My GPA/ class/ sat and Chance?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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<p>Hola guys, I am a noncitizen Korean dude who lived here for 3 yrs and 6 months.</p>

<p>MIT is my dream college, but now i am losing hope...</p>

<p>so this is the class and test I took(math and sciecne only for convenience)</p>

<p>My high school is dang laid back despite being among top 1.5% high school in nation....
9th grade: biology and precalc(both were A)-others were also A except semester PE B+</p>

<p>10th: AP Calc AB, honors chem, physics(A in all three in both semester)
B in english both semester because eng. teacher was a total feminist who hated boys' guts</p>

<p>11th; Calc BC, AP Chem(A in both semester in both subjects)
AP Physic(B+ in 1st/A in 2nd)
English B and B-. Others all A. in both semester</p>

<p>PSAT
186(10th)
223(11th)
SAT 1: 1st-710,710,700(reading, math writing0
2nd-630,680, 640(got sick during test but kept taking it :(
3rd- 640, 740,800(kinda unexpected combo)
I know......very inconsistent(taking test itself is my weak point)</p>

<p>SAT II(all in 9th)
SAT math level 2 800
Chem 800
Physics 730</p>

<p>AP
Bio(5, 9th grade self taught)
AP Calc(5, 10th)
Took Calc BC, AP physics, AP chem this yr(propbably got 5 in all)</p>

<p>Extra:
NHS since soph(we are allowed in since 10th)
SHS since last yr
AMC10A 96(9th), 102(10th)
AMC 12A 76
USAMTS honorable mention
Local chem Olympiad stellar(according to coordinator) score-couldn't get in national due to citizenship (damn!)
Speech and debate LieBiel 2nd place in state
JSA
Wind Ensemble, All State band, and math club president
Science bowl, spanish club
PSI internship during school time
Writing competition grand prize(9th grade)</p>

<p>One thing you have to know is that
1) Oregon state doesn't have much math/science competition compared to others states
2) My school doesn't have professional team for ARML or science competition, and barely anyone was willing to do so when I tried to make one.
3) some competitions were unavailable for noncitizen
4)......I am very poor that i dared not to go any math competition far far away.......</p>

<p>.........so what do you think?</p>

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<p>Your record is ok, even for MIT.</p>

<p>However, if you are an international (not permanent resident), then I’d say it is unlikely that you would get in. MIT puts a quota (maximum) for internationals at about 8% of the class, which comes out to be ~120 people in the entire world.</p>

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<p>I am kinda relieved yet scared …thank you CollegeAlum31(I wonder if you are MIT Alumni member?)</p>

<p>-BTW I am Questbridge College prep scholar and going to aply National College Match. would it change anything?</p>

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<p>How the hell did you get those Sat ii scores in 9th Grade?</p>

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<p>Yes, I am an MIT alumnus. Are you applying as a domestic applicant or an international?</p>

<p>I don’t know much about how Questbridge would impact admission.
Good luck!</p>

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<p>cuz i am asian? lol kidding. I know bunch of asians in ESL, and they are goddamn dumb(Unbelievably dumb).</p>

<p>I just thoought chem and math 2 were easy…i have to blame my physics teacher who didn’t teach optics and doen’st even have physics degree.</p>

<p>Chem and algebraic math are my favorite and strongest point</p>

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<p>From my understanding, QuestBridge does not change much as far as Admissions is concerned, except that Admissions can only have so many QuestBridge matches. It’s possible to be rolled over from QuestBridge into RA (or even EA, maybe? I don’t remember the timeline) and get accepted through that.</p>

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<p>i m non citizen so I can’t do EA in MIT…what about following colleges/</p>

<p>1) stanford
2) Uchicago
3) tuft
4)Darthmouth
5) Rice
6) Vanderbuilt</p>

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<p>… go ask those boards.</p>

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<p>OOOO, my bad. I m planning on being permanent resident within 2 yrs: my sis is a citizen, and so is my family going to be citizens. Will that affect, too?</p>

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<p>international of course? since i am non citizen?</p>

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<p>Permanent residents are in the same pool as citizens, so it would help you a lot to gain permanent resident status.</p>

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<p>…which I will get in 2yrs, so I will also mention that.(my sis is citizen)</p>

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<p>^ It doesn’t matter if you’re going to become a permanent resident in the future. You need to be one at the time of the application to be in the same pool as citizens.</p>