitions, I do have some awards in music, essay and math(up til AIME and Oregon Invitational Competition)
Do any of you think that gives me some chance without the olympiads??</p>
<p>I do know for sure one international student who got in without research/olympiads. I'm sure I know more, but once you get to MIT you don't spend too much time sitting around talking about what you did in high school. :)</p>