<p>Hi, I am a 19 year-old hispanic student who graduated high school a couple of years ago, and since I can't afford college in my country I thought that applying to a school in the USA was a good idea.</p>
<p>I've taken the SAT's already and these are my scores:
SAT Reasoning Test: 2230
CR: 760
M: 740
W:730</p>
<p>Bio: 770
Chemistry:780
Spanish:800</p>
<p>This is the rest of my info:
- Rank 1/40
- Founder of the science club
- President of the school
- National Youth Science Camp peruvian delegate 2009
- Captain of the soccer team
- Regional Youth Councelor Avanzada Catolica (Catholic group).
- Medical assistant for 30 months.
- First generation high school graduate and college student(hopefully).
- A lot of community service including 5 trips to poorest areas of my country bringing food, clothes and medical care (each trip 2-5 weeks long)
-18/20 GPA.
-Half orphan(is that the term??)
AP's and Honor Classes not available.
Work experience:
- Construction worker for 2 years
- Peer tutor since I was 12(this was actually a job because i got paid to do it, i think some people in the US do it for free, not the case)
- Basic science and math private tutor for 2 years
- Family annual income: < $6000</p>
<p>I am planning to major in Biochemistry and i will apply for financial aid, I would really appreciate if someone could chance me for MIT, i need a math subject test, right? but should I even apply? Am I being unrealistic? Any honest opinion will be welcome. Thanks in advance :).</p>
<p>Any chance thread is useless at actually giving you any decent expectation of your chances. That being said, a few purely factual observations can be made:</p>
<p>The fact that you need aid is irrelevant. MIT is one of the six schools in the US that is both need-blind for all admissions and promises to meet the full financial need of all applicants for 4 years. Financial position is totally irrelevant in MIT admissions, and if you need the MIT admissions fee waiver, then take the waiver. Nobody will think any less of you, nor will it affect your chances of admission in any way. Yes MIT does require a Math SAT2 Subject test. I do not know if the college board offers a fee waiver.</p>
<p>Beyond that, nobody on this board, certainly including me, can say anything meaningful about anyone’s chances (barring the odd applicant with a transcript filled with D’s and F’s)… I will however point out that if you are seriously interested in MIT, that last year MIT accepted 0% of those who did not apply.</p>
<p>Don’t misquote me. There are quite a few schools that give generous financial aid to international students. Schools as diverse as Williams College, Middlebury College, Lawrence University, Mount Holyoke College, Connecticutt College, Colby College, Wesleyan University, Swarthmore College, Colgate University, St. Lawrence University all have a track record of giving tremendously generous aid to internationals. Swarthmore for example, picks several internationals each year to whom they give pretty much a full ride.</p>
<p>What I said was something quite different. I said that there are only six schools that make two simultaneous promises: 1) that they will be need-blind for admissions, that is to say that a students ability to pay will not be considered in making an admissions decision and 2) that they will guarantee to meet all admitted students full financial need for four years. Indeed at MIT, and most of the six, aid is merit-blind. That is to say, there are no academic scholarships, or other merit aid. The only criteria is the student’s financial need.</p>
<p>The six schools are: MIT, Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Dartmouth and Amherst.</p>