<p>Is there any limit that MIT wants to get a student from one country?</p>
<p>No, there's only a quota on international students in general, not international students from any particular country.</p>
<p>Oh really, Thank you. Little bit relieved</p>
<p>Hello,
As a junior in High School I am immensely interested in MIT. I come from a relatively small school, one that does not offer the majority of AP courses, and that often does not have enough students to have courses such as Physics II or any truly advanced science courses. Is there a way that I can explain this on my application?</p>
<p>Also, as I mentioned already, the area I come from is extremely small. We do not have nearly as many activities (much volunteer work, school programs, etc) that many larger schools offer. Currently I am in many of the activities that relate to math, science, and leadership, but there are only a few of them. Would the fact that Im from a smaller area hurt my chanced of getting into MIT?</p>
<p>MIT considers each student in the context of his or her environment and the opportunities that have been made available to him or her. Your school background will not hurt you.</p>
<p>Often your high school counselor will send a profile of the school (which APs offered, etc) when he/she sends your counselor recommendation. If this is not something your counselor plans to do, you may explain this in the section on the application that asks if there's anything else you'd like to tell MIT.</p>
<p>hey I don't know of anyone asked this but is there a specific date set for RD notification? Is it online or by snail mail or both?</p>
<p>There is no date announced yet for RD notification; watch [Ben's[/url</a>] and [url=<a href="http://www.mitadmissions.org/Matt.shtml%5DMatt's%5B/url">www.mitadmissions.org/Matt.shtml]Matt's[/url</a>] blogs for the official news.</p>
<p>In the past couple years on the date specified, it was possible to login to <a href="https://decisions.mit.edu%5B/url%5D">https://decisions.mit.edu](<a href="http://www.mitadmissions.org/Ben.shtml%5DBen's%5B/url">www.mitadmissions.org/Ben.shtml)</a> (which currently just redirects to the Admissions website, but where in past years you signed in using the same account and password used for your MyMIT) to view your decision. Decisions will always also be sent through the mails. The blog entries announcing the decision date will have instructions about this process.</p>
<p>Last year Ben announced on March 12th that decisions would be released on March 17th, so expect a few days' notice anyway.</p>
<p>(And yes, someone has already asked this. :) )</p>
<p>I've often heard in the admissions blogs that once you hit a certain SAT score (say 750) you've shown you're smart and the difference between that and an 800 say are incremental so not worth worrying about. In other words, it seems that you've met some threshold, and your admission will depend on other factors and you won't necessary be at a disadvantage versus other students with higher scores. </p>
<p>Is this true with GPA as well? Is there some point at which the difference between say a 3.7 or a 3.8 and a 4.0 (unweighted and assuming the most rigorous courses) is not meaningful and admissions will be based on other factors (let's assume SAT scores are very high)?</p>
<p>Regarding GPA, I think they are looking for consistent grades, and likely they also refer to the information provided by your high school. Once you're in the 3.7~4 range then I don't think there is much difference.</p>
<p>However, regarding SAT scores you should note that some scholarships might use a difference between 770 and 800 as a deciding factor. So it won't hurt to take the SAT again to try and hit 780, 790 or 800, and it might help with scholarships.</p>
<p>Hello again,
I have two questions this time:</p>
<p>1) At my school, as I mentioned earlier, its pretty small, so getting into classes is quite the challenge. I am currently taking Physics I, but am getting a B in it. The reason for that is because I had to switch into the class mid-year in order to fit it into my schedule, would that hurt my chances of admission/is there a way I can convey this on my application?
2) Being that my school is small, I am actually working to start a Debate Club for the school. Would this be a positive to put on my application, if so, what else can I include to further explain the situation I face while at a smaller school?</p>
<p>Thanks so much for the help,
Chris</p>
<p>Let the "B" slide. One won't hurt you hardly at all, worry about something else.</p>
<p>Haha, I had 8 B's on my transcript when applying to MIT (and 4 more by the end of my senior year). Don't sweat it.</p>
<p>Hey, I've got a D and 2 Cs on ma transcript but I got in so don't bother urself too much. :D</p>
<p>O.o</p>
<p>Seriously, Sammy?</p>
<p>Hey guys. I have a question about MIT. Does it weigh the essay/application and SAT scores equally? I mean, if a student has average grades (like Cs, Bs and one A), average sat score (say 2050) but an exceptionally well-written essay in the application. And plus he is an international student. Do you this profile can get him into MIT???</p>
<p>We can’t know whatever this profile can get him in or not but we can help you understand the situation.</p>
<p>First of all, dependiing on your school a C might equal an A somewhere else therefore I believe that school grades for internatonals mostly do not represent an ability, unless you fail the course, of course.</p>
<p>2050, for an international, is REALLY good. Is you school in English education(physics, maths etc… all in english)? If thats the case, 2050 might not be that high. However for a non-native speaker 2050 is really decent. May I ask what is your scores in each section?</p>
<p>I don’t think they have a set-in-stone weighting system for grades, scores and essays. Each serve a different purpose and supplement each other as I see. I don’t think unless you have REALLY big communication issues, essays can’t hurt you. Therefore instead of the structure/grammar of the essay, the content inside matters most. What you tell them, might change their opinion about you and this is the point of essays. So I don’t think there are poorly written and well written essays but influential essays.</p>
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<p>Chris, where do you find these pictures?</p>
<p>[Over</a> 70,000 Demotivational Posters! Welcome to Motifake.com](<a href=“Loading...”>http://www.motifake.com/) :D</p>
<p>Chris has so many more pictures than just demotivational posters, though. I feel like he must be way better at the internet than I am…</p>