<p>Hi for the optional section (section 9), is it ok to write a 300-word essay and add some additional information? How do I separate the essay and the extra information? Thank you.</p>
<p>Hi,
I am a permanent resident (holding a green card).
I came to the U.S in my 10th grade. My counselor sent my transcript and SSR already, this U.S transcript contains only 5 classes I took in 9th grade in my home country although I took 13. Now I want to send in my transcript from my home country, it has teachers’ comments which I think would be very helpful. The problem is I don’t know whether I could translate it by myself, or by any person? I don’t want to use the translation service because it costs like $200. What should I do? Thank</p>
<p>Hi may I ask one more question. I took 9 O-level subjects and 6 A-level subjects. But I could only report 12 courses on my.mit. What should I do? Thank you.</p>
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From Matt’s blog:
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Yes.</p>
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Chris does not mean that there is any sort of admissions preference given to people who fax – just that sending documents by fax makes the document sorting and upload process easier on the admissions office staff. Sending items by postal mail is still, of course, totally fine.</p>
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Yes, although I believe the word limit in this section is something like 750 words. You can separate the two sections in any way that makes sense to you.</p>
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I don’t know of any official guidelines for translation (other than that you should include both the original copy and the translation), but I would not advise translating it yourself. Even if a parent or an adult friend from your home country could translate it, I think that would be preferable to translating it yourself.</p>
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Either find some other place in the application to put them (e.g. in other parts of the coursework section), or list the 12 that are most relevant and omit the rest. The admissions office will have your transcript when they review your application.</p>
<p>Hey, Hope you are doing well. I actually wanted to send my research paper via email but was unable to do so due to the Christmas break. So i wanted to ask you whether you would accept any additional (supplementary) material after 3rd of jan? . Do you accept them via email or should I fax my science paper after the 3rd. I’ll be grateful for your reply.</p>
<p>I just took the SAT this December and got my scores back on the 22nd, and I sent my score reports on the 23rd, but it still says on my college board account that my score report is pending. Will the SAT information I put on the application be all right until my official score reports come in or should I use rush reporting?</p>
<p>heyy i wanted to ask that i took SAT I and i sent the scores to MIT but i think i got low scores and to cover up them i will be taking up TOEFL … but what should i do with the already sent scores ??? any guesses please comment ???</p>
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MIT does accept supplemental material, and you can send it through about the end of the month of January. They prefer that you send this material as an update along with your Mid-Year Report, but it could be faxed as well.</p>
<p>Incidentally, MIT does prefer to see abstracts or essays about your research experience rather than full papers, as there’s not time to have papers fully evaluated during the admissions process. </p>
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You sent the score reports to MIT already, which fulfills your obligation to report – the scores will get to MIT at some point in January, but as long as you requested that the scores be sent before the deadline (which you have), there is absolutely no need to send a rush report.</p>
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You don’t need to do anything – if your TOEFL scores are relatively better than the SAT scores, MIT will use the TOEFL scores in your evaluation. If the SAT scores are better, they will use the SAT scores. There is no penalty for sending multiple sets of scores, and MIT only uses the scores that put you in the best light.</p>
<p>Does anyone else have this problem? The system will not let me submit my application. It keeps saying that there is an error “Permanent Address is Required” in Section 2 of Part 1 although my permanent address has been filled out correctly.
I realize that the application deadline will have passed already by the time someone reads the email that I sent to the admissions office about this.
Is there anything I can do about it?</p>
<p>Never mind, the problem has been fixed!</p>
<p>I know my question will sound stupid :S, but here it goes: what does it mean by scholastic and non-scholastic awards? What are the main differences?</p>
<p>^ I think scholastic awards are anything you won for mental ability, such as National Merit and (for example) Science Bowl. Nonscholastic awards would be anything you won for physical ability, such as athletic awards and (for example) Eagle Scout.
Somebody can clarify that if it’s wrong.</p>
<p>scholastic is mainly school/education related. I would not consider non-scholastic to be physical but more likely not considered class room relevant. Sports, things you do outside of school like debate, music, chess etc should go under this label.</p>
<p>^^^ From the blogs:</p>
<p>[Application</a> question: scholastic and non-scholastic distinctions? | MIT Admissions](<a href=“http://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/application_question_scholasti]Application”>Application question: scholastic and non-scholastic distinctions? | MIT Admissions)</p>
<p>I’m an international student from India.
My college doesn’t have any experience writing recommendations for students who want to go abroad, also I don’t think my Principal has written the School Profile yet. We don’t have a GPA system, instead we have a percentage system and boards for 10th and 11th. What transcripts do I send? Will it suffice if I just fax my 10th transcripts? What about the school profile and how what should be filled in the GPA area? Will it affect my app if my Principal faxes the report and profile on Jan 3rd or something</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>Is it an okay idea to attach my common app essay or should this space only be used for something very unique/quirky/special?</p>
<p>Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>I would like to attach a resume due to not enough room in some sections for some extracurriculars and academic honors in the given space. However, the resume formatting gets messed up in the Section 9 Additional Info. Should I mail or fax the resume in? Or should I just individually list the additional academic honors and extracurriculars I feel important to me. </p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Depending on the resume format (and how bored you are) you can manually format it to look pretty decent.</p>
<p>Do results come back on 3/14 at 1:59?</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/massachusetts-institute-technology/1266279-rd-applicants-please-read.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/massachusetts-institute-technology/1266279-rd-applicants-please-read.html</a></p>
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You should send any available transcripts, preferably from all years of high school (9th-12th grades). Your principal should put together in the school profile any information that would be useful for the admissions office to know about your school. As far as I know, your percentage score can be filled in any GPA field. You won’t be penalized if your principal sends your materials late.</p>
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The additional information section can be used for anything you think the admissions office should see – the key piece of information is whether you think it is useful and important.</p>
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There are multiple options: you can individually list the honors and ECs you feel are the most important (this would be my pick), you can fix the formatting for the resume so it looks nice in plaintext, or you can fax the resume in. It’s up to you to decide.</p>
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Sometimes. The exact date will be announced when the admissions office knows when they can release decisions – look for a blog post around the first week to ten days of March.</p>