<p>Marcelo, as MITChris, who is an admissions officer said so eloquently <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/massachusetts-institute-technology/939227-reminder-no-one-not-even-me-can-give-you-accurate-chance-mit.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/massachusetts-institute-technology/939227-reminder-no-one-not-even-me-can-give-you-accurate-chance-mit.html</a></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>