<p>at MIT it does not all depend on marks but on smartness.
This was told by my friend who is in MIT.</p>
<p>an MIT admission Councillor told me that you have to be 1 in 1000 to consider your application.</p>
<p>Akietta … what your friend said might be right but considering the fact it works “AT” MIT … That’s true that we have to be 1 in a 1000 to be a part of MIT … But the question is that other applicants naturally set the stakes too high for others to be even considered ??</p>
<p>MIT already said that they dont want NERD’s, but NERD’s can only figure out admission in MIT.</p>
<p>Well well … I think I need an explanation in here !!!</p>
<p>@JainAman14 have you applied in MIT.</p>
<p>There is a thing on CC called Private Messages. Use it.</p>
<p>Wait a second Aman, do you have any factual data that only medal-earned students from India have been accepted into MIT?</p>
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medal earned Indian?</p>
<p>@Dialga … umm well if you have read the first page of this post than kinda … some of my seniors did tell me about this year, in specific, that this is true. Cannot say of the previous years but I do know someone who got in without medal considering his exceptional circumstances. So yes and no both. BTW can I know the reason for this question ?</p>
<p>@akietta … no reply on email no reply on PM …</p>
<p>Ah Akietta, I mean Indians who have won medals. Sorry for the confusion.</p>
<p>Jain, I’m pretty sure MIT admits something around 20-25 Indians as undergraduates. And I’d have liked to see some factual evidence, not something your seniors said to you. But Aman, I’m sure medals are not important in admissions. I understand your dilemma that there are, unfortunately, no big competitions in Computer Sciences in India. But to prove your mettle, to show that you have a passion for CS, you can always create programs and talk about them in your app. Or perhaps, if you’re a Web designer/developer you can link to your web apps. Remember though, being in India, there are no lack of opportunities. Try to go out of your way and search for any competitions or anything related to CS. I’m from India as well, so if you could provide me information on the city you reside in (through PM/mail), I think I could help you.</p>
<p>But yes, you CAN get into MIT. But because you can’t win medals, try to do something that shows that you have the passion for CS.</p>
<p>Now trust me when I say this, hypothetically speaking, let’s say you have applied to MIT along with someone who has won a medal. MIT will look completely at the application. It won’t DEFER you just because you don’t have a medal, but the other person does. In your application, it will look for your “match” with MIT. (Check this out: [The</a> Match Between You And MIT | MIT Admissions](<a href=“http://mitadmissions.org/apply/process/match]The”>What we look for | MIT Admissions) ). So use that as a guide, and remember to show your passion by things like stuff you’ve created (programs, code snippets, some cool script etc.)</p>
<p>And you KEEP SAYING there are " no Indians who have gotten into MIT without a medal." How do you know that’s true? WE DON’T HAVE THE INFORMATION. What your seniors say to you, might not be true at all. </p>
<p>Now look, let’s just ASSUME that MIT does only admit Indians with medals. Now think about that for a second, why do you think the reason could be? I’ll tell you. There is not much else that Indians provide to the admission officers (you won’t see an Indian teen create a new awesome start-up, that value system does not exist in India) and that’s why all the students from India who do apply for MIT have only ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS. In India, you won’t see much emphasis on extra-currics. All these amazingly medal owning kids from India have probably devoted all their time to advance their knowledge, to get into those elite IITs. Now looking at you, if there is something NEW or UNIQUE about you, something really great (supported by excellent academics) then you have a great chance at MIT. </p>
<p>Good luck :)</p>
<p>@Dialga - Jain routinely ignores people who know what they’re talking about. Don’t bang your head against the wall too hard.</p>
<p>@Dialga and only Dialga if everyone is okay with that …</p>
<p>Well as for the first statement, MIT takes about 4-5 students from India each year not 20-25 as the factual data from the registrar’s site says that almost 30 students from India are a part of MIT from all 4 college years and like I said the data is true for the class of 2015 and I am not sure for anytime before that. Well I understood each and every point you and if you have read all the replies I guess you would have found out I certainly did this a long time ago. And as you said I am all the more glad to talk this out on a more thorough note as yo said and you can see for your self too that not many people like the “wall banging” efforts. So I will PM you as soon as possible … </p>
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<p>@PiperXP … This almost (not wholly but almost) made my day hours before my Chemistry Practical so thank you for that one !!! I am indebted to you for this … :)</p>
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<p>Haha, sure :)</p>
<p>Aman, yes, sorry for the confusion, 25-30 is the total number of Indian UGs. But could you possibly link me to an official MIT site which holds the data for the 2015 batch? As in how many Indians have been admitted.</p>
<p>Well as I said its 4 … there is no data available for the admits over any MIT’s site … But sure I’ll try to find a link for you …</p>
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<p>… if you intend to send a message to only one user, please use PM’s.</p>
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<p>You’re welcome!</p>
<p>well the same ideac came to me afterwards of sendin the PM so I didn’t reply to the length that was required. Also it was not worth subjecting to the user is not what I thought it would be … And please don’t it. :D</p>
<p>^ You mentioned PMing in the same message.</p>