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Also, is it true that intl. or even local RSI applicants are >95% of the time, accepted at MIT?? Has this been true regarding MIT intl. admissions specifically from India in the past few years????
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I'm not sure about RSI.. but for intel, I would say only the top finalists will have that kinda percentage rate at MIT. In harvard this year, they rejected 2 intel finalists (i think one guy came 2nd).. which is um.. very.. wow.
I dont think just-participating in the competitions, RSI and Intel will get you anywhere near that kinda admit rate.
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If I read your lingo correctly, does it mean that MIT and all accept more intls. than they do local students from top US schools... or is it something else???
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No!!! only in a blue moon would that ever happen!
Intel students will ALWAYS have a disadvantage to u.s citizens. Unless you recieved a noble prize or something. and im not even sure if that's possible.</p>
<p>what is the situation like for indians living abroad with, say, (like me) british citizenship? are you regarded as another indian in an overcrowded indian pool, or in a british pool (which i dont think is as competitive).</p>
<p>MR_JR you're British obviously, unless you have a dual citizenship. Brown skin maketh an Indian not. However I have a feeling that with an Indian sounding name it might automatically become hard.</p>
<p>mr_jr, if you have studied in Britain for a number of years and have graduated highschool there, you'll be in the british pool, which also is divided into subpools.</p>
<p>Mr.J, I dunno really about the subpools, but there are lots of applicants from UK (largest pool from Europe). Last year, a national level musician with a 1390 SAT I, 720/mid-low 600s on 2 other SAT IIs got into Harvard RD, but i personally know some people from Eton who applied with super high scores and got rejected.</p>
<p>Its defintiely nowhere near the load of asians going. My friends who have got far lower scores than everyone in my school, me included have gotten in places like stanford and Harvard, by virtue of having studied in England.</p>
<p>The UK is a strange pool to be applying from. If you are a great student coming from a puffed up school that lives in its own world you can forget admission to anywhere. The US is interested in quality education not stories about " great British schools" nobody cares in the US for the british brochure. Also though Americans say they respect the IBAC everyone knows its a joke so that is another problem. They live for that final number and the rest of the education process is a float basically. Most of the IBAC students couldnt survive a week in the American AP system- way too difficult for them. Many English speaking overseas students score poorly on American tests etc and this is a real problem regarding admission also they have zero ec's. I think the real issue is which school did you apply from- is it a real academic institution ( by American standards) or a babysitting service. If the school is a fake stay where you are and apply within the English system dont even bother to dream about the great college life in the US. I was offered an opportunity abroad- NO WAY - I visited oxbridge and you know it was a decrepit dump- the kids were miserable. I just hope for your sake you can get into a US school Id go to Iowa rather than stay in europe.</p>
<p>"oh so you're british havaldaar? I'm guessing then you're in a situation similar to mine. Are you in year 13 at the moment then?"</p>
<p>Ummm no, I did study there for two years, but that was a long time ago. I'm talking about mates who went from here in India to boarding schools in England.
Anyways these friends beat out the friends I have here, in terms of admission.</p>