<p>I am ranjodh Dhaliwal from a remote part of India.
What do u think my chances are at MIT:-(I have only applied at MIT,none other):-
1)I have done schooling only upto grade 10(MIT doesnt need all 12.).
2)Sat scores-maths level 1-700 and bilogy e-710.toefl scores:-expected 110/120.
3)Great at extra curriculars for dancing,quizzing,cyciling,singing,reading and projects.
4)Supercool recommendation letters.
5)1st runner up of all asia cabury bournvita quiz contest.
ask me any more info 4 my chances if u want to.thanks.
ranjodh.
pls help me and tell me my chances.</p>
<p>Rejected IMHO
you have given no details about ECs so i assume they aren't much impressive.</p>
<p>Hook- Done schooling till 10, maybe coz of some problem[guess]. That may work in your favor.
What do you mean by 'remote part of India'?</p>
<p>What about your SAT 1?</p>
<p>My interview was waived off as there wa no EC in my area.Remote part mean i a small town of Punjab.
Ranjodh</p>
<p>i dint give sat 1 as mit substitutes it for toefl and btw,my application never asked me in which grade i was.</p>
<p>I know that O-levels are the minimum requirement but i doubt India Std 10 will do- MIT recommends a year of calculus.
Small town in Punjab doesn't means Remote area.</p>
<p>Your SAT2 Scores are too low and you didn't take Math2 (which is highly recommended). I can't see any hooks, outstanding ECs or awards either. You probably don't have any knowledge of higher math/physics and no AP classes.</p>
<p>Very slim chances.</p>
<p>they dont HIGHLY RECOMMEND level 2 .. check their site.. i'm almost sure</p>
<p>You're right, it was some other top university that recommended Math2. Apparently i confused both. Anyway, that doesn't change anything.</p>
<p>true, this person will be REALLYYY lucky to get in if he/she does.</p>
<p>I don't know the Indian school system, but I would guess that secondary education doesn't usually end after 10th grade.
And true, a lot of top colleges don't require that you do all 12 years. But the few early admits typically have taken the most advanced classes (meaning those classes meant for seniors) that their high schools offer.</p>
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my application never asked me in which grade i was.
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It certainly did. You are asked to list the extra-curricular activities that you were involved in in the last few years. And if you are only in 10th grade, you have to leave the sections for 11th and 12th grade blank. And you have to submit a transcript of your grades from the last 4 years; how can your school write a transcript without mentioning when (in which grade) you received that grades?</p>
<p>my advice is to finish up your 11th and 12th year... Do more academically challenging work. Take the SAT1s (even if its not required, I am pretty sure its safer to do so), Concentarte on certain extracurriculars that you have a passion for... Achieve something great in YOUR area. Then begin to apply.</p>
<p>From the MIT blog:</p>
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<p>Answer: MIT receives several hundred applicants with Indian citizenship every year. In 2005, we received almost 800. Of these, the number of the students which we admitted was in the single digits."
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<p>It's going to be very competitive; and you will be faced up against a lot of other international applicants. For 2005, there was 2200 international applicants, of which almost 800 were Indian! Furthermore, MIT states that you will* be evaluated as a whole - i.e. you will be compared to other students from India.</p>
<p>Just thought you would want to know how competitive MIT is...</p>
<p>90% of them are stupid who know nothing about MIT- They apply because it's ranked above IITs. At other colleges 200 Indians apply- again half of them are stupid.</p>
<p>^^ Well maybe you are the "stupid" one for having such a view of YOUR application above others.</p>
<p>awaiting-college: abhishiv doesn't have a view of his application over anybody else's. He's stating a fact. You do, as is illustrated by your "Australians for the class of 2012 thread", and you haven't even taken the SAT yet. Thus, I quote you, you're stupid :).</p>
<p>I can't believe you are saying this, dodo.
I stick with my words. Take a look at Matt's blog- littered with stupid Indians(sadly).</p>
<p>Haha, yes. Unfortunately, too. When I told people, "I'm not applying to MIT, I'm applying to Colgate.", you should've seen the looks I got. "Why is she applying to some place that sounds like a toothpaste?! We thought she was smart!"</p>
<p>I'm also applying to HYP, but I prefer Colgate / Vassar / Hamilton / Amherst :).</p>
<p>Yup, most of the Indians think of LACs as some third tier schools. I would rather be at a small, cute, relaxed, quiet LAC like Mac than at some big university.</p>
<p>I know! Hehe, I wouldn't call an LAC cute, but me too, yes. Add Oberlin to the above list, and you have my top choice schools :).</p>