<p>This might be a good moment to remind people that on the internet, nobody knows you’re a dog.</p>
<p>Chris is, of course, authoritative – he has the “college rep” designation under his username because our site owner has contacted him and verified that he’s really Chris, and that he’s an MIT admissions officer. </p>
<p>Through my eight gazillion posts, I hope I have some reason to convince you that I am really Mollie, alum and former blogger. I don’t have much (if any) insider info on admissions, but I have been around CC for many years, and am a crack finder of information on the MIT blogs. I have met Chris, and we have had discussions about CC, so I can vouch for his existence as he can vouch for mine.</p>
<p>I can also vouch for a number of the current students and alums who post here – PiperXP, LauraN, oasis, (probably others), whom I’ve met in real life. Mikalye is an honest-to-goodness EC, as I’ve had discussions about him with Kim, the EC coordinator. collegealum314, k4r3n, and CalAlum have been around here for a long time and give consistent, helpful advice, and although I haven’t met them, I believe they are who they say they are.</p>
<p>Anybody else could be anybody else. To put a finer point on it, I would appreciate if people would be clear about the context from which they answer questions, please.</p>
<p>Mollie - I know in the other threads we are all giving out answers. This one clearly states MIT FAQ with answers by Chris and I kind of know some of you represent MIT too. Since it states FAQ, I really would like to ensure whatever is mentioned is somewhat a point of view that is backed by MIT in some official capacity.</p>
<p>is there a preference over the ACT or the SAT? I’m guessing no, but I want to make sure. I’ve also heard that MIT does not consider the SAT writing section. Is that correct?</p>
<p>Texaspg, that is how I view this thread, too - a place for me to handle frequently-asked factual questions, and for Chris to answer questions and offer broader guidance as his schedule permits.</p>
<p>MIT has not considered the SAT writing section in the past, but it’s always possible they could decide to do so. They have not made an announcement regarding the upcoming admissions cycle.</p>
<p>Hi I am Shahariar- an international student. I have some questions.</p>
<p>Do I have to send the photocopies of the certificates to the Admissions or just list them in the Application?
I have also received some medals for national academic distinction. How do I tell the admissions about those?
And if a student takes ACT plus writing, does he need to take the SAT subject tests?
And will there be any problem if I apply for FinAid after the decision?</p>
<p>Please forgive me if i get it wrong but u r saying that anyone but anyone if posts a question in here or any other MIT’s thread should address to any one of the members that you are referring to in your post ??</p>
<p>And if that’s the case should i post all of my queries again and wait only for anyone mentioned above to reply back me or just send a private message to them if they are not available over here ???</p>
<p>P.S. please reply me soon because it’s crucial and i still have loads to ask u guys !!!</p>
No, you don’t need to send photocopies of the certificates. Listing them in the application will be great.
There will be a section on the application for academic awards, and a box to note their level (local/state/national/international).
Yes. The requirement is that applicants take one of the SAT I/ACT with writing/TOEFL, plus two SAT II subject tests, one in math and one in science.
The financial aid deadline is February 15, which is about a month before decisions usually come out. Is there a particular reason you want to apply only after decisions are made?
No, absolutely not. I’m just saying that if you post a question and get advice on the internet, you have to consider whether the source of that advice is trustworthy. The people I listed above have been here a while and provide consistently helpful, constructive advice and information.</p>
<p>Quote:
Originally Posted by Shahariar
Do I have to send the photocopies of the certificates to the Admissions or just list them in the Application?
Quote:
Originally posted by molliebatmit
No, you don’t need to send photocopies of the certificates. Listing them in the application will be great.</p>
<p>–Then how would I prove the authenticity of the certificates if the Admissions ever need to verify?</p>
<p>Quote:
Originally Posted by Shahariar
And will there be any problem if I apply for FinAid after the decision?
Quote:
Originally posted by molliebatmit
The financial aid deadline is February 15, which is about a month before decisions usually come out. Is there a particular reason you want to apply only after decisions are made?</p>
<p>–Yes, as a matter of fact I do have a particular reason for that. The reason being that I want to send my FinAid after I get admitted (if I get! lol.), to cut the expenses! Besides as far as I know, MIT can provide financial assistance to all of its admitted students, thus I can send the FinAid after decisions, can’t I? And it will get full review, won’t it?</p>
<p>I read on the MIT website that they consider NASA SHARP to be a nice program. That got shut down, but I’m in NASA DEVELOP, which is a paid internship of research. I’m not sure if any of you guys have heard of it, but we do get to publish a paper and all. I wanted to know if this is a comparable program.</p>
<p>Also, thanks for the loads of info! Beats rumors from people at school.</p>
If Admissions needed to verify, they would contact you. However, they generally don’t – I’ve never heard of them contacting a student to verify accomplishments. If an accomplishment is important enough that they might need to verify it, they will generally have other ways of deducing if the accomplishment is real. </p>
<p>
Yes, the financial aid office is great about putting together packages after the deadline. However, if you turn in your documents after the deadline, they can’t guarantee when they’ll have a financial aid package for you. This means that you may have to decide whether or not to attend MIT without knowing how much financial aid you will be awarded. All of the financial aid documents can be submitted online, in case that helps defray the expenses.</p>
<p>So a 3.7 isn’t too low? I’ve taken the hardest classes possible and I have a 3.87 without freshman year. I also got all solid As during the last 2 trimesters of my junior year, and plan to during first tri senior year. Also I’m a girl.</p>
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