<p>^Think you’re right. Maybe he expects emails from September.</p>
<p>^I agree with resilient, and personally recommend checking out the interview guide stickied at the top of this forum. ;)</p>
<p>Does specifying where your parents attended grad school help give context to the applicant or is only the level of education considered?</p>
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Your EC’s email address is @mit.edu? Not @alum.mit.edu?</p>
<p>I didn’t know that ECs got @mit.edu addresses.</p>
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What do you mean, like if your parents went to Yale law school over a different law school adcoms would view that in a different context? I doubt it</p>
<p>Would applying through Questbridge make it harder to get into MIT?</p>
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No, if you’re not selected through the college match program, your application is moved into the EA pool and you’re considered like a normal EA applicant.</p>
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<p>I would also like to know this.</p>
<p>^^ Actually it was @alum.mit.edu. I said mit.edu because it still had the mit.edu part at the end. </p>
<p>Jimmy I’ve already checked and appreciated your interview guide. 
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<p>It is very nice of you to take the initiative to collect and post info before you’ve actually even had your interview. :d</p>
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Pretty much any activity you do in the summer is a “summer activity”
Anything that you do in the summer for which you are paid for is “summer employment”
I would put it as employment since you got paid for.</p>
<p>(Unless you meant exclusive or-ing… but I doubt it… please ignore this :D)</p>
<p>I’m sorry if this has been asked or answered so many times, but does MIT really not consider the writing section of the SAT I?
And would qualifying for the USAMO be considered a good hook (even if you don’t do so well on it)?</p>
<p>@ Krazy
No they don’t consider the writing section. But they “see” it.
Read this thread by an MIT admin officer: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/massachusetts-institute-technology/973540-statement-writing-sat-ii.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/massachusetts-institute-technology/973540-statement-writing-sat-ii.html</a></p>
<p>And what do you mean qualify for USAMO? Did you make it to the camp?
That’d be a great hook (although it won’t get you in by itself) even if you didn’t do so well on it.</p>
<p>If they don’t consider the SAT writing what don’t they consider on the ACT?</p>
<p>Thank you, resilient193. No, I’m trying to qualify for USAMO this year. If by camp you mean MOP, there is no way I can make it there haha (started studying a bit late).</p>
<p>the first short answer question on section 1 is limited to 100 words, but i can’t possibly fit in what i have to say in 100 words, so i’m submitting a ~500 word essay in section 9. no gimmicks, no superfluous information, just what i really have to say from the bottom of my heart. you guys wouldn’t care, would you?</p>
<p>@matthew0820 - </p>
<p>We won’t ding you for it, but recognize that your 500 word essay is doubling the length of time an admissions officer has to spend on your application. Could you really not have said what you wished to say in the five short answer essays? Good writing is brevity. </p>
<p>@pow3rbook - </p>
<p>Yes, we read them all.</p>
<p>Hello, my name is Chan. I’m an international student who has lived in the U.S. for over 5 years now. I’m currently under my parents’ E-2 Visa as a minor and I’ll be switching my status to I-20 when I graduate from high school.</p>
<p>I went to the Admissions Conference held at Yale via the College Prep scholarship, and
I got to meet with an Admissions staff, but I lost his card.
(I’m assuming that it was McGreggor Crowley, but I’m not 100% sure)</p>
<p>Anyways, when I asked him about financial aid options for international students, he said that as long as I had an ARN (Alien Registration Number), I can still be considered for financial aid in the College Match process.</p>
<p>There’s no doubt that I’ll have my ARN, (or even a SSN because the boys and girls club that I work as as a volunteer at could sponsor me) by the time I enter college.
But I won’t have it by the time I apply for the National College Match scholarship, and
if I choose MIT (or any other colleges that don’t offer financial aids to international studnets easily), I’d get automatic deferrals.</p>
<p>Out of all the colleges that offer financial aids to international students also, there’s only one place that I’d choose for the Match (Yale).
However, I really want to go to MIT, even if that means I’ll have to pay some tuition while I could attend another good college with a full scholarship.
I read that when a student is deferred from the Match, he/she is automatically considered for Early action/decision before being forwarded to the Regular decision table.
But I’m wondering if that’s still true for international students also.</p>
<p>Could you give me a suggestion on what I should do regarding my application? or
if you’re not familiar with Questbridge, could you guide me to the right person to talk to?</p>
<p>Thank you,
-Chan</p>
<p>MIT does actually meet full financial need for both domestic and international students, and is need-blind in admissions – you would not be deferred for Questbridge because you are an international needing financial aid.</p>
<p>I don’t know if an international student who was not matched with MIT via Questbridge would be considered EA (because at MIT, international students may only apply RD), but perhaps MITChris will stop by and answer this question.</p>
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<p>What exactly should I fill there?</p>
<p>Thank you:)</p>
<p>@Kamchankang
Hey, also applying through QuestBridge. I’ve had contact with MIT’s QuestBridge team here: <a href=“mailto:questbridgeinfo@mit.edu”>questbridgeinfo@mit.edu</a>
Best of luck to you!</p>