<p>So I am a Taiwanese citizen living in the United States applying to MIT. I am applying for financial aid, but I am a bit confused as to how MIT wants me to submit my tax forms. IDOC claims that MIT wants to see my information through them, but the MIT website itself ([MIT</a> - Student Financial Services](<a href=“MIT Student Financial Services”>MIT Student Financial Services)) asks you to send it in to a certain address or email and does not mention IDOC for internationals. It does mention IDOC for residents though. How does this work? Will I be okay if I just use IDOC alone?
Thanks!</p>
<p>Presidont, I’m not from MIT, but I am sure that a 670 in CR is even more difficult than a 120 (max score) in the TOEFL (I took both). You should be fine.</p>
<p>Chris, would updating MIT about a new job [accountant and logistics advisor (basically work to doublecheck the business’ income by making a plethora of spreadsheets and help desk officers to operate their softwares) at a medical clinic] be worth it? Could it change anything?</p>
<p>My school offers BC Cal but I am only thinking of taking AB, would that be a strike against me towards admission?</p>
<p>^Why don’t you want to take BC? If you enjoy math at all, you’ll probably be disappointed to see that AB is essentially the same thing but without teaching a handful of topics. That’s how a friend of mine felt after choosing AB, and how I would probably feel too.</p>
<p>Then again, there are a lot of good reasons to not take it. I just wouldn’t recommend it if youre doing so out of laziness 
haha</p>
<p>I say take BC because the students in that class are generally more interesting to be around than students in AB.</p>
<p>Hi MITChris,</p>
<p>My child is applying to MIT, he attends a large school where a good number of kids apply to MIT. In one relevant subject, one of the teachers gives much harder tests and lower grades than the other teacher. I imagine the transcript does not communicate this and the school does not talk about this either. </p>
<p>Can this affect the chances of the kids that had the harder teacher?</p>
<p>I know one single grade probably doesn’t make a difference, but when this situation is repeated a few times, I wonder whether it might.</p>
<p>i mean…it’s possible. but we’ll probably care more about overall demonstrated academic preparation and LOR support.</p>
<p>also: the answer is ALWAYS take BC</p>
<p>lifeistooshort, what else do you expect MITChris to say without knowing how good your student is? If I were you, I’d suggest him/her take that course from the tough teacher and get a solid A in it. Getting a B instead would be a bad sign.</p>
<p>^I don’t agree that a B would be a bad sign. Lots of B’s … kind of a bad sign if you’re wanting to go to a school like MIT. One B? Not a bad sign.</p>
<p>Thanks MITChris and simplelife, this helps. </p>
<p>Lake 42ks: with this particular teacher I am mentioning, and a few other teachers in this large school, it is almost impossible to get an A, unless you are a genius in the subject. I don’t really like this grading system where in the same subject there is so much disparity among teachers, but I am glad to hear the entire context is taken into account.</p>
<p>^Ditto. I have a subject that varied greatly between 3 years (from a being in the 90s to the 70s then to the 90s again) due to the teacher. As far as I’ve found, all non-scientific grading is subjective. And brown-nosing works at our school, apparently, which makes me hate it all the more. Can’t wait for college where all this goes away.</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>Hah… haha… hah… yea, don’t get too excited. Sadly, teachers whose egos are easily tickled exist pretty much everywhere, college included (and subjective grading is a lot more prevalent there too).</p>
<p>Does anyone know how much an Athletic letter of support from the MIT Coach to admissions improve an applicants chances of admission into MIT? This would assume the applicant has competitive grades and test scores.</p>
<p>we already talk quite a bit with the coaches; probably not much.</p>
<p>Does the admissions office contact coaches on their own initiative or only in response to a Coach making an inquiry? My S is a lightweight rower and wants to continue rowing in college but I don’t know if filling out the questionnaire online (which is all he has done) would result in the coach contacting admissions (S was in a state champion boat and named by US Rowing as a scholar athlete but does not have a HYP recruiting erg score). Should he make some calls to the new lightweight coach?</p>
<p>you can certainly always contact a coach if you like.</p>
<p>Definitely contact the coach if you have any questions. E-mail addresses are found here: [MIT</a> Intercollegiate Athletics: Men’s Lightweight Crew](<a href=“http://mitathletics.com/sports/m-crewlt/coaches/index]MIT”>http://mitathletics.com/sports/m-crewlt/coaches/index)</p>
<p>Here’s a general question for Chris.</p>
<p>If a HS student has 4 years of French, instead of going on to AP French she wants to take a post-AP level chemistry course at a nearby college. Course or AP grade is not a concern here. Do you see a deficit in one or the other? Do whatever you want or stick to the language?</p>