Honesly, @isitan, none of us at College Confidential can possible know if MIT will accept you or not – we are just presenting our views about the matter at hand. We are not the all-knowing, all-powerful Gods of collegiate admissions.
I have no idea about how the Turkish educational system works, but the admissions officers certainly must have some insight about it to understand and see your scores and GPA as they are meant to be. They will definitely consider your improvement, how challenging was your coursework, your life story, among many other things that makes the MIT admission process an “holistic review” – but again, that’s not a guarantee of neither admission nor rejection.
We are all hoping for the best here!
By the way, when will you be graduating from high school? If you don’t get into MIT this year, why don’t you try again the next, if that’s really your dream? You could then spend this gap year to resume the research your were conducting, improve your SAT scores, get involved into some new clubs and organizations…
If there is a dearth of clubs in your country can you start a club yourself? Leadership skill are looked at very favorably in schools like MIT. There must be many others with similar interests to you in your country that would be happy to join a club of like minded student.
Been lurking on this thread a few times and finally decided to add my 2 cents worth.
OP; Is there a possibility? Yes, there always will be a possibility. Is there a probability? No, probably not; even just beyond the typical long odds of an international student.
If MITChris can’t define what criteria there is for admittance (because there isn’t one) then no one can tell you the formula for admittance.
If I were to make a criteria, then I would admit those that took the best advantage of whatever opportunities came their way (however many or how few they were). After all, what does going to MIT really amount to but a great opportunity. The resources available are beyond question some of the greatest opportunities that one can get out of a college. Why not admit those that have a PROVEN RECORD of doing the most with what they have been offered?
For my way of thinking, you may have had family issues, but you should have been able to set those aside and do better in school; keeping a good GPA over the long term. You should have realized the differences in SAT prep and filled in the gaps. And so forth. Finally getting it together for one year is not a proven track record. Four years at MIT is hard. There will be issues that come up and you have to work thru them, not just make excuses…
You may be smart and can ultimately do well in life. MIT isn’t the only place to get an education in engineering if that is what you want. My advice is to work hard and you will be rewarded. Don’t work hard and the reward is different.
I will graduate next June.